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ebrahimagha Author

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iMessage activation

how to activate iMessage and FaceTime on iPhone to be reachable by phone number knowing that I have tried a lot but always appears that an error occurred during activation.

iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 14

Posted on Sep 20, 2020 11:28 AM

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Eric Root

Level 10

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Posted on Sep 20, 2020 2:00 PM

Messages - If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime.

Messages Troubleshooting.

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.

Reset Device.

If necessary

Hard reset.

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

Restore to Factory setting.

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

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