iMessage Activation Error randomly

One day, I woke up and I couldn’t use iMessage on my iPad. When I open the messages app, it just says to sign in with my apple id. It autofills my email so I put in my password. It’s signing in and then I get an iMessage Activation Error, Try Again. So I go to the Messages App in Settings, I think all the features are gone.

What should I do?


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iPad 2, iOS 9

Posted on Jul 15, 2025 03:29 AM

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Jul 15, 2025 09:26 AM in response to adamwx

adamwx wrote:

One day, I woke up and I couldn’t use iMessage on my iPad. When I open the messages app, it just says to sign in with my apple id. It autofills my email so I put in my password. It’s signing in and then I get an iMessage Activation Error, Try Again. So I go to the Messages App in Settings, I think all the features are gone.
What should I do?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/80bb0bc1-0fb0-41c6-9ba5-ccad7e701c45
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/4c71d0d1-5350-421f-9ef6-9aea8b9b3a81

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See if this link helps If you can’t turn on or sign in to iMessage or FaceTime on your iPhone - Apple Support

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