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Hi all,
I've just updated from an iPhone 5 running iOS 8 to an iPhone 6.
There was a 24 hour period when my Orange (UK) 3G contract ported over
to my EE (UK) 4G contract, which requires a new SIM. In that time, I had
a temporary number.
Now, the problem is that iMessages appears to send texts from that
number. My mobile number has ported back across (I can confirm this by
doing a voice call) but when sending texts they appear to come from the
temporary number.
I have gone into the iMessage settings on my iPhone and selected my
original phone number to start new conversations from, but I cannot
remove the temporary number from the list.
Even worse, the temporary number is ticked but greyed out in the "You
can be reached at..." section so I can't deselect it from there either.
How do I remove this random temporary number so that people who have my old number can see its me sending them texts?
Thanks in advance for any help. And yes, I did try turning it off and on again!!!

Try the following:
Open Settings.
Choose Phone.
If your telephone number is incorrect, then correct it.
Navigate to the previous section.
Choose Messages.
Disable and then reenable iMessage.

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