Wind Mobile Activate iMessage / Facetime

Maybe i am completely incompetent. Very possible. But i can't even figure out how to get the logs to start this process. I have been trying for a while. Have there been any development since this started? Anything to make this more user friendly? A service that does it for you?

I guess it's finicky - Some people have done it within minutes, others it seems to take much longer to get it to work.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know how the site sends the message back to phones? Is it possible that the site is congested and won't send the message when it says it does?

The way that it says "it will activate within a minute" makes me think that it WILL work if the message is sent. Maybe the messages aren't sending?

It's actually quite simple - if you can get it to work. Follow the instructions here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9GtRsQYU50 which explain the steps outlined here http://www.theonlinemac.com/windhelp

It doesn't require any time of jailbreak or hack. You just need to find the logs and pull out a key.

The website it currently working fine and sending the messages to your phone. There is no backlog, and I can't say that I've seen a backlog of more than a few seconds.

There have been times when the modem crashes and has to be rebooted, but it hasn't happened for a few days and I try to keep a close eye on it.

If you're not busy would you be able to explain the steps to me as well. I'm confused as to how to set up iMessage using your phone number instead of emails on WIND's nextwork.

It would mean a lot thank you!

I was able to get the HEX code after a few tries, and I inputted it into the site but it says "Invalid data entry" and didn't activate.

I've tried a few more times but haven't been able to get the hex code again.

Any idea why it won't work?

(And does the hex code change each time?)

Thanks alot smcclay. I have prepaid WIND connection. I figured that after topping up my account with $$ , the international message got sent and in no time my imessage and facetime were activated. YESSS!!!

Hey smcclay, I followed the instructions but toggled Facetime ON to try and activate everything. It worked BUT now, when I toggle iMessage ON, it still says 'waiting for activation'. For some reason, the Facetime activation did not activate the iMessage simultaneously.

In addition, it's not letting me log onto my Apple ID for iMessage either. 😟

Any suggestions?

Hey smcclay, I followed your instructions but used FaceTime instead of iMessage for the activation and it worked. However, when I tried to toggle iMessage ON after the FaceTime was activated, it didn't work. It's stuck on 'Waiting for Activation'. In addition to all that, my iMessage won't allow me to log onto my Apple ID. Whenever I try logging in, it says 'iMessage Activation: Could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again."

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Actually now, I rebooted my phone and the Facetime activation disappeared as well -__-
I redid everything and even received the correct response from the right phone number and put it into your website but it didn't activate in less than a minute like it said it would. It's been awhile and still no activation.

I'm just feeling hopeless now.

Please let me know what I can do to fix this.

Never mind everyone! All I had to do was leave my phone off for about 3-5 minutes and after restarting, everything was working. I activated everything using my Mac. It was weird because my Macbook asked me if it wanted me to allow my phone number to use iMessage and FaceTime but after I clicked 'Yes', everything worked out!

Hey,so i did all the steps correctly, receiving the right sender and copy, pasting the string to your website. After i sent it i received a message saying it was sent to my number "6475555555" and if i did all the steps correctly my imessage would turn on, however it didnt work, am i supposed to turn my phone off after receiving that message and wait a couple minutes then back on? Also in my imessage -> send & receive-> only my email address is listed, there is no number there and i can only add more emails and in my phone settings i have +1 (647) 555-5555. does that make a difference? I have a 5s wind (pre-paidd but i topped off my phone and added 2 dollars for international texting) ios 8.0.1. If anyone else knows the solution to my problem, feel free to reply.

These instructions are great, but in Apple's instructions it says something about enabling logging by going into settings and turning on logging under the cellular tab, but there is no option in the iPhone 5c to turn on logging. It also talks about downloading the profile and installing it by tapping the install button, but when I click that profile link it is just a text file. What does that all mean? Do you know?

Yes you will not see logging unless you install the profile.

You have two options:

Either you can install the profile and then you will see that option, else you can enable logging using the number code (check on onlinemac)

Regards,

Ali Asghar

I can confirm smcclay's solution works flawlessly. You just have to have patience and follow his directions exactly. If it doesn't work the first time around take a break, wait 24 hours and try again.

Here's the link again: http://theonlinemac.com/windhelp