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Q: FaceTime missing from iPhone 5?

I've heard that the iPhone 5 is supposed to have FaceTime. Mine was just delivered today. I've set it up and noticed that the FaceTime icon simply does not exist. Is there something I am missing? How do I make it appear. I even asked Siri and it said "It doesn't look like you have an app named "FaceTime".

iPhone 5, iOS 6, FaceTime

Posted on Sep 28, 2012 11:14 PM

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  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Nov 3, 2014 9:07 AM in response to bjay25
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    Nov 3, 2014 9:07 AM in response to bjay25

    This thread was primarily about two separate issues. The original issue was that, at the time of the orignial post, there was no FaceTime app on the iPhone and this confused some people but it had nothing to do with restrictions. The other issue that got tacked on was the fact that phones designed for sale in certain countries do not have FaceTime on them at all. It cannot be enable by doing anything in restrictions. You replied to someone who noted that the first problem had been resolved by iOS 7.

     

    Although changing restrictions is the answer to some questions, it's not the answer to any of the problems raised in this thread (which had been dormant for several months). I'm sorry if my desire to be technically accurate offended you.

  • by Nainish,

    Nainish Nainish Nov 4, 2014 12:28 AM in response to Devil-109
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    Nov 4, 2014 12:28 AM in response to Devil-109

    I Have recently purchased iPhone 6 from Dubai, didn't open the box there, I opened the box in Pakistan and inserted the sim but there is no FaceTime appeared.

     

    KIndly guide me how can I get FaceTime in my iPhone 6?

     

    regards,

     

    subhash.

  • by stedman1,

    stedman1 stedman1 Nov 4, 2014 2:15 AM in response to Nainish
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    Nov 4, 2014 2:15 AM in response to Nainish

    Please see the first reply to this thread on page 1. It is still the correct answer.

  • by pinngwinn,

    pinngwinn pinngwinn Dec 26, 2014 4:21 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Dec 26, 2014 4:21 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    YOu are 100% WRONG, i hvave. 5,000 iphone 5 purchased from apple in USA for my corporation all but ONE  have a facetime icon onthe mai screen. That unit did as well unti we upgraded fromiOS 7.0.6 i think it was , to iOS 8.1.2 today.  This bit of people telling others it is not and never has been an app should be stopped as it is providing false and misleading info to consumers who could Sue for such fraudulent sales of limited devices. And NO! Our phones were not sold to an Arab nation or person,but to a fourty year USAF retired General!

  • by stedman1,

    stedman1 stedman1 Dec 26, 2014 4:23 PM in response to pinngwinn
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    Dec 26, 2014 4:23 PM in response to pinngwinn

    Please stop ranting. At the time of the original post (over 2 years ago) the information provided was indeed accurate. In the past 2 years things have changed.

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Dec 26, 2014 4:27 PM in response to Nainish
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    Dec 26, 2014 4:27 PM in response to Nainish

    Nainish wrote:

     

    I Have recently purchased iPhone 6 from Dubai, didn't open the box there, I opened the box in Pakistan and inserted the sim but there is no FaceTime appeared.

     

    KIndly guide me how can I get FaceTime in my iPhone 6?

     

    regards,

     

    subhash.

    You can't. It has been permanently disabled on that phone because it is banned by law in the country where the phone was sold. It can NOT be added to the phone, regardless of whether you take it out of the original country.

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Dec 26, 2014 4:29 PM in response to pinngwinn
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    Dec 26, 2014 4:29 PM in response to pinngwinn

    Apparently the General can't read the date stamps on the posts in this forum.

     

    And this old Devil Dog is not impressed, sir.  Now just move along.

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