IMessage default phone number

How do I change the default phone number for imessage on my MacBook Pro?

hi i would like to chang my macbook imessage back to my email address anyone know how to do that?

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In iMessage, my phone number is grayed out and only uses my email.

In iMessage, my phone number is grayed out and only my email is selected

it is grayed out under "You can be reached by iMessage at:" where it is supposed to be grayed out on an iPhone, or it is grayed out under "Start new conversations from:"?

How to set a contact's default phone number for Siri to call

Currently using iOS 8.2:
I really enjoy using Siri to make hands-free phone calls e.g. "Call Mom." However, many of my contacts have multiple numbers. For most of my contacts, simply saying "Call Mom" will jump me straight into a phone call to their iPhone or cell phone number; but for a few of my contacts, I'll say "Call my wife" and Siri will reply with: "which phone number should I dial: iPhone, home, work?" I have tried re-arranging and relabeling numbers in Contacts and I've tried adding specific numbers to my "Favorites" section in the Phone app, but no dice.
Any help or ideas? There are many postings on this subject dating to 2009 indicating customer preference for a default option. Either it is too difficult for Apple to accomplish or there is some solution which I haven't learned.
Set default phone number in address book

Say "call my wife home number."

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Please advise if its is possible to set a default phone number for a contact with multiple contact numbers

I'm going to clarify this situation by explaining the problem experienced and outlining a possible missing feature which may be missing for the right reasons.
1. When you click on a contact from the CONTACTS tab, you are presented with the 'Info' page for that person so that you can Call, Text, Share or Add them to favorites.
2. When you click on the 'left' part of a contact from the RECENTS page, it will call them back on the number that they rang you from for that perticular call.
However, if you want to call them back on another number, you click on the 'right' part of their contact from the RECENTS page where you are taken to their 'Info' page.
3. FAVORITES, i found this very confusing at first. You need to understand that this is just a link to 1 number type of that contact (e.g. iPhone, work, etc) and not to the entire contact. If you link it to 'iPhone' and change their 'iPhone' number, it will change. But if you add a new number for them, e.g. 'home' and then delete 'iPhone' it will not update. You need to change your favorites if it no longer represents their main number.
You could consider a main defaul number, so that when it comes to returning calls, it regards the number they rang from and will call your chosen main number for them but this will only complicate things for most people, and this is just as easily resolved by just clicking on the 'right' part of the recents tab where you can select a number to call them from.
I hope this clarifys things.
vmodha

Change default phone number on BB Pearl 8110

Hello,
Where can I change the default phone number and any locale on my BB Pearl. I moved from Belgium to Qatar and it seems my phone still thinks he is in Belgium.
- In the BBDesktop Software my phone number is still displayed as my former Belgian phone
- when I dial a number in qatar I have to put international prefix
thanks
Paul
BB fan

Hello and welcome,
You want to do two things:
1- Change the Smart Dialing options
On the Home screen, click the Options icon
Click Phone Options
Click Smart Dialing
Change the Country Code and the National Number Length to whatever it is for your country.
2- Change the Owner information
On the Home screen, click the Options icon.
Click Owner.
Type your contact information.
Press the Menu key.
Click Save.
Cheers!

Not being able to send iMessage to PHONE NUMBER, but able to send iMessage to E-MAIL ADDRESS

My sister's iPhone's iMessage setting "You can be reached for messages at" is set to her PHONE NUMBER and her APPLE ID e-mail ADDRESS. When I send a text message to her APPLE ID e-mail ADDRESS it goes as an iMessage and she receives an iMessage. However, when I send a text message to her PHONE NUMBER it goes as a TEXT message from my phone but is received as an iMessage on her end. She is able to send an iMessage when she sends a text message to my phone number.
Why is the text message to her PHONE NUMBER not going as an iMessage?

So far, I must say iMessage has not been very reliable. It has taken much longer time to send out or receive iMessages because it has to go through Apple server to relay the message. It also does not keep the message at server to relay at a later time if the recipient is not on 3G data or wifi.
If you go to your iPhone setting, under Messages, you will find that "Send As SMS" is turned on by default, meaning at any time if iMessage server is busy or has difficulty in relaying the message over to the recipient., your message will automatically be changed to regular SMS. If you want to avoid that, you have to turn off "Send As SMS". But by doing that, you may sometimes find messages not being delivered.

Phone crashed, re set to factory settings now iMessage from phone number won't work

Hey all,
So my iPhone 5s had some sort of mini crash and long story short it went into recovery mode when I plugged it in to my Macbook. I had to reset the phone to factory settings and go through that entire to-do. After restoring my phone, I thought every thing was working fine and imessage was working as well. But then someone tells me that they can't send me imessages to my phone number but instead have been texting me through my email address connected to my apple ID.
I go into settings and messages, imessage was turned on and I looked at the send and receive section. However there is no send section, just a "you can be reached at" section. My email address is checked and my phone number is faded (and unclickable) and does not have a check mark next to it. I've tried turning imessage on and off, obviously, but it tells me there is a problem activating imessage (although when I hit ok it continues to wait for activation). I'm not sure if this detail is important but I am currently abroad and connecting over wifi (which is extremely strong). When I go into imessage on my laptop , my number isn't listed at all as well.
Someone please help. I am currently abroad for another week and imessage is very important for contacting people back home. Thank you.

iMessage activation requires an SMS to be sent to the Apple Servers in the UK. IF you do not have a cellular connection, that could answer why it is not activating. You can check this support document for help with activation of iMessage. iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
If you are using Wi-Fi only, that would also explain why it would not be activating the phone number.

Can't imessage from phone number, only from/to email.

under settings/messages/send & receive at my email addresses are listed, but the phone number is grayed out.
running iOS8.2 on iPhone 6

Hi crideout,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
From your post I understand that your phone number is not checked and also is grayed out in your Messages settings on the iPhone. To start with, your phone number will always appear grayed out on your iPhone. In order to get it checked in order for you to be able to send from the the phone number, I'd like you to simply turn iMessage off, and then back on.
tap Settings > Messages and turn iMessage off.
iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
Cheers,
Alex H.

Lost phone, trying to iMessage from phone number on Mac

So I lost my phone the other day and its off (I'm assuming it got ran over I think I dropped it out of my car) and I want to imessage from my verizon number from my computer until I can get a new phone... But my icloud email won't connect my phone number to imessage on my computer... Is there any way to do this without the use of my phone? I used to be able to but it seems that when my phone is off I can't use my number. (Using verizon)
Need help, thanks.

Hi,
It is better that you set this up with the Phone.
In Mountain Lion however the item in Messages > Preferences > Accounts > iMessages accounts that says "Add email" could be used to add iPhone numbers.
I have never tried this but it was reported widely at the time Messages started as a "new" app.
Having said that.
A device that is off from several days will tend to be "removed" from the iMessages list of an active item.
i.e. just turning Off Messages on the iPhone for about three days will "remove" it's Registration from the iMessages server.
If you turn it on again it will show "Waiting for verification" for some time.
i.e. you may not be able to use the iPhone number.
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 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

My imessage and phone number.

imessage and my phone number... hi there my imessage used to work just perfect before today when it suddently switched off itself and asked me to reenter the email password!!! i never used my E-mail for imessage i always used my number. and now when i enter my email address passwrod it shows me that the email and the phone number are isten but i can't choice the phone number and it force me to use the Email.
any help please?(((

Look in Settings> Messages>Send & Receive uncheck all the emails leaving just your phone #. Reboot your phone and try it again.

Messages not allowing me to iMessage from phone number?

Hello all.
I have had my iPhone 4S for nearly two years now and it has worked beautifully.
Until today.
I knew that when I changed my Apple ID password late last night (I had forgotten it and needed it for a non-related issue), I would have to re-sign in. So I did so firstly on my MacBook (Mid-2010 MacBook White UniBody running OS X 10.8.5 (I need more RAM before I can update OS)) and Messages appeared to be fine (aside from not supporting my cellular number, which I assumed would automatically fix once I signed in on my phone). I sent a few messages to my friends, and it was fine.
When I put my password for iMessage on my iPhone this morning, it had only my email checked as available to be messaged. My mobile number is greyed out and not able to be selected. I tried sending a test iMessage to my phone(which it turned blue as if to send an iMessage), but it said "Not Delivered". I use my phone to iMessage the most, and really need my number available to iMessage.
I have tried many of the suggestions such as turning all Apple ID related things off and back on, deleting all my messages, re-entering my number for my Apple ID account. Nothing has worked. The one thing that is my last resort is a backup and factory reset. I really do not want to do that, as it is a headache.
So, my two questions are:
1) How can I get my iPhone's number back to being able to be iMessaged again?
And 2) Once I enable my iPhone's number, how can I add that to be a recipient on my MacBook?
Thank you so much.
Stacy

I have completely signed out of iMessage and re-signed in a few times no, and no luck. It still only lets me use my email.
It shows the attached image when I go to Settings>Messages(iMessage is ON)>Send & Recieve. I can iMessage using my email, but the phone number is greyed out and unable to be selected.

Receive iMessage at Phone Number, not just e-Mail?

When I send iMessages, it just appears from my e-mail address, not from my phone number. When, I go to settings > messages, I can only "Receive At" xxxx @ email .com as well, there is no option to add a phone number.
How can I make myself available to be "reached for messages" at my phone number instead of (or, in addition to) my e-mail? I also have an iPad.
iPhone is running 5.1
Help please!

Try turning iMessage off, wait a few minutes, the turn back on. Then see if your phone number is available for your Caller ID setting.

IOS 8 wont allow me to send iMessages from phone number

All my iMessages since the update are sending from my email address instead of from my phone number. I have already gone into send and receive in iMessage settings and Start New Conversation From has my phone number checked off. You Can Be Reached By iMessage At has checked next to both my email address and phone number but the phone number is faded and I cannot click it to make it black.
Please help!

I'm having the same problem. There is one thing that works for me, but you end up deleting your whole message history with other poeple, so be warned. In case you don't care about message history:
     1. check the email under "you can be reached by imessage at" so that both the number and email are checked
     2. the page then extends with the option of "Start new conversations from". Only have your number checked
     3. if you delete and start a new conversation with someone, they will receive it from your number.
I'm still looking for a solution though as I want to keep my message history with other people.

Iphone 6 not sending imessage from phone number

I got my iPhone 6 yesterday and this morning whenever I try to use iMessage it gets sent from my icloud address rather than my phone number. I went into settings > messages and tried turning imessage on and off, which did not work. I also tried just selecting my phone number instead of the email addresses listed and the messages do not send. Signing in and out of my apple account doesn't solve any issues either. Using imessage on my macbook uses just my icloud, too. Any tips?

SO....The same issue arose AGAIN!!! So I did the HARD RESET, and I realized..... to avoid this from ever happening in the future....
This is the only thing that fixed it I was so stumped! Thank you, I had previously tried just a standard restart , also signing in and out of imessage and apple id several times.... but the hard power down is the only thing that fixed the problem. HighFive
AFTER HARD RESET (PRESSIN THE TOP AND LOWER BUTTONS AS SAME TIME)
POWER ON
AND APPLE IMESSAGE WINDOW WILL POP UP AND ASK IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR EMAIL WITH YOUR IMESSAGE, IT WILL ASK FOR YOUR APPLE ID.....
SELECT CANCEL!!! DO NOT PUT YOUR PASSWORD IN BECAUSE IT WILL THEN SET YOU UP FOR EMAIL TO BE USED FOR YOUR IMESSAGE, IF YOU CANCEL THAT WINDOW, IT WILL ONLY USE YOUR PHONE NUMBER, AND WHEN YOU ARE NOT AVAIL FOR IMESSAGE IT WILL SEND THE MSG VIA TEXT INSTEAD OF IMSG OR EMAIL...THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION AND SINCE I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM GETTING OR RECIEVING IMESSAGE
Good Luck! Happy iPhoning
jmew wrote:
This is the only thing that fixed it I was so stumped! Thank you, I had previously tried just a standard restart , also signing in and out of imessage and apple id several times.... but the hard power down is the only thing that fixed the problem. HighFive
habby3 wrote:
Restart your iphone holding both buttons down (top and bottom) - it worked for me as my number had turned gray as well.
Good luck

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