iMessage will not verify my number, messages show up as my email

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iMessage will not verify my number, messages show up as my email

This problem is very frustrating. iMessage will not verify my number and when I send messages with iMessage on, many people I text say my contact comes through as my email. I've tried basically every suggestion I could find. Verizon was no help and neither was apple support. I saw someone said if your number is unique that may be a cause. My number does have 4 0's in a row in it, but I don't see how that could be a problem. Please help!

iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jul 24, 2012 4:55 PM

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ckuan

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Jul 24, 2012 5:05 PM in response to zlester3

Try putting a prefix to your number, for US it's +1

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zlester3 Author

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Jul 25, 2012 11:17 AM in response to ckuan

My phone number already has that

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ckuan

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Jul 25, 2012 11:09 PM in response to zlester3

Is Settings > Messages > Receive At > Phone > your number and Caller ID > your number checked?

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zlester3 Author

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Jul 27, 2012 7:41 AM in response to ckuan

Thanks for the response and this is where it gets really weird. Yes, on my caller id my own phone number is checked which makes no sense because it still goes through to other iMessage devices as my email.

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TigerKR

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Aug 14, 2012 12:21 AM in response to zlester3

Yep, I also have a 0000 number and apple engineers confirmed that it's a know problem, with no fix available.

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MrBeesa

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Sep 1, 2012 3:30 AM in response to zlester3

I have 4 x 0's in my number and have the same problem. I can send iMessages but not sms messages. I swapped sim cards and my phone then started semding message ok but the phone i put my sim card into stopped sending messages. Apple engineers tell me it is a network carrier problem. Optus tell me it's an apple iPhone problem. Seems the only solution will be changing phone numbers.

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TigerKR

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Sep 19, 2012 5:36 PM in response to TigerKR

Problem solved by iOS6.

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