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Re: Confused about iMessage - bazookaman - 07-30-2015
We've ALWAYS used our number and never had an issue.
Under Send and Receive, there's nothing there now. B/c I'm not signed in with my Apple ID. If I sign in, it shows my Apple ID, my daughter's, my phone number and the new UK phone number. But my phone number is greyed out and not selectable.
Re: Confused about iMessage - rgG - 07-30-2015
bazookaman wrote:
We've ALWAYS used our number and never had an issue.
Under Send and Receive, there's nothing there now. B/c I'm not signed in with my Apple ID. If I sign in, it shows my Apple ID, my daughter's, my phone number and the new UK phone number. But my phone number is greyed out and not selectable.
Maybe turn iMessage off, restart the phone, and see what happens then. iMessage is really finicky sometimes.
Re: Confused about iMessage - bazookaman - 07-30-2015
rgG wrote:
[quote=bazookaman]
We've ALWAYS used our number and never had an issue.
Under Send and Receive, there's nothing there now. B/c I'm not signed in with my Apple ID. If I sign in, it shows my Apple ID, my daughter's, my phone number and the new UK phone number. But my phone number is greyed out and not selectable.
Maybe turn iMessage off, restart the phone, and see what happens then. iMessage is really finicky sometimes.
Heh. Believe me. I've done the turn things off and on and restart dance several times already. No dice.
Re: Confused about iMessage - rgG - 07-30-2015
bazookaman wrote:
[quote=rgG]
[quote=bazookaman]
We've ALWAYS used our number and never had an issue.
Under Send and Receive, there's nothing there now. B/c I'm not signed in with my Apple ID. If I sign in, it shows my Apple ID, my daughter's, my phone number and the new UK phone number. But my phone number is greyed out and not selectable.
Maybe turn iMessage off, restart the phone, and see what happens then. iMessage is really finicky sometimes.
Heh. Believe me. I've done the turn things off and on and restart dance several times already. No dice.
Well damn. None of this makes any sense, but I am sure you knew that anyway.
I guess the best thing would be to get your wife to sign out, set up her own Apple ID, sign back in with that, and hope that frees yours up.
Re: Confused about iMessage - bazookaman - 07-30-2015
rgG wrote:
[quote=bazookaman]
[quote=rgG]
[quote=bazookaman]
We've ALWAYS used our number and never had an issue.
Under Send and Receive, there's nothing there now. B/c I'm not signed in with my Apple ID. If I sign in, it shows my Apple ID, my daughter's, my phone number and the new UK phone number. But my phone number is greyed out and not selectable.
Maybe turn iMessage off, restart the phone, and see what happens then. iMessage is really finicky sometimes.
Heh. Believe me. I've done the turn things off and on and restart dance several times already. No dice.
Well damn. None of this makes any sense, but I am sure you knew that anyway.
I guess the best thing would be to get your wife to sign out, set up her own Apple ID, sign back in with that, and hope that frees yours up.
That's the plan.
Re: Confused about iMessage - rgG - 07-30-2015
bazookaman wrote:
[quote=rgG]
[quote=bazookaman]
[quote=rgG]
[quote=bazookaman]
We've ALWAYS used our number and never had an issue.
Under Send and Receive, there's nothing there now. B/c I'm not signed in with my Apple ID. If I sign in, it shows my Apple ID, my daughter's, my phone number and the new UK phone number. But my phone number is greyed out and not selectable.
Maybe turn iMessage off, restart the phone, and see what happens then. iMessage is really finicky sometimes.
Heh. Believe me. I've done the turn things off and on and restart dance several times already. No dice.
Well damn. None of this makes any sense, but I am sure you knew that anyway.
I guess the best thing would be to get your wife to sign out, set up her own Apple ID, sign back in with that, and hope that frees yours up.
That's the plan.
Hope that solves the problem. Let us know how it turns out.
Re: Confused about iMessage - bazookaman - 07-30-2015
Well. My phone mysteriously works now. I did nothing. They did nothing. WTF.
Re: Confused about iMessage - rgG - 07-30-2015
bazookaman wrote:
Well. My phone mysteriously works now. I did nothing. They did nothing. WTF.
That has been my experience with iMessage. It will suddenly stop working and nothing will fix it, then a few hours later it is back just the way it was. Weird.
It seems that whenever a change is made, there is a server update lag or something. I have no idea what, but it just takes a while to right itself. I have had it act similarly weird for me, but not with the exact same situation as yours.
Glad it is working again, as I am sure your wife, and you, have a lot on your minds and futzing with a phone is not something you want to be doing.
Re: Confused about iMessage - vision63 - 07-31-2015
rgG wrote:
[quote=bazookaman]
Well. My phone mysteriously works now. I did nothing. They did nothing. WTF.
That has been my experience with iMessage. It will suddenly stop working and nothing will fix it, then a few hours later it is back just the way it was. Weird.
It seems that whenever a change is made, there is a server update lag or something. I have no idea what, but it just takes a while to right itself. I have had it act similarly weird for me, but not with the exact same situation as yours.
Glad it is working again, as I am sure your wife, and you, have a lot on your minds and futzing with a phone is not something you want to be doing.
I prayed: "Lord, please fix bazookaman and his people's iPhone difficulties. Also, fatten up his bank account a bit, in your name I pray, amen." Now it works.
Re: Confused about iMessage - bazookaman - 07-31-2015
vision63 wrote:
[quote=rgG]
[quote=bazookaman]
Well. My phone mysteriously works now. I did nothing. They did nothing. WTF.
That has been my experience with iMessage. It will suddenly stop working and nothing will fix it, then a few hours later it is back just the way it was. Weird.
It seems that whenever a change is made, there is a server update lag or something. I have no idea what, but it just takes a while to right itself. I have had it act similarly weird for me, but not with the exact same situation as yours.
Glad it is working again, as I am sure your wife, and you, have a lot on your minds and futzing with a phone is not something you want to be doing.
I prayed: "Lord, please fix bazookaman and his people's iPhone difficulties. Also, fatten up his bank account a bit, in your name I pray, amen." Now it works.
Hmmm...maybe you should have led with the whole "fat bank account" thing.