Help with activating iMessage with out use of broken phone

anyone know how to activate iMessage on ipad with sim ? It wont let me & my iPhone broke

NEED HELP



iPad, 15

Posted on Oct 21, 2022 08:08 PM

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Posted on Oct 22, 2022 11:17 AM

See the Apple Support article(s) below.


If you can’t turn on or sign in to iMessage or FaceTime.  *


If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch    *


Some things you can try. Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.


Try a restart.


Restart your iPhone   *


Restart your iPad.   *


Try a forced restart. See the section towards the end of the article.


Reset Device. -


If necessary


Hard reset.     -


Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from the backup.


Restore to Factory setting.      *


Restore - If you see an error when you update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod.   *


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.     *

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Oct 22, 2022 11:17 AM in response to Stunna512

See the Apple Support article(s) below.


If you can’t turn on or sign in to iMessage or FaceTime.  *


If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch    *


Some things you can try. Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.


Try a restart.


Restart your iPhone   *


Restart your iPad.   *


Try a forced restart. See the section towards the end of the article.


Reset Device. -


If necessary


Hard reset.     -


Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from the backup.


Restore to Factory setting.      *


Restore - If you see an error when you update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod.   *


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.     *

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