Uninstall iMessage on 'educational' iPads?

Skave94 wrote:

I have iOS 6,

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iOS 6 has not been released yet...

iOS 6 is not available for non developer use until tomorrow. If you downloaded it is a pirated copy and likely based on a beta version and may not have full functionality.

Apple preinstalled Apps such as Safari, Facetime, Game Center and Messages can not be uninstalled. There are parental controls under Settings> General > Restrictions, but none of the options allow you to regulate the use of Messages. Your only recourseis to go to Settings > Messages and slide the "iMessages" swirtch to off. Your daughter is unable to undo this fhange of she explores the settings. Sadly, it is your only choice. Best of luck.

There maybe a chance of blocking iMessage with a firewall if it uses a special port .... this could prevent messages from beeing delivered. If so, your students cannot use it anymore ...

Just an idea ...

and just one "google" away: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4245?viewlocale=en_US

another one from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3378032?start=0&tstart=0:

TheCaptain989 Houston, TX

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Re: iMessage behind a firewall

18.10.2011 19:22 (in response to jabbathehut)

I just got through sniffing an iMessage conversation and it uses TCP port 5223.

Skave94 wrote:

Well first off, I was hoping there was actually someone from Apple that read this forum and could help me.

You hoped incorrectly.

These are user-to-user forums.

Secondly I downloaded the iOS 6 GM, which is NOT a beta

But it is still non-public and still covered under the developer NDA.

Much like the campaign against texting while driving, "It Can Wait."

Unless the students are given clear expecations by their teachers and parents, and rules are enforced, they will most likely continue to send iMessages all day and not pay attention to the classes.

This is a constant battle in college classrooms, as well. It's best for the kids to learn about it early, since ultimately, they are the only ones who can control their own behavior, and thus their success or failure in school.

does anybody know how to do this?

my daughter has unknowingly been imesagging an adult who posed as someone her age - we have taken the ipad away and the iphone 5 (all on OS 6.0.1).

the police are now involved to find who this person is - 4 of her school friends have also been talking to same person.

like i said above, we have taken away the toys if they cant be used responsibly but would there be a way of restricting imessages? if its a normal text message i can investigate through my phone bills but imessages are harder to monitor.

ps - i post this issue a few days ago and have been criticized for my parenting skills....if this is the nature of your comment, please refrain.

Messages does not have a blocking mechanism and isn't included in the apps that can be selected in Restrictions (FaceTime is, however). You can change the address associated with your child's Messaging to a different email. That may help. However, in order to contact someone through Messaging in a none SMS context, the sende would have to know the address. The key to this particular situation is how that adult gained access to these.

You might want to communicate this to Apple, if you haven't already: http://www.apple.com/feedback/

It's possible. It's also possible that education can use versions of iOS like they do in 'Enterprise' aka business....where your corporate IT department can set up and lock down some features.

You can try asking them how they did it, but good that they did.

Probably done through Configurator. You might check the iPad in the enterprise forum for more on that.

https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipad/ipad_in_the_enterprise

or here: http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/enterprise/