after turning it on is says "Waiting for activation..." and after few hours it just say that activation is unsuccessful and that I should turn off and on again . But it doesn't help.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 9.3.1, null
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple
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Udi H wrote:
after turning it on is says "Waiting for activation..." and after few hours it just say that activation is unsuccessful and that I should turn off and on again . But it doesn't help.
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
Thanks but it doesn't work. it is not working even after I did a restore to the iPhone.
Still after hours of "waiting to activation..." I received the same notification: "Activation unsuccessful. turn on iMessage to try again".
I turned off and on again. same thing. nothing works.
Sorry that this is not helping
Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
So I went to the Expert meeting (in Apple reseller store this is equivalent of Genius I assume) and they took my iphone for a 5 days checkup.
After 5 days they called me to come to take my iPhone saying that they checked everything, even talked with Apple itself, and the problem is only in my sim-card and I should take it (physically, not just by phone assistance) to the carrier.
They also told me that when they put their own sim-card (which was even of the very same local carrier) in my iPhone, the iMessage worked fine but when they switched it again to my sim card it again did not work (everything with their own AppleID so there is no problem regarding AppleID here).
So I took my iPhone I logged in with my AppleID. Suddenly everything worked fine. iMessage and FaceTime (and even the option "Text Message Forwarding" to my MBP worked and a number showed, for the first time.., on my MBP to verify send and receive message from the iPhone).
So, eventually something solved the problem. I don't know exactly what but maybe some "rattling" to the device made it (taking out the sim, putting other sim, putting again the sim, in the process I also changed my AppleID password after giving the iPhone to the reseller.)
I have the same problem with my iPhone 6s. Tried everything I know and called apple and att, nothing worked. I will go to the att store later and see if it will solve my problem by replacing my sim card. I hope this works too for me? Goodluck to me.
i wonder if you can ask them what they have done? nothing worked. still have the same problem and it is just annoying.
can't succeed in activating iMessage on iPhone 6s with iOS 9.3.1
