Why is my iMessage saying "waiting for activation"?

I got a new iPhone 4s and factory reset it. I made an Apple ID and everything was working fine for a couple days. Yesterday my iMessage stopped working saying it was waiting for activation I waited 24hrs and tried other things I saw but nothing worked. What do I do?

Posted on Mar 22, 2018 7:45 AM

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Posted on Mar 22, 2018 8:29 AM

ciarafromtrainer wrote:


I got a new iPhone 4s and factory reset it. I made an Apple ID and everything was working fine for a couple days. Yesterday my iMessage stopped working saying it was waiting for activation I waited 24hrs and tried other things I saw but nothing worked. What do I do?

after 24 hours you call Apple per this link If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support

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Mar 22, 2018 8:29 AM in response to ciarafromtrainer

ciarafromtrainer wrote:


I got a new iPhone 4s and factory reset it. I made an Apple ID and everything was working fine for a couple days. Yesterday my iMessage stopped working saying it was waiting for activation I waited 24hrs and tried other things I saw but nothing worked. What do I do?

after 24 hours you call Apple per this link If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support

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