FaceTime not connecting in Dubai on non-UAE ipad
Hi all you ex-Pats in Dubai, in the last week Facetime appeared to stop connecting via Du and Apple FaceTime servers. This is even on FaceTime enabled non-UAE purchased iPhone and iPad.
just thought I would share a workaround to begin communicating with friends and family outside UAE again until Apple fix their servers.
Override the default time zone from Abu Dhabi to London or other non-Middle East country in time and date settings under general. Please note you still have to have icon in IOS or Mac OS on non-UAE enabled hardware ie device purchased outside UAE.
Happy communicating.....
Did this ever get resolved? I don't need anyone to tell me that FT etc does not work in the UAE. It worked absolutely fine, on iMac, iPad, iPhone etc. no issue as long as you connected through broadband WiFi and not 3G/4G
Now this suddenly seems to have stopped as I can no longer connect on any of our devices, it's ringing and tries to connect but without success. Called Du and of course you get the standard silly reply that FT does not work in the UAE which is a lie and they know it.
I tried the time zone workaround but did not work. Even no luck with VPN enabled.
Any other suggestions?
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