Hey guys,
I have this iPhone 3GS that was previous hacktivated using SAM and unlocked via ultrasn0w for T-Mobile. Everything worked great, I was able to use iMessage and send photos. But I realized I got tired of having to re-unlock everytime an update comes out so I went ahead and got the phone factory unlocked, so I restored it and installed iOS6.
It booted up for the first time and instantly connected to T-Mobile so I knew the factory unlock was working fine. Push notifications functioned great with no further steps from me. And I really didn't set up iMessage because it was always my assumption that it got enabled by default as long as your Apple ID was entered during the setup.
So I texted texting via iMessage and it works great, only today I tried to send a message via iMessage and the sending bar gets stuck at the 95% mark and never completes. I can receive pictures via iMessage as my friends sent me one and I got it, and I can even send picture messages over MMS if I do the iBackupBot trick. But I CANT send pics over iMessage and this baffles me.
I checked Settings > Messages and it says "waiting on activation". Its just been stuck on that (mind you I can still send iMessage texts while it says that) but I can't send pictures.
And the kicker is, if I attempt to send a picture, it will get stuck, and if I cancel sending that message and try to send a text message after, it will get stuck in the same spot.
I'm restoring again, and iTunes says "Congratulations, your iPhone has been unlocked" like it should. Booted up and restored from a backup. Same issue. "Waiting on activation." and I still can't send pics over iMessage.