Text messaging

Got the new iPhone 11 and everything is working except text messaging. Please assist immediately- I’m an extremely upset I paid for this and this is happening

iPhone 8, iOS 11

Posted on Dec 17, 2019 2:29 PM

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sberman

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273,930 points

Dec 17, 2019 2:32 PM in response to colleengallagh

There are two very different types of messages the iPhone does:

SMS messages to/from other cellular telephones. These are managed by your cellular carrier.
iMessages to/from other Apple devices. If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support

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