FaceTime and iMessage activation
It won’t let me activate my FaceTime or iMessage what can I do to fix this ?
iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 13
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It won’t let me activate my FaceTime or iMessage what can I do to fix this ?
iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 13
Perhaps this article may help: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201422
If you are locked out of your Apple ID account you can go to https://iforgot.apple.com
This will provide you with the recovery steps you put in place for this situation.
Here are some support articles that should help:
If you forgot your Apple ID password - Apple Support
If you forgot the answers to your Apple ID security questions - Apple Support
If your Apple ID has been locked or disabled – Apple Support
Perhaps this article may help: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201422
If you are locked out of your Apple ID account you can go to https://iforgot.apple.com
This will provide you with the recovery steps you put in place for this situation.
Here are some support articles that should help:
If you forgot your Apple ID password - Apple Support
If you forgot the answers to your Apple ID security questions - Apple Support
If your Apple ID has been locked or disabled – Apple Support
See If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201422.
Use these support options if you need more help.
Get a call from Apple support to help solve your problem using this link https://getsupport.apple.com/?caller=kbase&PGF=PGF63005&category_id=SC0245&symptom_id=23362
Apple ID Support https://support.apple.com/apple-id
Apple Support Twitter https://twitter.com/AppleSupport
Apple ID account security for country-specific and region-specific help
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204169
What happens when you try? Error message(s)?
Some other 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, iPad, or iPod touch
Try a forced restart.
If necessary
Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.
Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.
If you still have problems, have someone else attempt to sign in using their Apple ID. If they can successfully sign in and use Messages/FaceTime, it may be your Apple ID. Someone I know had this happen and I was able to sign in using my Apple ID. After a call to Apple Support and then being elevated to a tier 2 support person, it turned out it was a problem with their Apple ID. It took the software engineers 3-4 days to fix the problem. When calling Apple, make sure you tell them it is an Apple ID problem so you don't get charged.
You can also try signing in on another device/computer. There have been a couple of posts where people's device/computer was blocked. You will need to contact Apple for that problem also.
There is a contact link.
Apple ID - Official Apple Support.
Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security - Apple Support. (The link doesn’t always load)
Get Support Work through the screens to get a chat option.
Apple Support schedule phone call
FaceTime and iMessage activation