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"iOS 7 iMessage and Facetime Problems"

Can't activate imessage after iOS 7 upgrade on ipad. It just says iMessage Activation- could not sign in. check your network connection and try again

iPad 2, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 1:22 PM

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Feb 6, 2014 11:31 AM in response to uod2013

Hi. My iMessage was working perfectly all the time untill the last week or 2. It keeps saying "waiting for activation" and also in the send&receive (where it SHOULD let you tick either your mobiel number or your email address), mine is ticked on my email address and my mobile number is in grey and will not let me tick it. Can ANYONE help me? Its so annoyin...I can still send iMessages but my email address comes up on the recipients phone when i send them an iMessage which is annoying! Iv reset my wifi/network settings and it didnt work.. Tried resetting time/date settings and it didnt work..


Any suggestions PLEASE..?? 🙂

May 6, 2014 7:51 PM in response to uod2013

Okay, so my iMessage wasn't working so I tried the "Reset Network Settings" thing and it didn't work. I took out my SIM card, it didn't work, I turned my phone off and on and it still didn't work. Then I remembered I changed the Date and Time so I could continue to play Candy Crush and then it worked.


*MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT DATE AND TIME*

"iOS 7 iMessage and Facetime Problems"

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