I just got an iphone 6, to use a wifi only phone, it has previously been activated by the old owner but sim card removed ect. I only want to use it as a WiFi phone so imessage and facetime with an email, but it won’t activate. It just says IMessage Waiting for activation or “Error Occured Try again”
Do i need to wait 24 hours? It’s fully updated to the latest ios aswell
Can you log into FaceTime?
Have someone else attempt to sign in using their Apple ID. If they can successfully sign in and use Messages/FaceTime, it may be your Apple ID.Someone I know had this happen and I was able to sign in usingmy Apple ID. After a call to Apple Support and then being elevated to a tier 2 support person, it turned out it was a problem with their Apple ID. It took the software engineers 3-4 days to fix the problem. When calling Apple, make sure you tell them it is an Apple ID problem so you don't get charged.
There is a contact link.
Apple Support by e-mail or chat Select your device, Battery, Power and Charging, then Power adapter not working to get a chat option.
iMessage waiting for activation
