miche11e

Q: Change registered phone number on imessage.

How do u change the registered phone number on iMessage on iPhone? It still shows old number even after a reset and the number is grayed out. I have waited for the change to happen (imessage off), but it still didn't change. I pulled the sim out and waited, but still no change. I am using an iphone 4s and OS 5.1.

Posted on Jun 25, 2012 1:07 AM

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  • by tangrick,

    tangrick tangrick Oct 9, 2012 6:22 PM in response to miche11e
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    Oct 9, 2012 6:22 PM in response to miche11e

    Login to https://appleid.apple.com under Manager Your Apple ID using your apple ID

     

    Click on Phone Number and change your number.

  • by demeanour20,

    demeanour20 demeanour20 Oct 15, 2012 8:18 AM in response to miche11e
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    Oct 15, 2012 8:18 AM in response to miche11e

    i just did like farago2r and it works for me . thank you so much

  • by ARuz,

    ARuz ARuz Feb 7, 2013 4:22 AM in response to farago2r
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    Feb 7, 2013 4:22 AM in response to farago2r

    Yes, that worked for me also.  Simply turn off iMessage and then turn it on again.

     

    It sits there for a moment with a comment that it's activating, and then the displayed number changed.

     

    To help you get there:

    - Tap "Settings"

    - Scroll down and tap "Messages"

    - Observe that the first option "iMessage" is "On".

    - Scroll down and tap "Send & Receive <??> Addresses >"  Where <??> is the number of destinations that will be used with iMessage.

    => There you will see the addresses configured with iMessage and the greyed out number toward the top should be your current number.  If it's not, then do the following:

     

    - If continuing from the last step above, tap "Messages" at the top to go back up one level to "Messages"

    - Tap to the right of "iMessage" and turn it "Off"

    => Weight for about 10 seconds.

    - Tap to the right of "iMessage" again to turn it "On"

    => Message appears below "Waiting for Activation"

    => Once that message clears continue to the next step.

    - Scroll down and tap "Send & Receive <??> Addresses >"

    => Your configured addresses should now contain the correct phone number, greyed out.

  • by andrei.guarin,

    andrei.guarin andrei.guarin Apr 19, 2015 7:11 PM in response to tangrick
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    Apr 19, 2015 7:11 PM in response to tangrick

    On changing phone number; you can also do it on your phone (SETTINGS --> PHONE --> My Number) ... worked for me. It popped up the "carrier may charge blah blah" and the number will also be available for selection in iMessage and Facetime.

     

    **Backstory**

     

    TLDR: Switched from prepaid sim to postpaid sim, but wanted to retain the same number; initially postpaid sim had a different number pre-loaded. The above solution helped me.

     

    My situation was a bit more complicated.

     

    I was on prepaid (SIM#1), and I asked the telco to make me postpaid but still wanted my current phone number PN#1, so they gave me SIM#2, and asked me to wait a few days.

    When the day came, SIM#1 got deactivated so naturally I took out the sim and popped in SIM#2.

    Forgot to turn off iMessage etc.

     

    When my phone turned on, it detected a different number PN#2 (which came pre-configured with SIM#2); apparently telco had not yet made the full transition (1-Deactivate SIM#1, 2-Activate SIM#2, 3-Transfer Phone number from SIM#1 to #2).

     

    When they did step 3, I had already (mistakenly) activated iMessage and Facetime on PN#2, and did not know how to "refresh" it to my desired phone number (PN#1). Tried restarting, turning on iMessage off and on, resetting network settings (in different permutations of the three).

     

    The only thing that worked was going to Settings--> Phone--> My Number, and manually inputting it.

    Afterwards, the desired number appeared on iMessage & Facetime.

     

    In iMessage settings, "You can be reached by iMessage at" still shows PN#2, because I registered it (makes sense). But I leave it unchecked. For PN#1 of course, I tick/check it.

    In iMessage settings, "Start New converstations from", it does NOT show PN#2, only PN#1, which I ticked. Because that's what I want to use to identify myself (not my email address) when I send a message via iMessage.

     

    Complicated system, but I like the variety of options for sending/receiving/multi-device-ing. I just wish the number/sim-changing thing was more seamless.

  • by pfdm,

    pfdm pfdm Aug 21, 2016 5:46 AM in response to ARuz
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    Aug 21, 2016 5:46 AM in response to ARuz

    My problem is waiting for activation never clears. I have an iphone, but use Cellular One for phone service. Any ideas how to get activated and current phone number to appear

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