iMessage and FaceTime not working on iPhone 6 iOS 8.0.2

I Had same problems messages and FaceTime was not activating. I am in India so, why not try what I did. steps

1. Switch off iPhone, I have iPhone 6 and IOS 10.2.1
2. once completely switched off take out sim from tray and re entry sim tray and start iPhone.
3. ofcourse it will show no services, that's what we want, connect to wifi and activate messages and FaceTime. Worked for me.
4. once messages and FaceTime are activated, switch off the iPhone completely.
5. re insert sim in sim tray and restart the iphone normally. Let it latch on to the network. Let it do its stuff. Wait for a few seconds.
6. once its completely connected to your sim network you will see your messages and FaceTime are working . To test messages send a SMS to yourself, I mean the sim number, it should work fine after that.

Well that's what I did. Hope it helps.

I Have the exact same problem. I upgraded to a 6 plus and can send but not receive iMessages and can't use FaceTime at all. What is going on?

I keep getting "unable to contact the iMessage server" and "iMessage Activation could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again".

I have done a full restore twice and followed all of the support instructions, also checked all of the settings on the Apple support pages.

Safari also doesn't work. Every page has to be loaded twice and horizontal mode crashes the app every time.

Can we return these phones?

I'm Italian and I Have the same problem.

Hai risolto il problema? a me si è manifestato oggi, installando la versione 8.1 su iphone 5...

non mi fa più attivare iMessage e FaceTime...

No. Ho contattato l'assistenza apple e mi hanno detto di aver ricevuto tantissime segnalazioni in merito. Ho già fatto di tutto: reset della rete, reset del contenuto e reset totale da itunes. Nulla risolve questo problema. Stranamente se cambi sim riesci ad attivare iMessage (hai provato ad usare la sim di un amico?). Provate a contattare tutti la Apple. Magari si smuovono!

I have been fix this problem with Apple Technician.

This is what I do,
Setting - General - Reset - Reset Network Setting

and the iphone will restart after it done reset process.
Reconnect the Wireless network and it work automatically.

please try this way and hope this can help you as well.

It did not work for me. I did a support chat with Apple today, then my case was escalated to a phone tech, then a senior tech and now I am supposed to be contacted by someone Sunday.

I had the same issue with Imessage the Iphone 6 Plus with *.2 that i bought today. THIS DID WORK, much to my suprise

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Turn off iMessage (and FaceTime)
Step 2: Turn on the Airplane mode. Wifi will be turned OFF automatically.
Step 3: Turn ON Wifi
Step 4: Head back to Messages and turn ON iMessage
Step 5: You’ll be prompted for your Apple ID if you haven’t added it yet. (else, you don’t get any notification)
Step 6: Now, head back to Settings and turn OFF Airplane mode.
Step 7: Mostly, you’ll be shown a notification that says ‘Your carrier may charge for SMS’ – Tap on OK
Step 8: If not, go to Messages, turn OFF iMessage and then turn it ON again.
Step 9: In a short while, iMessage should get activated.
Step 10: You’ll see a greyed out number and an email ID. A little later, the number should be checked and that’s it.

(This worked for us, seriously.)

Is it a ported number? I have ported my phone number from one carrier to another and that appears to be why I cannot get my number to activate. The message goes out to activate but there's a stuff up on the return route...

Sorry, tried but still doesn't work. I am with an Apple customer service guy and he is escalating the issue to an engineer. I have the an old iPhone 5S running the same iOS version but everything works fine over there.

Thanks but your suggestion didn't work on my phone.

This problem may be carrier specific. After several days of trying without success, I swapped a sim card from another service provider and both features activated within a minute! Just called my carrier and they do not know what went wrong!

This is a good suggestion, it shouldn't apply to me though since I only need mine as a data device (I always used two iPhones, one for cell and the other for data).

I will say, everyone I have dealt with at Apple has been great and I hope to have this resolved by Sunday. They really seem committed to helping me resolve.

Everything resolved now. I love my iPhone and the Apple company is amazing to deal with. Instead reaching someone in a foreign country that tells me how much they appreciate my business but is unable to solve anything, I got James at Apple who gave my his number, called when he said he would to follow-up and he stuck with me to get the device activated.

I LOVE Apple!!!