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Several people have reported an issue in which making or receiving a FaceTime call fails on their iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Notes: FaceTime is not available in every country. Make sure FaceTime is enabled: Settings > FaceTime. Ensure that camera and FaceTime are not disabled in Settings > General > Restrictions. Make sure that [...]

FaceTime, Apple’s one-on-one video calling feature, enables you to do video calls with another FaceTime user over a Wi-Fi connection. For most FaceTime users, FaceTime is relatively simple and just works. However, you may still experience problems with FaceTime. This article outlines basic FaceTime troubleshooting tips.  First off all please note that FaceTime is not available [...]

Several users have reported an issue in which they are having issues with iMessage not activating. Users have reported they are getting this message “Waiting for activation…” and after a while users get this message ”Activation unsuccessful. Turn on iMessage to try again’. It has been also reported that this issue also occurs with FaceTime. [...]

FaceTime is not available in all countries. It is blocked and you will not be able to get it via iOS updates. The best solution is to buy from a country where FaceTime is supported. However, there are some disadvantages of this option. Please read this Q & A to learn more.

Several users have reported that FaceTime video calling service is not available. For instance, one user stated that: I live in India and bought a 64GB iPad 2 (WiFi + 3G) recently on my visit to Dubai. Shockingly, when I reached back and opened my device I found the FaceTime App missing…?? FaceTime isn’t available [...]

So you have an iPhone 4, you were swooned by the advertising geniuses at Apple. You saw all those commercials showing the stereotypical families talking from across the world using their fancy iPhone 4′s; you wanted that, and now you do. But, you did see the restrictions at the bottom of the screen; how FaceTime [...]

Some users have reported that they get this error when trying to activate FaceTime: “Could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again” Fix FaceTime Activation: If you are using FaceTime behind a firewall, see this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4245 Make sure that your Apple ID and password are correct.  Are you using an [...]

Several users have reported an issue in which they cannot sign into FaceTime for Mac OS X. In these cases, either no sign in screen ever appears, or the sign in process spins endlessly and never progresses. Other users may receive the message “There was a problem with FaceTime. You need to quit and open [...]

Apple had released the long-awaited iOS 4.1 for various iPhone and iPod touch models. Release notes are as follows: • Game Center – Send and receive friend requests – Invite friends to multi-player games over the Internet – Play multi-player games by auto-matching with other players – View Leaderboards and Achievements – Discover new games [...]

UPDATE: It appears that users who have reported resolution to this issue with the iOS 4.0.1 update may be experiencing improvement simply due to the restore and reset processes that occur during any iOS update, as Apple has now said that a permanent fix for the proximity sensor issue is coming in iOS 4.1 — [...]