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Recently I've been trying to Sign into iMessage with my Apple ID on my iPhone and Mac but it says "An error occurred during activation. Try again". I have restarted my devices, check for Date and Time settings and made sure they're software is up to date. Any other solutions?
I recently changed my Apple ID email, but the error has persisted even before I changed it.
Thank you,
Abby
abbyarivera wrote:
Recently I've been trying to Sign into iMessage with my Apple ID on my iPhone and Mac but it says "An error occurred during activation. Try again". I have restarted my devices, check for Date and Time settings and made sure they're software is up to date. Any other solutions?
I recently changed my Apple ID email, but the error has persisted even before I changed it.
Thank you,
Abby
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
abbyarivera wrote:
Recently I've been trying to Sign into iMessage with my Apple ID on my iPhone and Mac but it says "An error occurred during activation. Try again". I have restarted my devices, check for Date and Time settings and made sure they're software is up to date. Any other solutions?
I recently changed my Apple ID email, but the error has persisted even before I changed it.
Thank you,
Abby
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
I had already entered this page and none of the solutions seemed to work. I finally called an Apple technician and resolved my issue. Apparently, when Apple detects suspicious activity in your Apple ID account, such as spam, the devices get blocked as a protective measure. The technician unblocked my devices which permitted me once again to sync my Apple ID with my iMessage and FaceTime.
Thank you for responding though!
I don’t know if they have a customer service email, but the call service was pretty great – I didn’t have to wait more than 5 min to get connected to a technitian, the technitian was really nice and paid much attention to the issue and when I accidentally hung up they called back to ensure I got the issue resolved. So, I really recommend calling. If you aren’t convinced you can always google “Apple Support” and find their contact links! That’s how I did it. Good luck!
Hi, How do you contact the technician because this happened to me and the Apple post didn't help. I would prefer to email.
Error when activating iMessage with Apple ID on iPhone and Mac
