Imessage sending from email not phone number, why!?

I use imessage from my macbook, ipad and iphone and have selected my phone number to start new messages, through this Check Settings > Messages > Send & Receive but still my messages send from my email.
Any thoughts on what I can do?

When I turn back on all devices, where it says "you can be reached by imessage at" both my phone number and apple id email are checked, but only phone number for "start conversations from"
If I uncheck my email from the "you can be reached by imessage" section it sends only from my phone number via iphone and ipad (yay!) but I can not log back in to my messaging on my computer now...
Does my email need to be selected in order for me to do this?

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So I bought a macbook pro and i at the time had an iphone 4. When i started the messages app on the macbook, it prompted me to sign in and everything and then i could send imessages as if they were from my phone number. Then, i got an iphone 5 and all of a sudden the messages from the macbook were being sent from my email, not my phone number, and I have no idea how to get it back to sending from my phone number. HELP?!

Associate your mobile number with your Apple ID, if you haven't already done so.
From the Messages menu bar, select
Messages ▹ Preferences ▹ Accounts
and choose from the menu labeled
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I went out of the country for a week and when we were back in the states all of my friends got their messages from that week but I didn't. My iMessage will only send/recieve from my email account used with my apple id and not my phone number. How do I switch it and recieve my messages?

If you go to settings/messages/imessage there should be an option that says send and receive. It gives you a choice by email or phone number.
Also make sure imessage is activated as you have been away from home.

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I have an iPhone 5s and my sister has an iPhone 5c. She told me that my phone was sending her imessages from my email. When I go to change it to my phone number only it has it as a grayed out (will not let me select it). I turned iMessages off and then turned it back on and it still wouldn't so I tried it one more time now I get a "waiting for activation..." under my iMessage switched on. I tried turning it off, hard resetting and then turning it back on but when I go to sign in it says "server couldnt not be reached. try again" and it says that each time i try to sign in.
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Associate your mobile number with your Apple ID, if you haven't already done so.
Sign out of iMessage on the Mac:
          Messages ▹ Preferences ▹ Accounts ▹ Sign out
and on the iPhone:
          Settings ▹ Messages ▹ Send & Receive ▹ Apple ID ▹ Sign out
Then, on the phone, tap
          Use Your Apple ID for iMessage
Sign back into iMessage on both devices and test. If there's no change, you may have to wait for a change in network conditions.
Credit for this solution to ASC member SmittyLove and to Glenn Fleishman of tidbits.com.

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Hi,
I have tried all of the tips and tricks for getting my imessage to send from my phone number, not my email but I am not having any luck.
The option in the message settings has my phone number greyed out and my apple ID has my phone number stored. I am not sure why this is happening and would really appreciate the help.
All imessages sent to me do not get to my phone because it seems to be disabled.

Hi Myf!
I have an article for you here that can help provide you with troubleshooting steps for this issue:
iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
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Braden

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After coming home from being overseas (where i used imessage through a Wi-Fi instead of activating an international data plan) all my texts look like they are from my email address, not my phone number. I have gone to Settings>Messages and toggled the iMessage on and off. I also changed the Settings>Messages>Receive At>Caller ID to be my phone number... Neither have fixed the problem. It even does it when I turned my wi-fi setting off and force it to use my data plan. The only way I could get it to work was to turn off iMessage all together.
Any help with this would be appreciated... I've looked for solutions but can't seem to find more than what I've already tried.
Thanks!

That did the trick and it looks like it still sends with iMessage... Just not 'from' my email! However, does disabling my apple account from iMessage remove any other features etc? I guess it just feels weird that I should have to log out to get it to work correctly (i checked my wife's iphone and hers works fine logged in.)
Side thought: Maybe I should go look at my apple account settings to see if I can change my caller ID in there
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I just got a new Macbook Pro and I am trying to make it so that my imessages come to my phone and my computer. However when I type a message on my computer it comes from my email. I went to 1. Messages 2. Preference 3. Accounts and then added my cell phone number but it still won't work....can I get some help?

Sign out of iMessage on the Mac:
Messages ▹ Preferences ▹ Accounts ▹ Sign out
and on the iPhone:
Settings ▹ Messages ▹ Send & Receive ▹ Apple ID ▹ Sign out
Then, on the phone, tap
Use Your Apple ID for iMessage
Sign back into iMessage on both devices and test. If there's no change, you may have to wait for a change in network conditions.
Credit for this solution to ASC user SmittyLove and to Glenn Fleishman of tidbits.com.

IMessage on Mac sends as email not phone number

Hey i just got a Macbook pro and i love the iMessage feature because i love the idea of using my computer to reply to text but i send a message to someone it sends as my email address not my phone. Is there a way to fix this. Thanks!

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529
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Thanks!!

This is happening because when you send an iMessage from your mac/touch it is sent from your email address. If you want to continue the conversation on your phone you'll have to add the email address to Settings>Messages>Receive At on you phone. Also, if you want to be able to continue a conversation started on your phone on on your mac/touch, you'll have to go to Settings>Messages>Receive At>Caller ID on your phone and set it to your email address. This way the conversation is sent from your email address on all your devices, an replys are sent to the same email address. This will be simplified with iOS 6 later this fall.

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this has not been happening...

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Hi,
I message is sending messages from my email address. I have tried going in to settings/messages/send and receive which is currently defaulted to my email but my phone number is greyed out and cannot be selected.
How do I sort this?

Hello LouLouN,
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you are not able to configure your iMessage settings to include your phone number, due to it being greyed out. This issue can usually be resolved by simply turning iMessage off, restarting your iPhone, and then turning iMessage back on.
For additional information, check out the following articles:
If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204065
Restart or reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201559
Cheers,
Matt M.

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cant connect to imessage on my iphone it just checks with my email not phone number

Go into your settings>messages, make sure iMessage in on, then click the send & receive make sure your phone number has a check mark next to it.

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When using iMessage, is it normal for it to be sent as an email? My friends with iPhones will txt me and when I txt back it starts a new conversation entirely with my email as the contact. Is there a way to set it to my phone number? When I recieve iMessages it's never an email.

Settings > Messages > Receive At > Caller ID.
What do you have selected for your iMessage Caller ID - your cell phone number or an email address?
If an email address and changed to your cell phone number, this will not prevent someone you have exchanged iMessages with to address an iMessage to the email address.

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Go to your contacts and look up your own contact. To check if you have created an "I", which mean a "yourself" go to "Settings - Mail, Contacts, etc.". Under Contacts you will find "My Infos".
At this point you should see your own name. If not, press on "My Infos" and create yourself on your iPhone. (Phone number, etc.). If you see your name at "My Infos" press on it an check if you have typed in your correct phone number.
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Hey emdiers,
I see that you are experiencing a messaging issue on your iPhone. It sounds like you are unable to send SMS messages as well as being unable to send iMessages from your phone number, is this correct? If so, when you turn off iMessage, you will not be able to send any messages whatsoever. Have you found this to be the case? If so, this article has some advice on how to address this issue:
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