Q: iPhone 5s. iMessage waiting for activation? Need help.
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Feb 17, 2016 9:08 AMby brenden dv,Hi austin.mcaleese,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! I'm sorry to hear you are having these issues with your iPhone. If you are having issues activating iMessage on your iPhone, you may find the information and troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article helpful:
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
Regards
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Feb 17, 2016 9:11 AMby ciaranfromwales,Make sure that you have a valid cellular or Wi-Fi data connection. Make sure that your date, time, and time zone are set correctly. Turn iMessage off and on in Settings > Messages. Open iMessage, under the message settings, a popup message will appear saying your carrier may charge for SMS messages and select “cancel
