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My iMessage won't turn on.

Hi, I have an iPhone 4 and my iMessage stopped working like a week ago for no reason and now I can't turn it back on. It keeps saying "Waiting for activation" and "Activation unsuccessful". How can I turn it back on? Thank you.

iPhone 4, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jul 26, 2013 11:10 AM

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Dec 11, 2016 2:10 PM in response to Kat.K86

I currently have to turn off iMessage altogether in order to send 1 "text" message. For Apple, this set up is extremely disappointing. You have to wait until you get to your home wifi connection or a "free wifi" location. You have to turn off you phone completely, wait 10 mins, turn back on and try again to iMessage back on and wait for the system to get around to re-activating you iMessage

My iMessage won't turn on.

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