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iMessage and FaceTime failure

I’ve tried several times to activate my iMessage and FaceTime but seems unsuccessful. There was an iCloud account already on the phone. I logged that account out and logged in mine. Since then I have tried and tried but still not able to activate

iPhone 6s, iOS 14

Posted on Mar 9, 2021 4:15 PM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2021 4:42 PM

Qwecubrown wrote:

I’ve tried several times to activate my iMessage and FaceTime but seems unsuccessful. There was an iCloud account already on the phone. I logged that account out and logged in mine. Since then I have tried and tried but still not able to activate

Follow all steps here If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support

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Mar 9, 2021 4:42 PM in response to Qwecubrown

Qwecubrown wrote:

I’ve tried several times to activate my iMessage and FaceTime but seems unsuccessful. There was an iCloud account already on the phone. I logged that account out and logged in mine. Since then I have tried and tried but still not able to activate

Follow all steps here If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support

iMessage and FaceTime failure

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