Messages in iCloud currently disabled. Repair account

Just turn off two-factor authentication. This one really helped me, the bug disappeared immediately.

In some iPhones power + volume button combination does nothing but holding power- and home button down will do the trick. This fixed the issue 😃

All you have to do is push the power button to turn your screen off and then wake your screen up by tapping the power button that should show your lock screen do you have a lock code or finger print activated

Here are a some pics of what to do two choices I would recommend both either will work one way is to hold down the power button and the vol- at the same time from the lock/idle screen until you see the black screen with Apple logo then release the buttons and the phone will do the rest this has worked fine on every small issue I’ve had thus far including last update issue with the iMessage issue 2nd thing I would recommend doing on a regular basis iis to hold the power button and the home/fingureprint scanner you will see the screen kinda restart in a sense but also every app running in background also all window in safari will reload/refresh upon going to those windows in which are already open as you've just cleared you cache which is always good to do on the reg in my opinion but it’s your call but I would do it and again the phone will do the rest both of these techniques should work on all iPhones as far as I know...I do know for a fact it works on 6s and 6s plus hope this was helpful for all that comes across this issue or any other issue these will most likely fix any future issues as it has always worked for any of my issues . Man that was tiring lol 😂 hope that this helped those in need

Thanku.....this worked perfect for me

The possibility now occurs to me that, for some devices with some circumstances, some kind of Messages database check/cleanup process is going on to facilitate the imminent release/activation of "Messages in iCloud" wherein such process runs during startup and/or shutdown. It may take a few power cycles for the process to complete and thus the symptom to clear. All of the different angles and methods may not actually matter. It may just take this or that number of power cycles of any kind to clear. Pure speculation, though.

Luckily It has worked on everyone of my iPhones and I have 8 of them I tried on each one of them individually to power on/off numerous occasions to see if that was the case which wasn’t it would only go away with holding the power button down at same time as the vol- from the lock screen or on one of them it actually corrected it on it own a few sec later but the others didn’t until I did the process stated previously in one of my prior replies to another member of this forum. Nothing is perfect especially if it was made by humans but dang close. There’s flaws or otherwise what I like to call (hiccups) in everything that is electronic or when it comes to servers or whatever else that is dependent on human functions if that makes any sense to you but hope I was able to help in any post that I have previously replied to as I do like to help people as much as I can . Have a Great rest of the evening/Morning in some places .

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I just read its a bug. Unreal.

Hold down the power button and volume at the same time and it goes away. Your Welcome 👌-1F3FB;🍾

Turn off two-factor authentication. It should work 100%.

If you do have a lock screen activated al you do is hold the vol - button and the power button until you see the Apple logo then let go of the buttons and when it’s powered back it will disap

I think it's because of the 11.3 update and maybe you just need to wait for the next update. Also, you can refer to this article to try some troubleshooting tips.

I believe, though of course I am not certain, the reason the signout-restart-signin process works for some and not others (including me) may have something to do with OS version on a Mac, to the extent they sync iCloud with Macs and other devices.

Everyone, in your messages here, please identify the iOS version and OS versions you may be running.

I am running OS X El Capitan, v 10.11.6, and iOS 11.3.

Ok, fine, now I don't have T-F authentication on (which could create other issues, namely around security--after all, presumably it exists for a reason) and Messages are not syncing between Mac and iOS devices, which is another problem.

It’s in this thread, see my previous post and others here. It’s my guess that this relates to an issue with upcoming (e.g., beta) releases of iOS 11. You can see info about beta releases of iOS11 which once again will support iMessage in the Cloud.