IMessage Error “Waiting For Activation” On IPhone (how To Fix )

Tired of iMessage waiting for activation error in iOS 9 or iOS 8.x on iPhone, Or is it just draining the last ounce of patience left in you, Despite our ‘been there done that’ experience, we’re equally skeptic about how to activate iMessage. Sometimes it works just perfectly, but sometimes it drives us crazy. There are quite a lot of fixes recommended almost everywhere but most of it doesn’t work. That’s what prompted us to test with a lot of iPhones and we ended up activating iMessage successfully. Make sure in the Phone app, you’ve got your number listed. On top of ‘Contacts’ you should see your number listed (My Number:). If not, you’ll need to go to Settings → Phone → My Number and enter your number. Make sure Date & Time (under General) are correct. Set to ‘Set Automatically’ make sure the Time Zone is correct and the iPhone holds the right time. Also make sure you’ve got a working network.

Wi-fi issues can cause iMessage activation problems so have cellular enabled. For some users, the message sent out for activation goes out as an international SMS. Make sure your carrier permits these and you have sufficient amount to send them. First of all make sure that your carrier support iMessage or not. Contact your Carrier support team and verify any limiting condition on your for iMessage, blocks, or filters on text messages. As strange as it sounds, may be you should try this method if nothing else works. We found the airplane mode activation mode in one of the discussions. It sounds simple and if it solves, that’d be good, right, Turn on the Airplane mode. Wifi will be turned OFF automatically. Head back to Messages and turn-on iMessage. You’ll be prompted for your Apple ID if you haven’t added it yet. Now, head back to Settings and turn OFF Airplane mode. If not, go to Messages, turn OFF iMessage and then turn it ON again.

In a short while, iMessage should get activated. You’ll see a greyed out number and an email ID. A little later, the number should be checked and that’s it. Sometimes, you just need to sign-out of your Apple ID and then login again. Under Settings → Message, scroll down to where it says ‘Send & Receive’ and tap on it. Tap on the Apple ID and then press Sign Out. Switch off iMessage now. Wait for a while (turn on/off Wifi) and then switch ON iMessage. If things don’t work, you’ll first need to reset your location settings, then the iPhone. Reset is just a forced reboot so your data remains safe. After the reset, you’ll just login with your Apple ID and set up iMessage as new. Should this fail, you might have to restore the iPhone as new or from a backup. Apple tries to let users enjoy a seamless iMessage experience but one thing that’s clear is that setting up and activating iMessage doesn’t usually work smoothly for all users. Try these methods and let us know if any of it worked. And we’re looking for more solutions too so let us know. Do share your feedback with us in the comment, on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. Also, download the iGB app for free in the App Store.

Store, and check Apps. Note: If you want to use “Automatic Downloads” function on your iDevices and computer, you should share one Apple ID with them. Cloud is also helpful for syncing apps from iPhone to iPad. To use iCloud to sync apps, you need Wi-Fi connection and the Apple ID you purchase apps with. Storage & Backup, then turn on iCloud Backup. Launch App Store on your iPad. Not on this iPad, and click the cloud download icon to download iPhone apps to iPad. You can also take advantage of the third-part iPhone transfer software, Leawo iTransfer, to sync iPhone apps to iPad. The software can transfer files among iOS devices, iTunes and PCs, and it transfers app data when users want to transfer apps. The following guidance will show you how to sync iPhone apps to iPad, and you can download this software and have a try. After the transfer, you will get the apps in your iPad. The app data will be transferred to iPad as well. Leawo iTransfer is helpful for transferring various kinds of files among iOS devices, iTunes and computers, and it will bring much convenience to people’s daily life.