How to pass the endless verifying status on iMessage or FaceTime activation when phone number is wrong? My iMessage continues to show Verifing status on iPhone 4S (iOS 5.1).


The phone number displayed at iMessage verifing screen is wrong (old one)
The Settings > Phone displays the correct number
iTunes shows correct number
The phone can successfully send or receive SMS messages


I already tried the accepted answer from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3401647?start=0&amp;tstart=0 but it does not work.
I assume you changed phones/data plans and restored your iPhone from backup?

The only time I encountered quite important problems with my iPhone's setup was when I made a backup (in iTunes) sold my iPhone (3G) flew to a new country bought a new iPhone (4) with a new provider and setup the new iPhone by restoring restoring from backup. From that point my network settings went bad and I experienced numerous issues (visual voicemail, FaceTime and internet access were not working properly or at all).

To solve the problem I had to restore the iPhone and then setup the iPhone as a new iPhone. It was the only thing that worked for me. You could try that.