• More Fixes for iMessage Waiting for Activation Error on iOS 10

Get Ready For The iMessage,”Waiting For Activation Error” Fix

Before you proceed on to the solution. Please make sure of the following precautions and carefully make sure that you have these.

• Open your contacts. Make sure that you see your own phone number on the top of the contacts. If not then go to Settings, Phone, My Number and enter your number. It should come up now in the contacts.
• Check that your Date and Time are correct. Set your time setting to automatically under the General settings.Make sure that your iPhone,iPad displays correct time.
• One of the most necessary thing is your internet connectivity. Make sure you are on a working network and that you are not facing any wifi or connectivity issues.Either you are on cellular or wifi.Get a working network.

Sometimes, for us international users, i message tends to send out an international message to activate itself. So it is precautionary to have sufficient amount of balance and carrier permission.

Lastly,you should contact your carrier and ask them if they support iMessage or not. Contact them and verify any limiting condition on your for iMessage, blocks, or filters on text messages.

1 minute Fixes for iMessage waiting for activation error – iOS 9 & iOS 10 – iOS 10.3 – iOS 11

Try these 2 fixes to get iMessage working and activated once again on your iPhone or iPad.

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Airplane Mode Fix

Sounds strange ? Maybe it is. This is the most working and most thanked method by thousands of users getting the activation error.This is a simple method I found while browsing some forums and discussions. It is easy and you will be amazed how often it works.

So here are the steps for iMessage Activation Airplane Mode Fix.

1. Go to your settings -> go down and search for Messages -> in Messages turn of iMessage + disable FaceTime.
2. Now swipe up and open the control center. Tap on AirPlane Mode and turn it on. Also turn off the Wi-Fi.
3. Now wait for a second (give your phone a restart if you want) and turn On Wi-fi.
4. Go back to Messages from the settings and turn on iMessage.
5. You will be prompted for your Apple ID and Password. If you have not added it yet. (Optional)
6. In most cases, you will are shown a notification that ‘Your carrier may charge for SMS’ .Tap on OK.
7. If you are not shown the message. Turn off iMessage and turn it On again.
8. In a short while, iMessage will get activated.

This worked for most users. And me too. Try this and let me know what you get using this method.

Apple ID Sign-out, Sign-in Fix

Sometimes, it is not the carrier or iPhone messing with you. It is your Apple ID. Since the whole of iOS revolves around your apple id. You just need to quickly tweak it to fix problems. To fix iMessage Waiting for Activation error issue using this method. Follow the steps.

1. Go to Settings -> Messages -> Send And Recieve.
2. Now in the first column. You will see your Apple Id attached. Tap on it and select Sign out.
3. Switch or turn off iMessage for a While. Turn your Wifi or Cellular Data Off and On.
4. Now go again to iMessage and goto Send & Recieve. Sign in with your Apple ID.
5. Try to reactivate .

Done. You should now be able to get the waiting for activation problem fixed. It is recommended that you should try both the methods. Give me a comment if this is not working for you.

If nothing seems to work. You can always try to restore or install a fresh new iOS firmware. As this is your last option. You can also try to restore network settings.

These were the top 2 Fixes for getting the problem easily fixed on iOS 9 and iOS 10, ios 11. Hope by now, you should have successfully reactivated your iMessage.