Imessage waiting for activation

blade1

Switched from Vodafone to Tesco mobile yesterday and my iMessages won't work properly since.
I kept my old number but it's the tesco number that's still paired with imessage.
My number in settings is my Vodafone one.
I have tried turning off imessage and then switched of the phone for 10 minutes, several times.
I have tried logging out of my apple account, when I log back in my Vodafone number is on my apple account but when I go into iMessage settings, the tesco one is showing, it is greyed out with a tick.

naasrd

blade1 wrote: »

Switched from Vodafone to Tesco mobile yesterday and my iMessages won't work properly since.
I kept my old number but it's the tesco number that's still paired with imessage.
My number in settings is my Vodafone one.
I have tried turning off imessage and then switched of the phone for 10 minutes, several times.
I have tried logging out of my apple account, when I log back in my Vodafone number is on my apple account but when I go into iMessage settings, the tesco one is showing, it is greyed out with a tick.

Is you new number showing up in Settings?

MagicBusDriver1

The phone sends a text message to a uk number when imessage activates. Do you have sufficient credit etc for that?

blade1

naasrd wrote: »

Is you new number showing up in Settings?

Hi naasrd, just got it sorted there.
I topped up by €15.
I got unlimited calls when I topped up.
I then used €10 of the 15 to buy unlimited texts and I used the remaining €5 to buy 1gb of data.

Now, this is where the problem arose.

Switching on my iMessages meant a text has to send to Apple to activate it.

As I had spent my €15,it couldn't send, so it was stuck on waiting to activate.

Tesco mobile were no help figuring it out.
It would have been handy if a pop up informed me that I needed credit to activate iMessages.

blade1

MagicBusDriver1 wrote: »

The phone sends a text message to a uk number when imessage activates. Do you have sufficient credit etc for that?

Oops didn't see your post there but yes you are spot on!

Problem now is I can imessage people but my email address is what they are getting.
I ticked start new conversations from my number.

And also, no one can iMessage me, only receiving SMS.

Kimbot

iMessage is associated with your email address so unless they send it to your email address you wont get it so they have to text you.
Go into the settings and it should allow you change the number that is sending/receiving the iMessages.

blade1

jonny24ie wrote: »

iMessage is associated with your email address so unless they send it to your email address you wont get it so they have to text you.
Go into the settings and it should allow you change the number that is sending/receiving the iMessages.

I have tried start conversation from number + email.
Using email works but I want my number to show not my email.

If I tick my number I can't receive iMessages but can send them.
It wasn't like this before I switched mobile provider yesterday.

Cushie Butterfield

blade1 wrote: »

I have tried start conversation from number + email.
Using email works but I want my number to show not my email.

If I tick my number I can't receive iMessages but can send them.
It wasn't like this before I switched mobile provider yesterday.

Try this first:
Go to Settings => Messages => iMessage & toggle to OFF

Then scroll down to and tap Send & Receive

Then tap Apple ID & on the white popup screen tap Sign Out

This should result in a screen saying ''You can be reached by iMessage at''. Your phone number should be automatically ticked.

Then from the top of the screen tap Messages

Go to iMessage & toggle to ON

Scroll back down to & tap Send and Receive

Tap ''Use your Apple ID for iMessage

Enter your Apple ID & Password & tap Sign In

Your phone number should be there & already ticked, as will any email addresses that had been entered previously

At the top of that screen tap Next

Wait for verification

That should be it!
(Hopefully!)

If not & no-one comes up with any more suggestions that work you may need to get a replacement blank sim from your new provider. In the past people have had problems after porting from one provider to another but as far as I remember it was mainly Three customers.

blade1

I can't even sign in with my Apple ID.

It says check network.

Cushie Butterfield

blade1 wrote: »

I can't even sign in with my Apple ID.

It says check network.

Have you synched phone with iTunes?

blade1

Cushie Butterfield wrote: »

Have you synched phone with iTunes?

Since I changed provider?

Cushie Butterfield

blade1 wrote: »

Since I changed provider?

Yes.

In Settings=> Carrier which carrier name appears?

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

blade1

It's working eventually!
But can't get my name to appear on other people's phones when they receive an iMessage from me.

I think I'll have to leave it like that because if i need to activate iMessages once more ill crack.

Cushie Butterfield

blade1 wrote: »

It's working eventually!
But can't get my name to appear on other people's phones when they receive an iMessage from me.

I think I'll have to leave it like that because if i need to activate iMessages once more ill crack.

Oh that's great!

Your name appearing on other people's phones is nothing to do with you - if they delete you as a contact altogether & set you up as a new contact it should fix it for them. Either way it's not your problem!

Glad you got it sorted anyway!

blade1

Cushie Butterfield wrote: »

Oh that's great!

Your name appearing on other people's phones is nothing to do with you - if they delete you as a contact altogether & set you up as a new contact it should fix it for them. Either way it's not your problem!

Glad you got it sorted anyway!

Yeah????
I never knew that!
Thanks for your help!

blade1

Cushie Butterfield wrote: »

Oh that's great!

Your name appearing on other people's phones is nothing to do with you - if they delete you as a contact altogether & set you up as a new contact it should fix it for them. Either way it's not your problem!

Glad you got it sorted anyway!

blade1 wrote: »

Yeah????
I never knew that!
Thanks for your help!

Yes sorted thank you very much.
Got someone to delete me and I called them then they added me to their contacts again.
Now my name is appearing with my iMessages to them.

shanec1928

usually just having the two people delete the conversation is sufficient.

blade1

shanec1928 wrote: »

usually just having the two people delete the conversation is sufficient.

Brilliant! I'll try that with someone else so. Cheers!

blade1

shanec1928 wrote: »

usually just having the two people delete the conversation is sufficient.

This has worked for me!
Ye're on the ball lads;)

blade1

A bit off topic but a friend of mine is getting 3 new iPhones.
He is selling 3 iphone 4s'.
I'm getting one off him for a family member.
The phones are locked to e-mobile but he is getting the unlock codes during the week.

Now, what I'd like to know is,when eMobile unlock the phones, can I activate the unlock on my iTunes?

MagicBusDriver1

blade1 wrote: »

A bit off topic but a friend of mine is getting 3 new iPhones.
He is selling 3 iphone 4s'.
I'm getting one off him for a family member.
The phones are locked to e-mobile but he is getting the unlock codes during the week.

Now, what I'd like to know is,when eMobile unlock the phones, can I activate the unlock on my iTunes?

Yes. The phone will be marked as unlocked on the activation servers. Make find my iPhone is disabled to allow you activate on a different account.

blade1

MagicBusDriver1 wrote: »

Yes. The phone will be marked as unlocked on the activation servers. Make find my iPhone is disabled to allow you activate on a different account.

Ok, cheers!