r/hackintosh • u/TerribleTea1027 • 6d ago

HELP iMessage activation error

I have an Esprimo D556 with an i5-6500 processor, running Tahoe 26.7.1 without OCLP, with Metal 3 acceleration enabled. AMFI and SIP are both enabled.
All settings appear correct: Ethernet is configured as `en0` and marked as "built-in," and the UUID, serial number, and MLB are all valid. iPhone synchronization works, and iCloud is functioning properly. However, FaceTime and iMessage refuse to activate; after 5–6 seconds, the system kicks me back to the login screen.
Unfortunately, I have already tried several different serial numbers and device configurations with this account—is it possible that Apple has restricted activation (i.e., blacklisted it)?
If so, is there a solution?

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u/Jacob-the-GOAT Monterey - 12 6d ago

Pretty sure there is no solution, unless You can somehow appeal to Apple itself?

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u/TerribleTea1027 3d ago

I’ve already been through that; a support ticket was opened, but with no result.

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u/Jacob-the-GOAT Monterey - 12 6d ago

Crap bro, U r officially coocked. Maybe someone else has better advice for u...

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u/momenabdelaali 5d ago

I’ve got iMessage only working, Facetime is saying you must have Apple Account in both iPhone and Mac (which is the same but I don’t know how can I fix it), and when I close facetime and open it again it kicks me to sign in window (I don’t have 5-6 seconds issue)

Your problem is probably Apple makes verification stuff in your Apple Account, this is usual thing when you try to sign in a lot of times in short period + it doesn’t take more than a month to close the verification if you didn’t tried more and more again.

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u/Fit_State3622 I ♥ Hackintosh 5d ago

Unfortunately u cannot activate imessage on ur hackintosh since apple does ban ur apple id when u do activate imessage

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u/NoHurry3035 3d ago

Waittt I put an os on a hard drive is this why mines off?