Apple Says It’s Aware Of iMessage Problem And Is Working On A Fix

Last month Apple released iOS 7 to the public with it’s great features and beautiful design, among all of these great advantages and wonderful things, a lot of iOS 7 users have been complaining of issues activating iMessage. What’s more, out of those who have been able to activate the service, some have been experiencing problems sending and receiving messages.

Here’s Apple’s statement to the Journal:

“We are aware of an issue that affects a fraction of a percent of our iMessage users, and we will have a fix available in an upcoming software update,” Apple said in a statement. “In the meantime, we encourage any users having problems to reference our troubleshooting documents or contact AppleCare to help resolve their issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes impacted users.”

In the meantime, a few temporary fixes:

-Turn off iMessage in Settings > Messages
– Reset networking settings in Settings > General > Reset
– Reenable iMessage in Settings > Messages

Also give your device a quick reboot.. 

iOS 7 has now been available to the public for two weeks, and has been installed on more than 200 million devices. Apple is calling the rollout one of the “fastest software upgrades in history,” and it reportedly caused a 112% spike in Internet traffic.