What to do with waiting for activacation

My grandad just gave me his old iPhone that no longer works like a phone, but whenever I try to use iMessage it just says that it is "waiting for activacation" and it never activates… Please Help

You have to bring it to your phone carrier and activate it or just get a new (non iPhone) phone

  • When ever I download an app on my iPhone the app says waiting? Whenever I download an app on my iPhone 4, the app pops up on the home screen as just a grey box and it says "waiting". I've tried leaving it alone for a while but nothing changes, I've also tried turning it off and back on but that's not helping either. How do I get it to stop "waiting"? Tapping it doesn't work and when I hold it and try to delete it there's no X on the corner like all the other normal apps.
  • Syncing iPhone Won't Work Waiting For Items To Copy? I have been trying to sync my apps/data to my PC and it goes through all the steps but then gets stuck on the final "Waiting For Items To Copy" It has been like this for a while, yes I have the latest IOS and iTunes, Can anyone help?
  • MY Iphone 4s apps are stuck in waiting? For the past 4 days I've had 3 apps stuck in "waiting", 2 are new and 1 is an upgrade. I've tried everything, even resetting all settings and nothing works. I hold down on the apps and I don't even get the option of deleting them to re-download them. Any ideas?
  • My apps never load, stuck on waiting? So I used to have an iPhone 4 and now I have a 4s.both phones no Matter what I do the apps never load. They load immediately on my parents phone but not mine. I've tired clearing history and cookies, I've tried restarting it, getting a better connection, everything. I don't want to go to an apple store or anything.