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iMessage and Facetime not activating
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fxit_man
Executive Member
That is why factory locked devices are not recommended.
Basically, your phone cannot generate it's own push certificate as it has not been activated by official means. At least this is what seems to be the issue. I can confirm that push does not work on unlocked devices without tweaking them as such.
So you need to hack it - http://www.mostiwant.com/blog/fixac...-iphone-4-on-unofficial-carriers-with-mitime/
Basically, your phone cannot generate it's own push certificate as it has not been activated by official means. At least this is what seems to be the issue. I can confirm that push does not work on unlocked devices without tweaking them as such.
So you need to hack it - http://www.mostiwant.com/blog/fixac...-iphone-4-on-unofficial-carriers-with-mitime/
Cellucity
Well-Known Member
Which network and which APN are you using?
If you are on Vodacom and using the "internet" APN you wont get Facetime / iMessage / Tethering... change the APN to iphone.vodacom.za and then restart... should solve it.
If you are on Vodacom and using the "internet" APN you wont get Facetime / iMessage / Tethering... change the APN to iphone.vodacom.za and then restart... should solve it.
Thanks, tried that and still didnt work
Im with Voda and using the iphone.vodacom.za APN but still no luck
fxit_man
Executive Member
Did you confirm your push working after that method?
Yes i did, but still was not pushing!
and MiTime said i dont have a token or something!
Cellucity
Well-Known Member
Im with Voda and using the iphone.vodacom.za APN but still no luck
Do you know if your number has had the iPhone APN activated on it by the network? Inbox me your number and I can check?
And then have you tried "reset settings" under Settings/ Network/ Cellular Data ?
fxit_man
Executive Member
That's your problem. The token Is the "certificate" was referring to earlier. So you purchased the token for $5.99?
Yes i tried that, and my APN is deff active
No didnt purchase it,
Now no data works on the phone so going to restore and then JB and try again from there!
fxit_man
Executive Member
Cool good to know 
After splittings hairs and blaming Aple for the inferior iPhone5, I had to find out that CellC South Africa does not support sevice for iMessage and Facetime? But they still sold me the phone with NO outfront information about the lack of support for thse functions.
Got it specifically to communicate with my friends that all have the devices (alternative to BBM)
See my article:
http://hellopeter.com/autopage/complaints/autopagecellc-iphone5-but-no-imessagefacetime-982575
Got it specifically to communicate with my friends that all have the devices (alternative to BBM)
See my article:
http://hellopeter.com/autopage/complaints/autopagecellc-iphone5-but-no-imessagefacetime-982575
BS, it works. Dont blame cellc if you cant get it to work. Even my 60 year old mother in law could get hers working when she got her iPhone5 in december.
You know what, you just like to downplay people, I did not come here to be insulted. Does your "grandmother" even have a CellC contract/ phone? Just go arround on the internet as see for yourself how many people has this problem. Your problem is most probably, beacuse you are still staying with you grandmother! Grow up!
Its just irritating to see people run to hello peter with false information. My point is it works, stop spreading crap as the truth.
And yes my mother in law owns an iphone, not sure how she could be my grand mother?
And yes my mother in law owns an iphone, not sure how she could be my grand mother?
Just to get you into the picture. I ported from MTN to CellC. So my number starts with 083*. My iMessage and Facetime still displays "waiting for activation". Really you telling me to stop spreading cr@p!? I had the phone at both parties (Autopage/CellC) and spent hours on the phone with "customer (NON) service" and they can't fix it... yeah it is cr@p ok! Unless you have a fix for me, stop harassing me!
I'm not disputing the fact that you have a problem. I'm disputing ".... I had to find out that CellC South Africa does not support sevice for iMessage and Facetime...."
Btw, my mother in law also ported from MTN, believe me it can be done. I suggest you reset everything and start from scratch.
Btw, my mother in law also ported from MTN, believe me it can be done. I suggest you reset everything and start from scratch.
Do you really think I will state things just because. I have tried every avenue available to me? Restored times = 6! " CellC South Africa does not support service for iMessage and Facetime...." these are the exact words of the technical guy at CellC Technical customer services, so don't blame me if they have incompetent people having to deal with the public... I did not come here for a senseless argument with you. I hoped that someone will try and help... but au contraire!?
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I ported from a blackberry on vodacom, to a prepaid iphone on cellc.
Initially I also had problems activating imessage and facetime, and everytime I tried to activate it, it would send a R1.50 sms to the server in england and fail. Today, after a chat with technical support, I reset my network settings, and suddenly it decided to activate.
Whether that is co-incidence or not (because I had previously restored the entire phone to no avail), it now works, so cellc definitely supports the service. And I activated it via sms as I dont have wifi at home if that makes any difference.
Initially I also had problems activating imessage and facetime, and everytime I tried to activate it, it would send a R1.50 sms to the server in england and fail. Today, after a chat with technical support, I reset my network settings, and suddenly it decided to activate.
Whether that is co-incidence or not (because I had previously restored the entire phone to no avail), it now works, so cellc definitely supports the service. And I activated it via sms as I dont have wifi at home if that makes any difference.
Thanks for the input. I have done the network reset, a few times actually, and I spent 2 hour's with Autopage yesterday, we even tried a new phone, and the services will not activate. I also eventually swapped my Sim before I left the shop, they could not get the service activated. Maybe it's just not liking my 083* cell no. I'm switching it off and let it be... :-(