iMessage problems after ios 8 update

I tried this and it worked for a day then quit again. Went back and as someone mentioned deleted all the green messages. When i went into iCloud it doesn't get me to sign in with password. In messages it says it waiting for activation? When I put in password it eventually says it can't contact the iMessage server?

go to settings, general, reset, reset all settings. this causes the phone to reset and finishes installing certain iOS 8 features in iMessage like self destruct, etc. and should fix any glitches you're having.

Thanks for this suggestion. The reset is a bit of a pain because some things require, well, re-setting.

This seems to have fixed a problem I was having with a Messages group chat not working any more, but there may be some other problems that are either new or need further work (a Messages chat that was doing fine with iMessage is now going only via SMS).

Will keep plugging...

I am having a similar issue. if someone sends me a text, I will get the notification as a banner alert, but no texts are shown in the notification center. The only thing that shows up are phone calls and CNN, even though I have many other notifications turned on. Any ideas about this? I will try to reset all settings.

I wish I had a good answer for you. Frankly, there was a time when I understood how to quickly see iMessages I'd missed and now, aside from going to the Messages app, I do not. Specifically, I have no idea how to view them in the Notification center. Maybe I'll attack that next and if I figure something out, I'll post it here.

Thanks. I know it is possible as every article I have read shows messages in the notification center plain as day. In fact, for me, the only things that show up are phone calls and google+. That is very random. I will keep digging, too.

Earlier today I was unable to send messages. I tried this fix:

Step 1. Open up the Settings app, select Messages, and tap the slider to turn, Send as SMS, iMessage off.

Step 2. Under the main settings menu, go to General > Reset and tap Reset Network Settings, send text messages again.

Step 3. Go back to Settings > Messages and turn Send as SMS, iMessage back on.

And now it works. When I get a message, it shows up in the notification center for about 1 second, then disappears. If I try to respond to it via interactive notifications, it also disappears.

Still no idea why only phone calls and google+ show up in my notifications feed. Facebook posts will show up for about a minute and disappear, too. It is all really odd.

I should mention I have an iPhone 5.

Hey! I'm from Asheville, too...lived there for 20 years anf moved to Brevard a couple of years ago.

One other thing:

I tested some settings by send texts to myself, both from my phone number and my email...all those messages show up in message center...messages from other people do not.

I updated my iPhone 5 to iOS 8 and experienced no issues until yesterday when I sent a text to another iPhone user and it was sent as an SMS text. I didn't think much of it until I looked at my message settings and iMessage was turned off (I did not turn it off). I turned it back on and it said "Waiting for activation...". Roughly 8 hours later it was still waiting for activation. This morning I turned it on and off, ensured I was signed into iCloud, powered the phone on/off, and checked my iPad and MacBook. My iPhone is the only device I am experiencing any problems with and I cannot figure out how to fix it or what may be causing this. Does anyone have any ideas about what the problem is and how it might be corrected?

I am having this problem as well, and nothing has fixed it - please post if you find a solution!

I received the attached link and thus far not one of the possible resolutions have helped my iMessage activation problem. I intend to contact Apple Support tomorrow if it does not activate within the next 12 hours. If it does activate, orj if I find a solution, I will post it right away.

http://http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268

Afrer I made my initial post to this thread today, I realized I was also having problems activating iMessage on my iPad. However it activated in less than 30 minutes. I also encountered multiple problems on my MacBook Pro today (iMessage being but one of them). I had more problems with my MacBook today than what I've had in the entire 2 years that I've had it. I did not use my iPad or MacBook at all yesterday. All three devices worked correctly on Friday. Yesterday iMessage suddenly quit working on my iPhone. I'm at a loss as to what could be wrong.

Has a similar issue with group messages that used to all work on iMessage, after updating to iOS8 (actually switching to an iphone 6 and restioring old iphone 5) all group messages were getting sent as SMS. Single messages were still being sent as iMessages.

The only way I could get the group message back to use iMessages was to delete the whole conversation thread. Resetting settings and switching iMessage off and on had no effect. As soon as I deleted the group conversation, the next message went as an iMessage and it's now fixed.

Ok great. I called Verizon for support last night and we re-tried everything I had already done. All they could suggest for now was to wait 24 hours and then call again. Keep me posted!

Actually,the problem I have is that in ios8 ,the message keeps on saying that it could not send. Even my other messengers such as Kik is not working well. Any suggestions on how to fix it?