iPhone doesn't receive iMessages sent to phone number

settings - message - send&receive - you can be reached by = your cell

start new convo from = your cell.

Hi Friend,

Turn off "showing subject field";

Check if you select your mobile number or Apple ID to receive iMessages.

Hope it will be helpful

I'm experiencing the same problem. When I look at the settings on my 4S the phone number is "greyed out" unselectable and unchecked while my email address to receive messages to is bold and checked. The setting on my iPad actually shows my phone number bolded and checked. Additionally the iPhone says I receive messages at one address whereas the iPad says two, due to the phone number working on the iPad. It seems backwards. Just this morning I was texted by my wife and the message appeared on my iPad but not on my iPhone.

I'd like to dive deeper into this and find out what is going on? Anyone have any more info?

I am experiencing the exact same problem. Did you get this resolved?

I'm having the same problem, too. I have messages on my computer that still haven't gotten to my iPhone. My problem started on Thursday.

And the same thing with my FaceTime. My computer rings, but my phone doesn't at all.

I still have some synchronization issues between iMessage on my computer, phone and iPad. But, I'd say the original issue I had is mostly fixed. In a google search I found where someone suggested disabling iMessage, restarting the device and then enabling iMessage. I'm pretty sure that is what I did.

Yeah, I did that last night (disabling iMessage on my phone, restarted it, and reenabling iMessage) and it worked for me. Now I get my messages to both my computer and iPhone like before.

When I go to settings & send & receive only my e-mail is an option. My phone number is gray. Is that why I can't send/recieve IMessages. & If that's the case, how can I fix it? Please help.

It's just gray 'cause it's your number and you can't change it. It should have a check next to it. Try disabling it, turning off your phone, turning it back on and reenable it again. That's what worked for me.

Don't know to what degree some of you may not have your "Location" On and your "Clock" set to Auto, but I understand that is required to have iMessage and FaceTime function correctly. I recently went on a cruise and changed my Clock to Manual. I noticed my FaceTime options in my Contacts went away. I also noticed my iMessage was not actually working correctly. When I changed the Clock back to Auto... and the Location to On everything worked properly.

I had the similar experience. I have the iPhone 5, all was working well using iMessage with my phone number. I then hooked my Mac to iMessage using my Apple ID. After this, all my iMessages from my phone were being send with my email address. In settings / messages / send & receive, I could see my phone number and email address, but was unable to select my phone number in the "You can be reaced by iMessage at:" (it should be grayed out and selected by default). I also could not select my phone number in the "Start new conversations from:" section.

I turned off iMessage, rebooted the phone, turned iMessage back on and was able to use my phone number. my email is added as a location I can be reached at and I am able to select my phone number now in "Start new conversations from:"

Same has just happened to me. I receive SMS only to my iPhone and imessages to my ipad and MacBook. I also turned off iMessage, rebooted phone, and then turned on iMessage. I was then able to use my number and email. Previously, my number was not checked. Everything was working fine and overnight I had this issue. I have the 4S. Hopefully this will fix the issue long term.

I had the same problem, turning off iMessage, re-starting, turning on again worked,but...

Any number I had previously sent an iMessage to that had re-sent as a SMS while iMessage would not work continued to default to sending a text. To start sending iMessages again to those numbers I had to delete the previous conversations.