Could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again

Just to let you all know I have just got off a 40 minute call from Apple and this has now been resolved.

I reset my full iPhone.....YOU have to ensure this is backed up before you do this as it basically starts your phone as a new phone. Once you have set your phone up and gone through all of the process, sync it with your Itunes and it restores all of your old data back onto it. This has solved my issue

Something else you can do is turn off automatic date and time. Force close all apps. Turn off device. Turn phone back on. You may be asked for icloud password at this time. Put that in. The turn on autamtic date and time. Go check iMessage, likely you will be signed in. If not try signing in again.

I've have the same issue on the iPad running iOS 7. 😕

Resolved by synching time and rebooting.

1. Connect to Internet

2. Settings-->General-->Date & Time

3. Set time Automatically = YES

4. Then cold reboot. Hold Power button down 5 seconds and confirm shutdown (release power button). Wait 10 seconds and press power button again to turn iDevice back on.

5. Sign In into FaceTime (Settings-->Facetime) Launch FaceTime and answer a few questions to set up your preferences.

Hope it helps.🙂

I tried everything ppl suggested and ended up erasing all content after backing up in iTunes then restoring from back up and everything works fine now. I wish I had done this in the beginning!

Hi all, I have just fixed this issue on my daughters and her friends iPad, problem with iMessage and FaceTime, when you try to sign in it tells you to check your network.

No need to do a full back up and restore!!!

Go to Settings / General / Reset / Reset all settings.

This will not cause you to lose any photos apps or media.

Please note you will need to reset your time zone and wifi settings etc once you have completed this task so make sure you have your wifi key to hand.

Once it has restarted and you have re-entered the time and wifi settings go back into

Settings / Messages and sign in to iMessage using your Apple ID and password.

Then

Settings / FaceTime and sign in to FaceTime using your Apple ID and password.

All sorted. Enjoy.

I had the same problem and tried @kempospa advice and it still didnt work but this did: go to general then reset then reset Network settings then connect to your wifi then reset to automatic date and time. I then went into iMessage under settings and was signed in but I had to sign into FaceTime.

I had this problem on my iMac - FaceTime kept asking me to sign in and then wouldn't work and told me to check network etc. This happened several times and yet FaceTime was working fine on my iPad.

I tried turning off my Mac and when I turned it back on and went to FaceTime, signed in and magic it all worked again no problem.

It was that simple for me so worth a try!

I just restarted my phone.

hope this helps

I didn't have problem with iMessage, I faced this issue only in Facetime. I resolved it by setting the time automatically and it worked fine again.

I didn't have to reboot, I only close Facetime before the change then I open it again after the time was automatically set.

I had the same problem after upgrading and fixed it by resetting my network settings. If you go to settings>general>reset>reset network settings, and reset,it might work! You'll have to re-enter your wifi passwords though.

I had this exact same problem on my mac - restarting didn't help and neither did a couple of other forums. I finally found the fix and it was totally illogical - open date and time preferences by clicking on the clock in the top right of the screen, then check the box 'set date and time automatically:" After that, sign back i by going to messages > preferences > account > imessage sign in. Worked immediately after!

II'm having the exact same problem as you and have tried all of the things you have. We updated another iPad and two iPhones with no problems but this is driving me crazy I don't want to erase the whole thing is this a server problem?

I have had the exact same problem you are mentioning with my IPAD. It wont sign in my imessage or facetime. I downloade iO7 on my phone aswell and it is working perfectly fine. Ive tried everything I know but no use. Please someone help.

Here's a fix that worked for me;

- make sure timezone is correct on router

- delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ids.service.com.apple.madrid.plist

- force quit iMessages

- switch off router

- switch off mac

- switch on router

- switch on mac

- sign into iMessages

I have the same problen and it is driving me mad as I cannot send IMessages which I loved. Any luck with this yet?