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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

Posted on Jun 19, 2020 8:52 PM

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Posted on Jun 19, 2020 11:59 PM

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

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Jun 19, 2020 11:59 PM in response to Paulina_

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

Jun 20, 2020 1:33 AM in response to Paulina_

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

 

Jun 20, 2020 8:12 AM in response to Paulina_

What happens when you try? Error message(s)?


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.      


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


https://twitter.com/AppleSupport

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