iMessage not working. "Waiting for activation..."

DaDiamondSwordz wrote:

So...

I seem to be having a problem with my iPhone 3. I want to activate iMessage WITHOUT a phone number. I don't have a carrier, I just want to treat it as an iPod. But this website If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support seemed to say I needed to have an activated phone number to use iMessage.

Please help!

That is correct your phone needs to be able to send an SMS to activate imessage.

you can try activating using your apple id instead.

Add or remove your phone number to iMessage or FaceTime on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

DaDiamondSwordz wrote:

Uh.. it said that I need an active phone number for that.

That might be a problem. I want to use iMessage on the iPhone. And it has no carrier. Can I use hacktivation?

Thanks

No, you already know what you need to do if you want to use imessage on that phone, get it connected with cellular data.