We’re hearing word of sporadic iMessage outages this weekend

- Jul. 22nd 2012 2:12 pm PT

Although Apple’s iCloud System Status thinks all is good, clearly not all is well in Maiden. We received a load of tips over the past day or so claiming iMessages are randomly not going through, people are not able to sign in (“activation issues”), and messages are randomly deleting. Others are not having any issues (or are not aware of any). Here are just a few of our readers’ responses:

@9to5mac Serious bug affecting iMessage and FaceTime. Aren’t working or are impossible to activate. Lots of people are having this issue !
— Gilles de Stexhe (@gldstx) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac sporadic my a**!, imessages and facetime down all day!!!
— G. Pino (@elguille78) July 22, 2012

“@9to5mac: Thanks everyone. iMessage issues appear to be sporadic.”it is not!! 2 outta 4 devices in house down!
— Ann (@ashjam8800) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac Randomly received about 8 iMessages this morning from a conversation from earlier this week in which I'd never received a response.
— Andrew Gwin (@andrewgwin) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac Sending failure #iMessage
— Jari (@jaritheone) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac I'm having activation issues on iMessage.
— Jairo Duque (@jairoduquemusic) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac thought it was just me lol
— Suki Dass (@sukvinderdass) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac can't send or receive iMessages on my iPhone, but my iPad works just fine.
— Phillip Cashmere (@UncPhil) July 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/carterwps/status/227145254900490240

@9to5mac i have!!! in mexico!!! i can't send imessage to my friends!
— Carlos Calderón  (@japocalde) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac always had issues with it. Messages doubling up. Now my bf got rid of his iPhone I had to turn it off, texts were still going to it
— Jo Fezner-Williams (@Joanna__Robbins) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac My is not working too.
— Alvis Wu 📱 (@AlvisWuofficial) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac Friend of mine having problems to login to iMessage and FaceTime on his new iPad. iCloud works fine tho.
— Christian (@Christian_W1971) July 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/carterwps/status/227144686060589056

https://twitter.com/inerd3g/status/227144623502532608

@9to5mac cant send messages... :(
— Chief Attila (@chiefattila) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac my iMessages delete themselves like every hour. Only started today.
— matt gibstein (@mattgibstein) July 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/sophiewilson34/status/227144294643949568

https://twitter.com/ramo619/status/227144278953041920

https://twitter.com/geeoff_g/status/227144277417922560

https://twitter.com/jeremymoretti/status/227144161843879936

@9to5mac delay here in Detroit
— Marino N. Moutafis (@acumarino) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac i have not been able to send-receive iMessages all day
— Tyler Corrigan (@TylerCorrigan) July 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/ravenatic/status/227143808645730304

https://twitter.com/istephen45003/status/227143633185411072

@Nkapoor124 @9to5mac yep..issues with both. I’ve been hearing it too
— Abdul Kahil (@DulZigfx) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac major issues few hours ago. Couldn't send pics.
— Walid Hajj (@walidhajj) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac Messages on my Mac kept telling me I had 2-3 unread messages. It would randomly increase, then decrease. Weird.
— Howard Pinsky (@Pinsky) July 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/deangibbons/status/227143405426319362

@9to5mac Hit or miss for me all day long.
— Michael Seiber (@MichaelSeiber_) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac Trying to log in at my mac on mountain lion but it fails
— Martin Kollaard (@Martinkollaard) July 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/ryankboyd/status/227143285775405056

@9to5mac iMessage working, not FaceTime
— DJ Jenkins (@DJJenkins) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac I’ve received no iMessages using my phone number all day, turned iMessage off and on again and it’s stuck on waiting for activation
— Matthew Batey (@mattyb1994) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac 02 uk confirming an issue over the phone and lots of calls into another well known carrier
— Anthony (@antsbbqshack) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac not more broken than usual.
— Simon Groneberg (@simongroneberg) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac o/ having the eternal "waiting for activation"
— Carlos (@carloslaso) July 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/anatoliygatt/status/227150519888662529

https://twitter.com/mattgibstein/status/227150514217971713

@9to5mac #iMessageoutage Yep, all weekend for the wife and I; UK
—  Former Monkey  (@richardhubbuck) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac was bad to the point where I had to turn it off. Some very important messages never got delivered.
— pumba (@pumbadev) July 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/cajarima/status/227149028780040192

My iMessage conversations have been deleting themselves randomly for the past 24 hours. Has anyone been seeing this? Cc/ @9to5mac
— matt gibstein (@mattgibstein) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac Randomly received about 8 iMessages this morning from a conversation from earlier this week in which I'd never received a response.
— Andrew Gwin (@andrewgwin) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac Sending failure #iMessage
— Jari (@jaritheone) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac thought it was just me lol
— Suki Dass (@sukvinderdass) July 22, 2012

@9to5mac my girlfriend can't receive my iMessages for 3 hours already, it says "delivered" but she never got them.
— Anton Klimov (@antonxklimov) July 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/playboye1/status/227151459362410496

https://twitter.com/nouht/status/227151542837448705

https://twitter.com/vincelamartina/status/227151751172722688

https://twitter.com/littlepaw25/status/227151825256730624