HT201407: If you can't activate your iPhone
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Oct 16, 2013 4:02 PM in response to RIZWAN SHAIKHby ckuan,RIZWAN SHAIKH wrote:
I don't have FaceTime in my iPhone5 how can I get it
You cannot even if you leave the country.
iPhone sold in the Middle-East do not have FaceTime, it's banned by the government.
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Oct 16, 2013 4:02 PM in response to RIZWAN SHAIKHby razmee209,Facebook is restricted in some Middle eastern countries, there is no way to download or get facetime.
With that said where are you located and where did you buy your phone?
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Oct 16, 2013 4:02 PM in response to RIZWAN SHAIKHby sberman,FaceTime is prohibited in numerous Middle East countries (e.g., UAE).
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Mar 12, 2014 8:32 PM in response to razmee209by Yasasyu,I have same problem,I brought my iphone in middle east, but now i'm in Sri lanka.
So is there have any possible steps to install Facetime for iPhone 5S. What if i update iOS in my current region
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Mar 12, 2014 8:33 PM in response to Yasasyuby stevejobsfan0123,No. Phones originating from a country where FaceTime is banned can never have FaceTime.
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Mar 12, 2014 8:42 PM in response to Yasasyuby ckuan,Yasasyu wrote:
I have same problem,I brought my iphone in middle east, but now i'm in Sri lanka.
So is there have any possible steps to install Facetime for iPhone 5S. What if i update iOS in my current region
It doesn't matter where you are right now, once banned, there's no FaceTime ever on that iPhone.
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Jun 20, 2016 10:57 AM in response to RIZWAN SHAIKHby Erinda289,I Don't have FaceTime and my Iphone isn't produced on Middle east ☹️
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Jun 20, 2016 11:09 AM in response to Erinda289by KiltedTim,What does it say in Settings>General>About>Model?
Did you check to see if it's disabled in restrictions?
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Jun 20, 2016 11:33 AM in response to KiltedTimby Erinda289,Model is MD298AE/A
yea I checked and there are no restrictions.
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Jun 20, 2016 11:38 AM in response to Erinda289by razmee209,Erinda289 wrote:
Model is MD298AE/A
yea I checked and there are no restrictions.
Sorry you won't have or be able to get facetime on your iPhone, AE model were purchase/from in the middle east.
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Jun 20, 2016 11:51 AM in response to Erinda289by KiltedTim,Hate to break it to you, but your phone DID come from the Middle East. It will never have FaceTime.
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