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iMessage for Dummies -an organic guide.

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    #92
    guil
    Registered Users Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭guil


    cococoady wrote: »
    guil wrote: »
    cococoady wrote: »
    I've just got a 3GS on latest software and is also jail broken. I have everything set up to send iMessage but it always fails. I've retried which fails again so then end up sending as a normal text MSG. When I go to send a text it says iMessage in the box.
    Is there anything I'm doing wrong?,
    I'm on 3 network and have full 3G coverage

    Cheers
    imessage will only work if the person you're texting has imessage and has it activated
    Yup they do have it.
    Ate you sure it's enabled? As a last resort you could go to the contact and tap edit. Copy the phone number and paste it in the iPhone field and for some reason that makes iMessage work straight away


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    #93
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    guil wrote: »
    Ate you sure it's enabled? As a last resort you could go to the contact and tap edit. Copy the phone number and paste it in the iPhone field and for some reason that makes iMessage work straight away

    Ye it's enabled alright.
    I tried the editing but that didn't seem to make any difference.

    I keep getting an email from apple saying

    Dear ?, Your Apple ID (?@hotmail.com) was used to sign in to iMessage on an iPhone 3GS

    I'm after getting about a dozen of these emails in the last few days.


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    #94
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    Have you asked your service provider (o2, Vodafone, 3, Meteor)? Sometimes they have to set it up at their end too.


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    #95
    guil
    Registered Users Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭guil


    cococoady wrote: »
    guil wrote: »
    Ate you sure it's enabled? As a last resort you could go to the contact and tap edit. Copy the phone number and paste it in the iPhone field and for some reason that makes iMessage work straight away

    Ye it's enabled alright.
    I tried the editing but that didn't seem to make any difference.

    I keep getting an email from apple saying

    Dear ?, Your Apple ID ([EMAIL="?@hotmail.com"]?@hotmail.com[/EMAIL]) was used to sign in to iMessage on an iPhone 3GS

    I'm after getting about a dozen of these emails in the last few days.
    If you go to settings and then message on both phones, does it have each phone number under receive at?


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    #96
    guil
    Registered Users Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Qualitymark wrote: »
    Have you asked your service provider (o2, Vodafone, 3, Meteor)? Sometimes they have to set it up at their end too.
    I think your wrong about that. The whole point of iMessage is that it's independent of networks. All it needs is data enabled


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    #97
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    guil wrote: »
    If you go to settings and then message on both phones, does it have each phone number under receive at?

    It has Verifying beside my phone no.
    Do i need to do something else to get it verified?


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    #98
    pilot1087
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭pilot1087


    Hi Guys,

    My imessage seems to have stopped working on 3G since Friday, all my messages will try to send and then I'll get an error message after about a minute. I'm using an iPhone 4, all my settings are the same as before when iMessage was working. All other data related things such as the internet are still working fine on 3G and iMessage works fine on wifi.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks


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    #99
    guil
    Registered Users Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭guil


    cococoady wrote: »
    guil wrote: »
    If you go to settings and then message on both phones, does it have each phone number under receive at?

    It has Verifying beside my phone no.
    Do i need to do something else to get it verified?
    Ah that's why it won't work. Turn off iMessage. Turn the phone off and back on and re enable iMessage. You will get charged for the activation text depending on what network you are with


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    #100
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    guil wrote: »
    Ah that's why it won't work. Turn off iMessage. Turn the phone off and back on and re enable iMessage. You will get charged for the activation text depending on what network you are with

    Done that. Phone no is now showing as verified but when i go to send a text, it attempts to send as an imessage but keeps failing. I compared settings on both iphones and they are exactly the same and both are with 3. The other iphone, which is 4 and mine is 3gs, has no problem sending and receiving imessages, but not from mine.


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    #101
    culabula
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 5,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭culabula


    cococoady wrote: »
    I've just got a 3GS on latest software and is also jail broken. I have everything set up to send iMessage but it always fails. I've retried which fails again so then end up sending as a normal text MSG. When I go to send a text it says iMessage in the box.
    Is there anything I'm doing wrong?,
    I'm on 3 network and have full 3G coverage

    Cheers

    In the short term either "reset network settings" or hold down both the power button and the home button at the same time, ignore all onscreen advice and do not let go until the Apple logo reappears. This may sort it.

    However, there is a problem with some 3 SIMs: essentially you may have a -51 series SIM where you need a latest-gen -52 type. Any 3 boutique will swap this out for you on the spot on demand. I did mine last Friday -it took all of 7 minutes.


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    #102
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    culabula wrote: »
    In the short term either "reset network settings" or hold down both the power button and the home button at the same time, ignore all onscreen advice and do not let go until the Apple logo reappears. This may sort it.

    However, there is a problem with some 3 SIMs: essentially you may have a -51 series SIM where you need a latest-gen -52 type. Any 3 boutique will swap this out for you on the spot on demand. I did mine last Friday -it took all of 7 minutes.

    Ye i done the "reset network settings" but it's still the same


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    #103
    culabula
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 5,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭culabula


    cococoady wrote: »
    Ye i done the "reset network settings" but it's still the same

    Well, then the SIM generation is an acknowledged problem with 3 IRL. Get it swapped!


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    #104
    stacexD
    Registered Users Posts: 587 ✭✭✭stacexD


    If you're on 48 be sure to buy credit in order to verify imessages. It only costs 25c and it wrecked my head until I figured it out!


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    #105
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    stacexD wrote: »
    If you're on 48 be sure to buy credit in order to verify imessages. It only costs 25c and it wrecked my head until I figured it out!

    25c per message?


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    #106
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    To verify imessage not to send every message,

    When you first enable it, it needs to verify that the number stored in imessage setting is the actual number of the sim. This doing this costs the price of a message


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    #107
    guil
    Registered Users Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Mellor wrote: »
    To verify imessage not to send every message,

    When you first enable it, it needs to verify that the number stored in imessage setting is the actual number of the sim. This doing this costs the price of a message
    It's an international text to a uk number to verify it. Same with FaceTime


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    #108
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    guil wrote: »
    It's an international text to a uk number to verify it. Same with FaceTime

    International text? How strange!


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    #109
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Qualitymark wrote: »
    guil wrote: »
    It's an international text to a uk number to verify it. Same with FaceTime

    International text? How strange!

    Why is that strange.
    It's the UK. Texts to the UK are classed as international


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    #110
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    Mellor wrote: »
    Why is that strange.
    It's the UK. Texts to the UK are classed as international

    Strange that one should have to send an international text to verify a service used in Ireland.


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    #111
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Qualitymark wrote: »
    Strange that one should have to send an international text to verify a service used in Ireland.
    The service is provided by Apple, via iCloud - and id assume the nearest server is based in the UK. Which is why the message is sent thre to verify the number.


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    #112
    yaya*
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭yaya*


    Recently been having problems with iMessage - think its since the new iOS update maybe? I have an iPhone and an iPad and I'm not receiving some texts from others with iPhones to either device and then sometimes I'm receiving them to my iPad but not my iPhone?
    When I go into settings my mobile number is in grey and I can't access it at all and my email address is below that but it's editable-tried removing email address but now I can't send iMessages at all?!

    I'm not very technologically minded so maybe there is something really obvious here that I'm missing?


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    #113
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    Have you tried Settings/Messages, and switching iMessage off and on? Or off and rebooting, then on and rebooting?


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    #114
    northeast2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭northeast2012


    having some issues with imesage,

    i used to use 2 iphones. then switched one to a droid.

    the iphone that i switched to a droid, i just wiped it, and gave it away.

    when i go into imessage on the iphone that i still have, the phone number now being used in a droid, is on the list in bold.

    the phone number of the iphone is on the list but greyed out and selected.


    how do i remove the number that is now being used in a droid from the list in imessage?


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    #115
    culabula
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 5,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭culabula


    northeast2012 wrote: »
    having some issues with imesage,

    i used to use 2 iphones. then switched one to a droid.

    the iphone that i switched to a droid, i just wiped it, and gave it away.


    when i go into imessage on the iphone that i still have, the phone number now being used in a droid, is on the list in bold.

    the phone number of the iphone is on the list but greyed out and selected.


    how do i remove the number that is now being used in a droid from the list in imessage?


    You should simply be able to untick the number that is not required.


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    #116
    Green_Martian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭Green_Martian


    Looks like im having problems sending imessage.

    Ever since i updated to the latest IOS i have been having problems sending imessages. If i go to message someone, as in i start the conversation, my message is sent as a standard txt message but when the other party replies their message comes trhough as an imessage and when i reply to them my imessage works. Once i don't delete the conversation i can imessage the person no problem, but if i delete and start a new conversation im back to square one.

    I have tried goling to settings/Messages, and switching iMessage off and on, then off and rebooting, then on and rebooting. I also tried putting the number in under iphone in contacts but still no joy.

    I have an iphone 4, any ideas??


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    #117
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,358 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    imessage question in relation to imessage on phone and mac.

    When I update my OS to Mountain Lion will all my current texts appear on my mac too?
    Or will it just be imessages?
    Or will it just be imessages from after I upgrade?


    If there are 2 users using the same mac will this be an issue? I don't think so as we have seperate logins and itunes accounts?

    Thanks


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    #118
    denis160
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭denis160


    Hi, need help if possible. Daughter has iPod touch, I have android phone
    When we set up messaging on her touch I used my email address to create her apple I'd. I thought then that any apps or messaging she was doing would come through my email so I could keep an eye on use, (she's 10). I've verified address etc, checked settings, but I don't get any notifications of her use on touch. Anyone any idea what I need to do to get it working.
    Thanks
    D.


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    #119
    Mimikyu
    Registered Users Posts: 18,904 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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    #120
    denis160
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭denis160


    Well that sorts that :), thanks for the reply cm.
    So am I right in saying that if I set up my email AC on my oh's iPhone which he has for work, I'll b able to do what I'm trying to do?
    D.


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    #121
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    denis160 wrote: »
    When we set up messaging on her touch I used my email address to create her apple I'd. I thought then that any apps or messaging she was doing would come through my email so I could keep an eye on use, (she's 10).
    Messaging is a firm of text messaging, not email. Email address is just used to sign in, it doesn't get routed through your email account or anything.


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