iMessage only showing email addresses and not a phone number. Help!

Do you own an iPhone? Only an iPhone number associated with your iTunes Apple ID will work with messages. Even then the iPad will only send iMessages to other iOS devices and Apple computers running it's Messages app..

Using FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4319

Troubleshooting FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367

The Complete Guide to FaceTime + iMessage: Setup, Use, and Troubleshooting

http://tinyurl.com/a7odey8

Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268

iOS: About Messages

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529

Set up iMessage

http://www.apple.com/ca/ios/messages/

Troubleshooting Messages

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755

Setting Up Multiple iOS Devices for iMessage and Facetime

http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l

FaceTime and iMessage not accepting Apple ID password

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/facetime-and-imessage-not-acc epting-apple-id-password/

 Cheers, Tom 😉

hi everyone.

i got a new iphone 6 plus ios 8.1.1 and when i try to turn on imessage and facetime it was saying waiting for activation and as well when i toggle the on button and in it is send and receive button i dont see my number i just see my email addresses, i did network reset, home+power buttun reset, automatic time zone, and everything but still the problem occurs and even my imessage and facetime is not activating it just says waiting for activation.

I'm having similar problem - iMessage on my mac only works with email and messages on my new iPhone 6 works with phone number. I used to get messages (from other iPhones) on both and could answer from either. Now they are totally separate. I've tried toggling messages on and also get 'waiting for activation' and when I sign in to my apple acct. I get 'please check network connection'.

I hope someone has a solution for us.

After the OS 8.4 update, my Mac & My iPad are no longer using my phone nbr for iMessages. just my email. There is no choice for mw to select my phone nbr. A few days ago, when I received a text, my phone would ding, My iPad would ding, and my mac would ding. Now ,just my phone dings and i don't see the texts on my iPad or Mac. What happened? Can someone please help?? How can i get my Mac & iPad to use Phone nbr and to all be connected again?? Thanks in advance!

Try going into the settings for Messages on all devices and logout of your Apple ID. Once logged out sign back in on all devices, it should re-register your phone number and email addresses on al devices.

Hi Stephen

Because I wasn't sure which forum to post this on since it affected 3 devices, I posted on the MAC form. I think the moderator then posted it on both iPhone & iPad. I appreciate your reply, but I did figure it out on my own . Here is my reply on the other forum.

"NEVER MIND.. I FIGURED IT OUT!!! I kept reading about TEXT MESSAGE FORWARDING and could not find the option on my phone. When i upgraded to OS 8.4, somehow that option got UNCHECKED. So, when I set message and FaceTime up again from scratch TO FIX MY SNAFOOS, I didn't see the text message forwarding because it doesn't appear unless your check off both your ph # and your email address and I only had my ph # checked off. So, I just went back to my messaging setup on my iPhone, and checked off my email address as well, and then the text message forwarding option appeared and I had to turn the options on again TO SEND SMS TO MY IPAD & MAC. Its always something really simple and really dumb...haha. All works great as it did before OS 8.4 Please post this somewhere where others who may be experiencing this issue can read it.. Thanks

Thanks ALL !

This worked!!! You were right!!! Thank you!! So frustrating!