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Sam_young123

Q: iMessage "unable to activate, please try again".    Whenever I go to activate imessage is says waiting for activation and then about 5 mins later says activation unsuccessful, please try again. This is driving me mad! It's been 2 days now!!

Lease help me to activate imessage. I now have iPhone 5s and can't activate imessage. I've tried all the normal stuff but nothing is working

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Feb 2, 2014 2:21 AM

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  • by emmas24,

    emmas24 emmas24 Feb 2, 2014 4:04 AM in response to Sam_young123
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    Feb 2, 2014 4:04 AM in response to Sam_young123

    i had this problem with my iphone 5c and sorted it contacting apple.

    have you tried resetting the network settings? it doesnt delete anything and should work. if it then changes to "waiting for activation", instead of the error message, then leave it for 24 hours (leaving your phone and wifi on) and it should activate and work.

    for me, this didnt work after 24 hours. i then backed up my phone and reset it and set it up as a new iphone then restored it using my backup from the computer and it now works

  • by ThysSteyn,

    ThysSteyn ThysSteyn Apr 10, 2014 1:55 AM in response to Sam_young123
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    Apr 10, 2014 1:55 AM in response to Sam_young123

    Hey, were you able to get it fixed?