iMessage Activation Problem in Iran

iMessage and Facetime activation require sending an SMS message to a number in the UK. Apple partner carriers handle this message correctly. But there are no partner carriers in Iran, so you need to have International SMS enabled on your phone, and you will be charged for the message. The message is sent fairly frequently to re-authorize, so iMessage can get to be expensive where there is no partner carrier.

I want Apple customer care that investigate about this problem , because this is problem of more than 1 million Apple product users in Iran .

an unlikely scenario Apple do NOT sell or support the iphone in your country

but i think in the UK carrier or the UK mobile operator , the IRAN country code(98) , has been Blocked

very likely

amirkhosro wrote:

recently ( in this month) apple decided to sell product directly in Iran and support them , and the negotiation was started ...

I sugest UK guys to read more news 😉

No, they are still in the negotiation phase. Apple is not currently selling the iPhone in Iran.

Nothing like getting your facts right ,is there

I think the iMessage problem is about UK mobile operator , and i hope Apple , decide to solve it ...

You may well be right but probably on the guidance of the US State Dept 🙂

You think wrong. There is no mobile operator involved in the UK. The activation message goes to Apple's servers in the UK, it does not go to any mobile operator.

Lawrence ,the OP was demonstrating their deep knowledge of the situation 😉

Ah, thanks for clarifying 😉

according to new information that i obtained , the message (Activation message) which send from Iran to Apple , automatically changed by Iranian operator , because of some reason (economic maybe) , the message changed and send by internet from the different number , and its not possible to active with Apple server . the only way to solve the problem is changing the apple policy with sending a message to phone number (instead activation internally and automatically ) like Whatsapp and the others app .

You have very high expectations for technology. iMessage cannot be activated internally, because the phones that send you iMessages have to know that YOU have iMessage. If the only place that information is known is on your phone, how would those other phones know?

The real issue is that Apple does not have a presence in Iran, and cannot under US and International law. So using an iPhone in Iran comes with a lot of compromises and disappointments.

I am talking about regular activation process , it called silent message . after turning on the imessage , an activation request will send automatically to server , and it will be confirm and send back to your device . even whatsapp use this process sometime .