SIM-Free iPhone bought from Dubai, UAE using in EU country without iMessage and FaceTime restriction. iMessage WORK PERFECTLY FINE, even on Cellular, but no FaceTime. Please tell me why?

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Recently i bought worldwide SIM-Free iPhone from Duty Free Dubai shop.
I used my iPhone in Dubai very short time and i don't have iMessage and FaceTime option on my phone. I know UAE telecommunication laws and i know why people there don't have that apps.
But last week when i came in my born country i put new sim card without any restriction for iMessage and FaceTime, and when i open Message in Settings i saw iMessage "On/Off" toggle and i was surprised how it's that possible. When i switch toggle to "On" for iMessage, that function START WORK PERFECTLY FINE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM EVEN ON LTE network.

When i try to do same thing with FaceTime i saw there is still no FaceTime menu in Settings. I search in my iPhone and i find everywhere FaceTime app (Notification centar, Celluar usage, Apps installed etc. etc...), i want to say FaceTime app is in my phone but is disabled and not showing somеhow.

Please someone who knows this situation to answer on my question: Can i enable FaceTime to work like iMessage works now on my iPhone?
Thanks!

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.3.2

Posted on May 26, 2016 8:07 PM

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May 26, 2016 8:13 PM in response to DelijeSever

It's because one of the iPhone's configuration files disables it for iPhones with AB, AE, and possibly AH just before the / is their model numbers; if a Middle Eastern SIM card is inserted into the iPhone, it may override this, but no non-Middle Eastern SIM card will. There is no other way to override it, or to get FaceTime on your iPhone outside the Middle East.


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SIM-Free iPhone bought from Dubai, UAE using in EU country without iMessage and FaceTime restriction. iMessage WORK PERFECTLY FINE, even on Cellular, but no FaceTime. Please tell me why?

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