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How To Fix iMessage Activation Issues on iOS 7

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Day in day out, people use Apple's iMessage service to get in touch and sending of messages. It becomes very easy to totally rely on this means of communication if all friends are iPhone users. consequently it can become very frustrating and alarming if one can't get messages sent through iMessage as its the case lately after iOS 7 upgrade.


This problem is due to Apple servers having a hard time activation the iMessage service on troubled devices. To fix this, the following workaround have been offered.

1. Go to Settings/Messages and then check if the phone number and Apple ID mail address displayed is actually the right one.

2. Sign out of the Apple ID and then sign in back or sign in with a totally different Apple ID if you have another one.

3. Now, once you are signed in, toggle iMessage OFF and then a few seconds and then toggle ON again.

4. If this still fails to solve the iMessage issue, go to Settings/General/Reset  and tap on "Reset Network Settings". This will reset all network settings including WiFi passwords etc. reboot and check if iMessage is fixed

5.  The final resort if all this fails is to reload the iOS firmware again. Backup device, remove any existing backups of any other Apple device that has been backed up on the computer or use a fresh computer. This is to avoid conflict when restoring backups as iTunes tends to mix up numbers of existing backups.

Reload iOS and then setup your iMessage. Make sure SIM card is present in the device when restoring from backup.

According to Apple, they are aware of the issue and working tirelessly to bring a fix in the near future.

Let us know if the above tips helped or what you did right and different that worked.

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Apple's iMessage App For Android Surfaces On Play Store

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Apple's iMessage messaging service just got spotted on Google Play Store and its available for download for Android devices.


Like the name suggest, it allows you to send iMessages to not only Apple devices but also to other Android users that have the app installed.


This is actually surprising seeing that the app had been in the store since September 12th according to the information on Google Play Store. Not only that, there are reviews being written which suggests that the app is performing as intended.

Jay Freeman, creator of Cydia, a popular Hacker and Developer on the iOS platform has this to say

"as far as I can tell the way it works is that the client does directly connect to Apple, but the data is all processed on the developer's server in China. This not only means that Apple can't just block them by IP address, but also that they get to keep the "secret sauce" on their servers (and potentially just run Apple code: there are some parts of the process in Apple's client code that is highly obfuscated).

Every packet from Apple is forwarded to 222.77.191.206, which then sends back exactly what data to send to Apple (along with extra packets that I presume tell the client what's happening so it can update its UI). Likewise, if the client wants to send a message, it first talks to the third-party server, which returns what needs to be sent to Apple. The data is re-encrypted as part of this process, but its size is deterministically unaffected"

For now, some iPhone users are pissed and are wondering if there would be any law suit from Apple to the developer of the said app for using not only the name "iMessage" but the logo or to Google for permitting such app in the Play Store.

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Fix iPhone iOS 6.1 Unknown Blank Messages & Failed SMS And iMessage service

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Finally, I fixed this issue of not being able to send and receive SMS, including the blank unknown SMS.
Few days after I updated iPhone 4 to iOS 6.1 I noticed some sets of Problems with the device.

The problems are:

1. I couldn't send SMS and iMessages.
2. Receiving blank SMS from unknown sender.
3. An SMS is being sent constantly to a UK number +447786205094 and being charged for it. 

Whether it is an issue with the jailbreak or with iOS 6.1 or even 6.x i don't know. 
However, these simple steps outlined below did the trick and solved the problems

Step 1
Launch Cydia and let it download its packages.

Step 2
Click on search and type in Handcent SMS

Step 3
When Handcent SMS shows up, click on it and download to your device. After download, respring springboard.

Step 4
Navigate to the Handcent SMS icon on your screen and click on it. All your messages would be displayed.

Step 5
Finally, try sending a message and you will notice that it will get delivered . You can also try receiving a message. If you can't receive any message, try putting off iMessage.

For the incessant text message to the UK number, it is caused by iMessage trying to activate the service. Just go over to Settings>Messages and turn off iMessage. You can do the same for Facetime. Once iMessage is turned off, you will notice that the messages to the UK number will stop.
Although, the main reason to this problem might be that you have multiple back-ups on your computer for multiple devices. 
While restoring contacts and other things, your mobile number may be wrongly displayed on iMessage. To fix this, a reset of network might be necessary and reboot.

There it is folks. I hope this help someone
Please drop comments to educate more on some things that you also did right that fixed other issues.

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