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Feb 22, 2016 8:21 AM in response to tnovasptby KiltedTim,tnovaspt wrote:
Who is collecting all money generated by these SMSs?
Your carrier is.
If you are using a supported carrier ( Wireless carrier support and features for iPhone in the United States and Canada - Apple Support ) contact them and make sure they have your account properly provisioned for an iPhone.
If you are using an unsupported carrier, well... that's one of the pitfalls of using an unsupported carrier.
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Feb 22, 2016 9:09 AM in response to KiltedTimby tnovaspt,I contacted Customer Service of Vodafone Portugal (Apple supported Carrier) and they mention this SMS is usual and mandatory by Apple when a new iPhone, or restored iPhone is configured for the first time. There is nothing they can do about it. In my specific case I had to perform a restore.
In the end local carrier gains, UK carrier too. Apple could have used a different and less costly way to validate theirs equipment. BTW these are not cheap, so this validation SMS should have been an Apple free cost service for the end-user.
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Feb 22, 2016 9:36 AM in response to tnovasptby KiltedTim,They could have, but they didn't. Most supported carriers do not charge for these messages. If Vodafone does, perhaps you should look into one of the other two carriers there and consider switching if their policy is different. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204040
Carriers are free to set their rate plans and fees as they see fit within local laws. Apple has no control about that.
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Feb 22, 2016 10:29 AM in response to Kapuzinerklosterby Ryzyder,Check iMessage is OFF
and FaceTime Send sms to register u sim#
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Oct 13, 2016 6:18 AM in response to Kapuzinerklosterby guguii,I'm from Spain and was travelling this month around several countries, changing the sim card to a new one of each country, every time I introcuded my original spanih sim card a SMS for 1€ was sent to the fuc*** phone so I got 4€ charge.
someone could think "ok man , aren't you going to die for this, isn't it?" yeah sure, but still it's something very dirty, the SMS are sending without your consent so it should be illegal, still , you do the math if every person with an iPhone do this, it could be millions of USD just with this little underhand service.
I found this very dishonest.
It is said that the solution for this is to change the caller ID from the mobile phone to the email...