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My iMessage is on but I can’t choose my mobile phone Number to send and receive iMessages from it and it says it’s still needs to be activated. What am I supposed to do?
iPhone 7
Is you mobile number showing as an option in Messages?
See if anything here helps.
Messages - If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime.
Some other things you can try. Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.
Try a restart.
Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Try a forced restart.
If necessary
Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.
Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.
Is you mobile number showing as an option in Messages?
See if anything here helps.
Messages - If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime.
Some other things you can try. Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.
Try a restart.
Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Try a forced restart.
If necessary
Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.
Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.
You need to change/add the number on your Apple ID. After the change, allow up to 24 hours for the change to sync. Before trying to make the change, sign out of Messages/FaceTime on all devices/computers.
Contact Apple ID Support for assistance. See the Apple Support articles below for contact information.
Apple ID - Official Apple Support.
Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security - Apple Support. (Link doesn’t always load)
Get Support Work through the screens to get a chat option. You may have to pick a slightly different problem.
Apple Support schedule phone call
https://twitter.com/AppleSupport. People have posted it may take an hour or more to get a response.
Go to a Settings>Tap the top wide bar with your name and Apple iCloud, iTunes, etc.. >then tap On Name, PhoneNumbers, Email>;then tap Edit by your name/email under ‘Reachable‘... then add your phone number.
Yes it is showing but there is a loading sign next to it and I can’t tap it as an option
Have you tried signing out of Messages, restarting, and after a couple of minutes, signing back in to see if that helps? Did you add the number to your Apple ID?
Yes I have tried everything
My old registered mobile number is coming but I changed that.So now what can I do ?
same here i have to add my number but i can’t because i can’t receive messages unless there on my contacts so can someone help i need the code to add my number but i can’t get messages
My iMessage is on but I can’t choose my mobile phone Number to send and receive iMessages from it and it says it’s still needs to be activated. What am I supposed to do?
