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BarnYard_63 Author

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iMessage not working

I've been having a serious problem. Namely that iMessages aren't all being delivered to all devices, but to some. I know this because people will show me what they've sent and it shows delivered on their device, but my iPhone shows nothing. I have talked to Apple Support several times and they continue to tell me there is nothing wrong with iMessage when clearly there is. All you have to do is go to twitter and type in "iMessage not working" and you will see the 100's of thousands of people complaining. Because of this I am wondering if there is any fix to this issue. It begins to send as an iMessage and will not deliver, then continues to send as an SMS message. I have contacted my carrier, AT&T and they have told me it has nothing to do with them, but with apple. The issue is beginning to become ridiculous as I am missing many messages in the past 4 days. I am wondering what the fix may be, if there is one, and if anyone else that may be reading the discussions is also having this issue. I have tried everything that support has told me to do and nothing has worked: restore, reset, everything.

iPhone 4 (8GB), iOS 6, wifi will not stay connected

Posted on Jul 21, 2013 9:30 PM

19 replies

Aug 11, 2013 9:37 AM in response to BarnYard_63

Same here, can not login to iMessages, I've reset password, re-confirmed itunes account etc.. but always get this message:

Could not sign in to iMessage.

The server encountered an error processing registration. Please try again later.

This has been the case for about a week. No iMessages for ages, impossible to share images etc.. iPhone only accepting Text Message, MBP & iPad not recieving anything either.

Sep 19, 2013 11:19 AM in response to BarnYard_63

When I updated to ios7 I backed up my phone before updating. Updated and iMessage and FaceTime was waiting for activation. I ran a restore to my backup that I ran before updating and it fixed the issue. Hope this helps!

Oct 2, 2013 6:13 AM in response to diesel vdub

"Since a wide-spread issue does not exist, the problem must be with your device or account"

LOL, good call!...

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/10/01/imessages-to-nowhere/

Oct 3, 2013 6:12 AM in response to BarnYard_63

I had sent several messages to a variety of people and then I started getting calls as to why I was not answering their texts. I told them I had and I sent them a screen shot where I had responded, but they said they never got them. After further investigation, I noticed at the top of the screen it said sending 1 of 5 and the texts were a dark blue color and none of them had been delivered. I clicked on the text and sent it as a text message instead of an iMessage and it went through. Very frustrating!

iMessage not working