iMessage Fix

SIMPLE STEP BY STEP GUIDE

i been reading through all the posts here, Nobody has explained things for noobs.
So here is the simple step by step things to do. Read carefully and you will have your iMessage working in no time.

THIS APPLIES TO
1. those who can boot normally into OSX 10.8.x using Chimera/Chameleon bootloader
2. EITHER using DSDT / non-DSDT
3. those who got iMessage issue after December 14th.

THINGS NEEDED
1. A USB pendrive 2 GB or higher.
2. Clover bootloader (attached with this post)
3. config.plist (attached with this post)

BENEFITS OF MY METHOD
1. your chimera or osx booting hard drive is untouched.
2. clover is installed on pendrive, so your computer is not messed if anything goes wrong, u can simply format the pendrive.
3. after successful imessage login u can remove pendrive and boot normally as u were doing all this time.

WHAT TO DO
1. Boot normally to OSX.
2. format the pendrive using disk utility in Aple HFS (Mac OSX Extended Journalled) ( UPDATE: some people got success by formatting FAT32)
3. Run clover set up and before installation step, click SELECT DESTINATION, and choose the Pendrive. DO NOT CHOOSE MAC HD
4. after installation is done, go to pen drive, and go to folder EFI, and replace config.plist with the one thats attached.
UPDATE: if you have a patched DSDT.aml, then you can insert your
DSDT.aml in "/ EFI / ACPI / patched " folder on the Pendrive.
5. Reboot, and bootup the computer using this Pendrive.
6. Select "boot into OSX on MAC HD" from the clover boot menu
7. this will boot osx of your HDD using clover boot loader, which automatically will inject a UUID etc. if boot fails go "IF CLOVER BOOT FAILED" section below.
8. login to iMesasage (it will login) if you got error "contact customer support", see "IF CUSTOMER SUPPORT REQUIRED" below.
9. now that you are logged in, remove pendrive, boot back normally.
10. ALWAYS REMEBER, any change you make to iMessage > Preferences > accounts section here after, will log you out, and then steps one to ten again.

IF CLOVER BOOT FAILED
1. boot back normally, connect the clover pendrive
2. go to pen drives EFI folder, open Config.plist using textedit.
3. using chameleon wizard, generate a serial number and system type. (example "imac12,2" & "CMX77JGT"
4. replace them in the config.plist (always remeber the serial number we get is 11 or 12 digit, clover needs 17, so fill some numbers to make it 17 (example CMX77JGTPUT to CMX77JGTPUTxxxxxx where x = any digit )
5. reboot using pendrive and the follow the guide above

IF CUSTOMER SUPPORT REQUIRED
1. this is easy. the moment it asks for cust support, leave as it is.
2. NOW YOU NEED A REAL MAC OR A REAL iOS device for 5 minutes.
3. signin using your ID on real apple device.
4. Now keeping it signed in, sign into ur hackintosh, iMessage will sign in. make needed preferences at iMessage > Preferences > accounts section. now reboot normally using ur chameleon/chimera, removing pendrive.
5. ALWAYS REMEBER, any change you make to iMessage > Preferences > accounts section here after, will log you out, and then steps one to ten again.
......OR......
1. go to applied.apple.com
2. sign in there, and change your password to 8+ characters (some people reported this to be the working trick)
3. try to sign in now. if succeeded, reboot uisng your default normal boot loader, removing the pendrive.

UPDATE / footnotes
1. software which requires activation, like Adobe Photoshop which relies on system serial number may ask you to activate again or misbehave, once you change the system serial number in clover. however once u boot back using the normal bootloader thats on your MAC HDD, i guess it will be fine as well. not sure its always a possibility thats 50 by 50.

2. there are things... that will break this sort of activation.
this applies to after successful sign in by clover, and then we normally boot using our boot loader.
i message will remain signed in. Things that will immediately sign you out includes

1. changing DNS or IP address in system preferences/network after the success
2. Changing computer name in system preferences
3. changing sharing options in System Preferences
4. changing serial number in present boot loader
5. changing from one network to another network
6. signing out from iMessage manually.
7. changing any settings in iMsg Accounts section in Msgs>preferences>accounts > imessage
8. crashing or force quitting iMessage
9.resetting iMessage Plists
10. deleting any related certificates in Keychain access
11. changing time zone or date and time in system preferences
12. modifying hosts file
13. changing iCloud password

Any of these may/may not sign you out immediately, but chances are very high as in 99% cases.
im unsure, why, but knows that it happens.

Thanks for making this clear and concise write up! Going to give it a run right now.

Did you fix it????

ramirorobles-
You rock!

This has been bugging me and thanks to your guide, I was up and running in under 10 min.

It would have been faster, but it failed the first time because my apple id password was too short.

Oh, I thought I KP'd, but the clover drive just didn't like the multiple monitors.

The main monitor only worked. It was no big deal. I am back with 100% functionality.

Thanks again!!

Works! Thank you very much!

You are welcome!!

Hello!

Well, this actually works, but just a question, lol! After I rebooted (with chameleon) it errored again D: hahahahah

try again and make sure you fallow all the instructions ...

I am sooooo close! Followed all directions but, my KB and mouse do not work on Clover boot screen. Tried to unplug and re-plug into other USB port with no success. Any recommendations?