imessage and Facetime sign in activation error iPad ios8.1.2

I have exactly the same problem with my iPad4. iMessage stopped working 2 days ago, so I upgraded to iOS 8.1.2 in the hope that this would solve the problem. Since doing that, I get the "error occurred during activation" message every time I try to sign in to either iMessage or FaceTime. I have tried all the usual solutions with no success. I have tried it on a different network, but the error message remains the same. The problem seems to be affecting a number of users, so hopefully Apple will find a solution.

Hi

I'm not going to be very helpful on this. I've tried just about everything I can think of:

reboots

resets

reboot routers, modems etc

different networks at home

networks about 1000 miles apart

4G networks

Only thing I haven't done is try it in the USA where network delays will be less than here in Australia.

Nothing solves the problem.

As noted elsewhere a couple of time it appears to have activated but drops out almost instantaneously.

It seems like most operating systems maturity=complexity and more prone to failure.

So talked to Apple support today and got transferred to a senior tech pretty quick since the normal support couldn't help me, so even the senior tech had no idea what was going on, he did a diagnostic on my Ipad Air and told me he will contact the apple engineers monday morning he will also give me a call back Monday or tuesday to tell me what is going on, so until then I guess we all have to wait.

By the way for me it seems to only appear on my Ipad Air, everything works fine on my Iphone 5, Imac desktop and my kids two Ipad minis.

I spoke to a senior advisor this afternoon and I was told it's a known issue and they are currently working on it. He told me it could take up to a couple of weeks to resolve. We will all have to sit tight and wait I'm afraid 😟

I too have this same issue and it only occurred after an update to ios8.1.2. I have tried all the solutions you guys have done and I believe that Apple are now looking into this issue, but it may take a couple of weeks to resolve! 😟

im having the same issue as all here guys... Nothing work... Is very very annoying we have to wait or have to go to a genius bar rep. to receive hepless response.

i did receive a replacement last year on october... Im seeing this is a common thing... Hope not related Since my device is aout of warranty actually.

II also had to have a replacement in November and an out of warranty now as well. I'm curious of all of us which ones are replacement iPads. It actually logged in last night but within 10 seconds it turned off.

I'm also on a replacement iPad Air. Replaced the day before the warranty ran out and then a month or so later on 14 January, iMessage and FaceTime deactivated. Nothing works, so there is not point doing resets.

I spoke to a senior advisor Saturday afternoon and I was told it's a known issue and they are currently working on it. He told me it could take up to a couple of weeks to resolve. We will all have to sit tight and wait I'm afraid 😐😟

I also have a replacement iPad Air (November 2014) and FaceTime and iMessage stop working just few hours ago. I was using it all morning and it was working great. What is strange that the "Activation" error did not happen on the same day for everyone who is experiencing this problem and it did not happen to all iPad Apple users, but randomly for some, including me. Apps working fine on other Apple devices. Very strange!

I just heard back from my tech he said:

I’ve received a response from our engineering team that they have received some other reports on this issue and it is currently being investigated.

They wanted me to assure you that it is not a hardware issue and to be sure to keep your device up to date. At this point, I’m not sure if there will be further direct response to me on this or if it will be addressed with an iOS update. If I get more direct response on this, I will be sure to pass on the information to you.

ok guys little update from my side I just came home and tried to turn on iMessage one more time.....and it worked right after I signed in. I didn't do any reset or anything like that so just try it who knows what was going on maybe apple fixed it.

Mine is still not working...darn it, I had hope for a few seconds. does anyone know if there is a way to report this to Apple without having to pay? I am out of warranty and they want $29 just for an online chat. Thanks in advance for any info!

I Turned off iMessage and FaceTime, restarted the iPad, turned them back on and try to login to iMessage or FaceTime. This time I got the activation error again: "an error occurred during activation. Try again". I got in FaceTime for a split moment and then went straight back to requesting the password.

ok guys I am not an expert but if you guys still experience issues than try a reset one more time the easiest is maybe to go to general settings and than choose reset all settings you will only loose password for wifi and a couple setups like display brightness keyboard setup nothing really important. Maybe that helps I also restored my ipad twice and set it up as new not sure if that helped to solve the issue. Keep trying maybe it takes longer for some and less for other. Maybe location makes difference too. If I hear something from the senior tech I will pass it to you guys ASAP.