Here’s a 100% fix when your iMessage or Facetime is not activating or stuck in ‘Waiting for Activation’ error in iOS 11 or later/below on your iPhone/iPad.

It causing an connecting issue and stuck at “Waiting for Activation” error in both iMessage and Facetime in iOS 11, 10, or 9 on your iPhone?

When activating iMessage or Facetime in iOS 11 it shows up waiting for activation whereby it fails to activate.

There have been numerous reports about problem with iMessage activation error and Facetime Activation error in iOS 11 or later or lower. Some users got the message like “Waiting for Activation Error” , “Activation Unsuccessful”, “Could not sign in, please check your network connection”, or “An error occurred during activation”, and others seem to be getting a network error of some kind.

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Along with that, you might be getting issues on Facetime in iOS 11 while activation on iPhone or iPad. No worries, here’s how to fix for “Waiting for Activation Error” in iMessage and Facetime in iOS 11 on iPhone/iPad which works very well.

How to Activate iMessage and Facetime in iOS 11

While activating iMessage and Facetime waiting for Activation, many users tried some activation error fixes like :

AIRPLANE MODE CHECK
SIGN-OFF AND THEN SIGN-IN WITH YOUR APPLE ID
RESET OR RESTORE
HARD RESET YOUR DEVICE
CONTACT CARRIER
UPDATE iPHONE’S CARRIER SETTINGS
RESET NETWORK CONNECTION

But all the fixes mentioned above didn’t worked. They got some kind of message like “Activation Unsuccessful” , and can’t send or receive texts with iMessage nor can’t make a call with FaceTime. I think it’s Very frustrating!

Before begin, you need to be patient and don’t be confuse as it is little bit tricky activating iMessage and Facetime in iOS 11 without error. Follow this steps one by one to fix activation error or ‘Waiting for Activation error‘ in iOS 11, 10 or 9.

Make sure to check your device settings

Your device must be connected to a cellular data or Wi-Fi network. If you’re using an iPhone, you need SMS messaging to activate your phone number with iMessage and FaceTime. Depending on your carrier, you might be charged for this SMS.
Go to Settings > General > Date & Time and make sure that your time zone is set correctly.