iMessage wont activate after 8.3 update

Hey will it just not let you type? Like the keyboard wont come up?

I'm getting the "An error Occurred during activation. Please try again". I also tried to turn off and reactivate iMessage but after entering Apple ID password, it errors out:"Could not sign in. Please check network connection and try again".

I'm having the same annoying problem. The update won't let me use my Apple ID to enable iMessage or FaceTime. I keep getting the 'Could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again.' error message. This is quite the nightmare considering that I'm a news reporter and rely on these things to get information and spread information at work. :/

I tried again last evening and am now iMessaging again. Didn't do anything to make it happen. It's as if there was a software update.

Sameeeeeeee

This happened to me for the second time, after this update and the previous update. I just noticed the problem today, after being off the grid since my most recent update. I turned imessage and facetime on (they were toggled off somehow) and the screen says waiting for activation. So I hope the solution is the same as the last time--try activating when at a different location, using a different wifi network. When I go to work later, I'll check to see if it's activated. I refuse my reset my network settings (didn't do the trick last time and it's a hassle to re-enter all those passwords). Maybe I'll consider a Samsung. . .

I finally got it to work. First of all, to clarify, I realize that imessage stopped working after I had my phone on airplane mode. (phone # was grayed out and imessage wouldn't activate). I tried all day today with different wifi networks. Toggle on and off, airplane mode on and off, dns 8.8.8.8--every solution that I could find. Just now I plugged in my phone to the wall outlet, and, voila, iMessage activated and is showing my phone number!

my imessage still does not work 😟

I am having the same issue. Did yours activate with Airplane mode turned on?

This issue has affected MANY of us since the 10.10.3 upgrade and the 8.3 iOS upgrade. They broke my iMessage app. I've spent countless hours on this, genius bar, tier 2 support (three times!), and the answer has always been the same: "Apple is aware of this issue and it has to do with our internal server not working properly."

And yet they STILL haven't fixed this. It used to be a great productivity tool. No longer. Thanks, Apple. Grrrrr...

I am really disappointed with this iMessage failure that has been going on for the past few months with literally no solution. It's worse now than ever. I mean, honestly, how can Apple let us down like this. The iPad was once my lone source of digital communications and entertainment.

I pretty much hate Apple right meow...

Off Automatic Time & Date

Hard reset by Keep Home button + Power

Enjoy!

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Hi shopngo ..In apple ipad air 2 ios 8.3 my imessage is not activating. It is showing the same login window again or it is showing "Unable to login. Check your network". Does this hard resetting will help on ipad also ??