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after updating to IOS 5.1, "my number is incorrect

after updating to IOS 5.1 on my 4s & "my number" in -settings>phone>my number is wrong & is wrong above all contacts also, under the imessages & facetime sections in settings my correct number is showing.

i've turned off & on both imessages & facetime to no avail.

I moved from 02 ireland to 3 in november & had an 083 number for 1 day, When my number was ported I turned imessages on-off & it then changed "my number from 083 to my old 02 number.

However since IOS 5.1 this isnt working!!!


Anyone have same problem or a solution??

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1

Posted on Mar 8, 2012 3:31 PM

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Mar 9, 2012 5:40 AM in response to Rreidy

Exactly same here, moved from Meteor Ireland to 3 with my number, had the 083 for less than 24 hours, but since its the number technically coded into the simcard the phone now insists its mine after any reset or similar. Seems Apple didnt think about people porting numbers around.


Prior to 5.1 this could be fixed by turning iMessage and Facetime off and on again, but since 5.1 this doesnt work - those options show the correct 086 number, but can't verify it and refuse to force the update to the my number section

Mar 9, 2012 5:22 PM in response to Rreidy

I can confirm that this problem was introduced for me after upgrading to 5.1 again for a ported number.


The first symptom noticed was that other people receiving my iMessages noted that my messages showed up as new threads not as part of existing message threads. Checking "my number" confirmed that the number shown has reverted to the pre-porting number. Turning off/on iMessage no longer fixes this, neither does a phone restart.


Turning off iMessage at least means that others now see my text messages in the original conversation threads.


Please fix this. Preferably without needing to change sim cards.

after updating to IOS 5.1, "my number is incorrect

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