Enabling iMessage on my Verizon iPhone 4

Okay this might be a dumb question but I want to enable iMessage on my Verizon iPhone 4 running iOS 5.0.1. I also don't want to disable regular texting for non iPhone users. I have looked everywhere in settings to be able to activate iMessage but it's not found anywhere. Can anyone help me?

settings>messages>imessage (turn on) let me know for any more questions

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I enabled iMessage on my iPad and it works beautifully. However, when I try to enable it in Settings on my iPhone 4 (Verizon), it appears on for a while, but when I move away from the Settings app and go back, it appears off. ¿Am I missing something?

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I have a Verizon IPhone 4 and i can't figure out how to get my ringtones from an app to my iTunes account, it doesn't have a tab for Ringtones! I have tried unplugging it and checking if would show up but it didn't, how do you enable the ringtone folder?

I have a verizon IPhone and i can't figure out how to get my ringtones from the app to iTunes, my account doesn't have a ringtone section in the liRingtone Folder?brary, how do you enable the ringtone folder?

Edit > Preferences. Select the check box for Ringtones, this will add them to the listing in iTunes.
Not sure that really answers your question though.

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We are suffering very similar issues when communicating from my iphone to a friend who has both iphone and iPad enabled.
As long as I reply to an existing text chain, then it is visible on the target iphone. If I SMS the phone number, it gets routed to the IPAD!! And NO, I should not have to disable imessage when I want to send an SMS!!

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I recently upgraded to the iPhone 5s and I'm keeping my iPhone 4 for music and other things. One of those things would be iMessage. Except iMessage keeps saying it's "Waiting for activation...' with no end.
I recently had the same problem with an AT&T iPhone 4s that belonged to a friend, which I was easily able to fix by simply removing the sim card. The problem is the Verizon iPhone 4 doesn't have a sim card to remove. I've tried signing out of iMessage and FaceTime, as well as retoring the phone several times.
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My questions on this topic have been answered but I wanted to post back for the benefit of anyone trying to follow.
It has long been known that you could not use a Verizon (CDMA) iPhone 4S on a domestic GSM network such as T-Mobile. The hardware is capable (more or less) but the phone is software locked against using GSM domestically. But I had hoped the recent CTIA agreement amongst the carriers might have changed this situation and allowed me to use my wife's old Verizon iPhone 4S on my T-Mobile account. At one point both carriers told me that it should work and was not difficult.
That was bad information. It is NOT POSSIBLE. Although Verizon was helpful in getting my iPhone 4S enabled for international GSM usage, this was not sufficient. My new T-Mobile SIM is rejected as "Invalid", just as it always has been. I spent time on the phone with all 3 entities this morning and eventually both Apple and T-Mobile confirmed that the transfer of an iPhone 4S from Verizon to T-Mobile cannot be done. (T-Mobile's "BYOD" page certainly does not divulge this.)
This was a huge waste of time. I wouldn't have started down this path if the simple facts were available and the various reps didn't incorrectly keep encouraging me that it would succeed. Your mileage may vary, but trust my experience: I spent hours only in the end to confirm the old information that the change is simply not possible.
There might be some for-fee vendor that can make it work and I would love to hear about anyone that had success that way. For now it makes more sense to give up and move on, and sell or trade the phone to someone that can use it.

Since the prohibition for use on a domestic carrier is flashed in the phone itself there is no way to work around this. None.
If you had called AppleCare in the first place or gone by the advice here you would have saved yourself a lot of time. Apple has no stake in who you use your iPhone with. T-Mobile wants your business.
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My friend has a Verizon iPhone 4S and an iPad.
She has her phone # and email address associated with iMessage on both the iPhone and the iPad.
As of today, iMessages sent to her phone number (for example, from my AT&T iPhone 5 and everyone else) never appear on her iPhone.
These iMessages, however, do appear in "Messages" on the iPad.
iMessages sent to the e-mail address do appear on both the iPhone and iPad!
This is really bad, as she is not getting any iMessages sent to the phone number on the iPhone ( that is any text message from anyone on the iMessage network).
Any ideas? This is so bizarre. I can imagine an iMessage getting lost, but why would it just not appear on one device...

SIgned out ALL devices of iMessage
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Signed devices back in , starting with the iPhone
Back at the same situation. iPhone not getting iMessages that are sent to the phone #.
I wonder if there is some problem in the IMessage world.

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HI,
Sorry I should have been clearer.
The only way to move any iMessages from and iPhone to a Mac is at the point when they are using the same Apple ID.
Older items are not included in this "Sync".
Messages on a Mac will read older .ichat files (Saved Chats).
It seems that the iMessages on the iPhone do get stored in any iPhone Backup and that can be used to Restore Messages from one iPhone to another.
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It seems that, unlike the earlier iPhone models, the 4S is both CDMA and GSM compatible. Be careful though, unless you buy a Data Plan from Verizon before you leave the US, the use of their 3G internet access will be really expensive, if you enable "Data Roaming" while traveling there. Also check to see if you can purchase an international calling plan that reduces the per-minute rate while traveling in Japan, before you depart. Do the same for text messaging.

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For example if you are in Athens, the center of Athens would be a good point to test for signal.
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I am having a similar problem. I can get phone and text but not internet.
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HT3406 Using a Verizon iPhone 4 (no sim card) as an iPod touch.

If I were to buy a Verizon iPhone 4 from someone would I be able to use it as an iPod touch? I looked at the apple article about using an iPhone without service and it says that I need a sim card to activate it. Well the Verizon iPhone 4 never came with a sim card. Does this mean that inorder to use the phone as an iPod touch, I need to have service on it?

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I'm buying the phone off craigslist, and I want to know if I'll be able to use it as an iPod without having to pay for a service agreement. I just want to listen to music.
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If the seller does not do so, you'd be best to also do a full restore on it to set it up as new for yourself and your content and use.
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I used my old iPhone 3Gs as an iPod Touch for a good couple of years, no problems with that intended use.
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