My number shows “unavailable for sharing” in the security section and it can not be used for message or facetime.

THE FIX:

Go into Settings>Messages>iMessage. Ensure that iMessages is toggled to green, indicating it is on.

Under Send & Receive, I only had my phone number listed. For some reason, I was not logged in with my Apple ID. So, click sign in with Apple ID (and you will leave your number checked as well.)

Then, go into Settings>FaceTime. Ensure that you are also logged into your phone number and Apple ID here also. If not, log in.

Restart your phone.

Lastly, double check on Settings>Your Name>Sign-In & Security that the message under your phone number stating "unavailable for sharing" is no longer there.

Hope this helps!

This same thing is happening to me and has been happening for a while now. Started on my iPhone 11. Upgraded to a 15. Issue carried over to new phone.

Steps that I have tried:

1. turn imessage/facetime on/off. Nope
2. Restart phone after signing out of apple ID and turning off imessage/facetime. Nope
3. Reset network settings. Nope
4. Factory reset. Nope.
5. iOS update from 16 to 17. Nope.
6. Changed PW for apple ID. Nope.
7. All the available apple troubleshooting for this issue. Nope
8. Went to my service provider. Nope
9. Went to a 3rd party apple-certified support store. Nope.

The only thing I have not tried yet is an iOS rollback, but the issue started before I even upgraded to 17.1.

So let me know if you find a solution because I've had no luck. Tired of repeating the same troubleshooting over and over again to find a solution so good luck!

Had the same problem,

Removed an old phone that was listed under devices under my AppeID (it was present there n addition to my current phone), then I switched of iMessage in settings, switched off Facetime in settings, and then I signed out of iCloud.

Then restarted phone and logged on into iCloud with AppleID again.

iMessage and Facetime settings defaulted to on after this, but also this “unavailable for sharing”

under my number was gone.

Not sure what the initial cause of this was but it is now fixed.

-Hope this helps somebody...

I wanted to provide an update. I called my carrier (Verizon) and was on the phone for a couple of hours before I was finally connected with Apple Support. Apple did a screen share and was able to fix the problem in less than 5 minutes. The representative with Apple was so extremely friendly and helpful. I wish I had saved myself the frustration and called Apple from the start.

After a month of troubleshooting, it was finally resolved. Turns out my number was blacklisted due to someone reporting it as spam. I got on a call with a Sr. Advisor who was able to notify me of this and resolve this issue for me. Highly recommend if none of the troubleshooting steps are helping.

Mines is messing up I tried everything but have no luck!! Did anyone else get this problem fix if so how?

Hi Perryqui, your post above this one sounds very familiar so I wonder if I might have had the same problem. Just to be clear though, when you say you talked to a Sr. Advisor do you mean from your carrier or from Apple? I tried everything, just as you did, including visits to both Apple and Verizon. Both companies had no idea what was going on and each basically blamed the other.

Hi there,

You might want to see this link to see if this will be of any help to you

If you can't sign in to your iMessage account or FaceTime on your Mac – Apple Support (UK)

i called Apple support and they fixed it. My number go flagged as spam. It took a couple minutes to fix

Aren’t you blacklisted everywhere? Guess when you do the spam calls to others, it finally catches up. 👍🏻

I’m having the same issue. Did you find out where the Sr. Advisor was located? I’ve been on the phone with an Apple representative and while he was somewhat helpful, he still couldn’t help resolve this issue.

Hey sorry, I went through a regular phone call with apple support and when it was still unresolved still they had a Sr. Advisor call me back and was able to get the resolution within 5 minutes after being on the phone with him.

I called apple. They discovered my phone number was blocked on their side and cited the reason was likely automated spam detection. They fixed it on the phone in 15 minutes, but it did require 2 advisors to figure it out. Now I can select my phone number to use with iMessage and Facetime again!

This was the correct answer for me! I changed my AppleID without any other changes and was given two separate errors when under "sign-in and security"... Initially there was no phone number associated with the sign-in, once I added it the error was that it could not be used for iMessage or Facetime. I logged into the web and updated the phone number there and was then presented with the "Unavailable for Sharing" message. After clicking "Sign in With AppleID" on iMessage it fixed the problem there and under FaceTIme and the error message went away.

I have fixed this twice now for persons following these steps:

1. Sign out of FaceTime

2. Sign out of Messages

3. Power Cycle.

4. Sign out of iCloud Completely. (This is the main thing)

5. Power Cycle.

6. Sign back into iCloud.

7. Fixed.