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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: imessage stops working after change of SIM
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 11:00:19 -0000 (UTC)
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Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> A family member transfered to a new mobile provider with a new SIM, with 
>>> the number ported over, and has now lost the ability to send imessages. 
>>> All messages come as SMS and green bubbles. This makes group chats 
>>> impossible.
>>> 
>>> What's gone wrong and how to fix please?
>>> 
>> 
>> Maybe when the SIM was replaced the iMessage function was disabled. Check
>> under Settings / Messages / iMessage toggled on. 
> 
> New info: apparently it only affects messages to me and my wife. For
> everyone else imessage works just fine for this family member. 
> 
> imessage works just fine for me with everyone apart from this person. 
> 
> What gives?
> 
> 

Maybe your wife’s iMessage setting has changed. Make sure she’s signed into
iCloud and that setting is toggled.