iOS 7 iMessage won't activate

My iPhone4S has the same problem after upgrading to iOS7, tried all kind of remedies but nothing seemed to work. Finally I opened iTune, backed up all my data, restored iPhone from iTune, then transferred all backup data back to iPhone4S. All problems solved!

Can't get the iMessage to work on IPad despite trying everything suggested above! Poor show Apple :(

Exact Same problem on iPad 3 .. tried many times but no luck. Asking for a working network connection.. Anybody from Apple that 's looking into this issue?

Back up. Restore. Restore from Back up. it has worked for many people, the software you got was put on the device in a wonky manner.

Think I've got it to work. Recently got an iphone5 after switching from android. Stayed with o2uk and finding its the TU-GO that's the problem. So I downloaded TU-GO on ios7 and signed in even though its a fresh install and only had it on my nexus. Then I went to settings on TU-GO, delete data and then deleted the app from the phone. Switched face time and I message on and off and it worked.

Good luck

Am the same just says waiting activation 😠 tried everything thats been said and just wont change.....

Before I deleted my tu go account I had:

Reinstalled ios 7 from iTunes backup

Received a carrier update from O2 whilst this took place.

Reset network settings.

Toggled automatic time zone off and back on.

Changed phone number on apple account (mine had USA country code)

And possibly other things I found suggested online too.

This worked for me too after days of frustration! Thank you for posting.

Apple is looking into the issue, please be patient, make sure to call in and report

I am using a GSM iphone 5 running iOS 7 and thought that if I waited for a day or two maybe imessage and facetime would work but it still deosn't.It just says saiting for activasion and won't even let me log in with my apple ID ( which happens to work fine on icloud and app store)...

Has anyone with Telstra in Australia had theirs work yet?

My iPhone 5 after upgrade worked fine but my iPhone 5S has not.

Seems there are a number of seperate issues, some of which can be resolved by resetting and restoring etc. but the Aussie Telstra customers are having an ongoing unresolved issue despite trying all the tips in this thread. Telstra on Twitter confirming they still have an issue.

I have worked out that the hidden text character was being stripped, and causing the messages to arrive as standard texts, this made me think of things intercepting the texts, the only think on my phone was the TUGO software from 02, so I went onto the app, deleted my account from within the software, then deleted the app, didnt need to reboot, all worked next time I turned Imessage and facetime back on and off.

Andy

I'm having the same problem like everyone and have checked just about everything including resetting the network connection. I have an iPhone 5 and my iMessage and FaceTime worked just fine before the ios7 update. This is very frustrating. I need a fix. I tried entering my password a million times too and I get a message back stating, iMessage activation- could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again. I can only try so many times... Help please.

Do you have the 02 Tugo service enabled? or Something similar that allows you to access your texts from multiple devices?, if so see my fix above...

Same problem tried everything. Still not working