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From: Wilf <wilf21@is.invalid>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: RE: Ported Number not working with iMessage
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:51:19 +0100
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On 25/09/2024 at 17:57, Alan Browne wrote:
> On 2024-09-24 17:33, Wilf wrote:
>> On 24/09/2024 at 21:27, Alan Browne wrote:
>>> On 2024-09-24 14:59, Chris wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's frustrating that such complicated systems sometimes only respond to
>>>> such rudimentary solutions.
>>>
>>> It's because they're complex that they can get into a state that
>>> requires a heavier nudge to actually fix.  May have benefits in
>>> preventing other glitches down the pike too.
>>>
>>
>> Yes indeed.  For over three days, in the AppleID sign-in and security
>> settings on my iPhone, it said that the number was "Unavailable for
>> iMessage and FaceTime".  Clicking on the information "I" revealed "You
>> must have a SIM associated with an Apple device for <my number> to be
>> used for iMessage and FaceTime".   Over in appleid.apple.com it said the
>> same thing about my number even though it accepted it as a trusted number.
>>
>> After 3 days, this Unavailable status disappeared for my mobile number
>> and it was only then that logging out of iCloud and back in again did
>> the trick.  But I don't know why it took so long for my number to become
>> registered by Apple - all the information available suggests that this
>> process should not take very long at all.
> 
> I've never had issues with numbers 'registering' - but have had - from
> time to time - to log out of AppleID on 1 or more devices to right
> things.  Annoying when it happens but it's not very often - and likely
> been over a year since I had to do so.
> 

This was the first time I'd ever had such a problem.  But I'm glad it 
has at last rectified itself.

-- 
Wilf