iOS keeps asking for permission to activate facetime/imessage even thou facetime is uninstalled and imessage is disabled

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iOS keeps asking for permission to activate facetime/imessage even thou facetime is uninstalled and imessage is disabled

I disabled (knowingly optet out) imessage in the settings app. Not because I am changing my mobile but because I do not want to use this service.

From time to time iOS asks for permission to send an activation sms to activate facetime/imessage. I always deny this but it keeps asking me this every cuple of days.

This is unacceptable.

Where is the "definite" opt out for imessage?

iPhone 7, iOS 13

Posted on Jun 7, 2020 1:14 AM

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SravanKrA

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Jun 7, 2020 1:23 AM in response to 2a2bfe9d7

Go to Settings > Messages and turn off iMessage.
Go to Settings > FaceTime and turn off FaceTime.
Restart your device.

Do you see this pic as shown below?

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2a2bfe9d7 Author

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Jun 7, 2020 1:29 AM in response to SravanKrA

I see the message on the right (only Facetime). Here I click on "Cancel"

well, iMessage was never activated on this device. So disabling it is not an option since it is already disabled.

(Go to Settings > Messages and turn off iMessage is already off)

prior to uninstalling FaceTime i checked if the Setting in Settings > FaceTime is off. Now obviosly this setting is missing since facetime is not installed anymore.

The phone was rebooted at least on every iOS update.

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SravanKrA

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Jun 7, 2020 1:23 AM in response to 2a2bfe9d7

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iOS keeps asking for permission to activate facetime/imessage even thou facetime is uninstalled and imessage is disabled

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