IMessaging Email Addresses
Before updating to iOS 7, I would type and send an email message from my pc to an iPhone and the replies would be received in my email on my pc. Since updating to iOS 7 the recipient of my email receives my message but when they attempt to reply they get a message that says "4Helms cannot be reached by iMessage at this time". Regular text iMessages are working fine. I correspond via email-to-phone throughout the day at work and need this function to work again.......PLEASE HELP!!!!
I sent an email from my pc to my own phone and it was received as a text message from "VMail"
Yes, my email address for my work pc is my Apple Id. I've tried turning both mine and the receipient's iMessages off and this did not resolve the issue. Sending from a different email address isn't an option since it is my work email address and have to confer with clients. I need my replies to come back to my computer (where originated from) and NOT my phone for work purposes!!
My coworker's (who is still able to email/text as described above) Apple ID is also her email address and the coworker with Verizon (same as me) has an email address not associated with his Apple ID and his is not working. I firmly believe there is something that needs to be updated for the Verizon iPhone customers by APPLE....since everything was working normally until iOS7. I've spoken to Verizon and they've not made any changes or released any updates so there is nothing different on their end.
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TS4268 IMessaging on iPad mini to "iPod registered to email address" user
I have an android phone and a Macbook air running 10.7.5. I recently bought an iPad Mini and am trying to use iMessage on it. So far noone with an iphone has responded to any messages I have sent! so I am wondering if it is working….
I have 2 Apple ID"s - one for itunes and one for icloud (but I don't use icloud). My Apple ID for the ipad mini is linked to a non-icloud email address and my android cell #. When I go to the "receive at" option for messages on the iPad there is only one option - my Apple ID email address. I realise I can't use my cell# to receive iMessages as it is not an iphone, but why is there no field to enter a phone number (if I did have an iphone) showing up?
I want to iMessage from the iPad mini with someone who uses Ipod for iMessaging, but even though I use their registered-to-iMessage email address, when I enter it into the "To:" field, it turns red, and I get a message that their email "is not registered with iMessage". I know they are already using it to iMessage other people so what am I doing wrong???Do you have another Apple ID? If so and if that is the email address that you are trying to add, it is not going to work.
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How to change associated iMessage email in conversation?
Hi all,
A friend and I are having issues with iMessage. Basicly her whole family uses the one Apple ID for purchases, so my friend updated to iOS5, and we were messing about with iMessages not realising that it was using their family Apple ID. So we fixed that up by creating her a new iCould ID, setting it all up with that and removing the family ID from the iMessage settings completely, however we are having issues with getting our iMessages working as one unified conversations with our SMSs. It appears that our old SMS conversation has been tagged with her family apple IDs email address on both our iPhones.
To complicate things further we both have iPad's, I've set caller ID on all 4 iDevices to their correct email addresses (completely removing her family ID from iMessage) however now whenever we use our old SMS conversation it's using their family email, as such they're not appearing on our iPad's. When I iMessage her iCould ID, it appears on our phones as a seperate conversation and iPad's. Kind of pointless when its meant to be unified, having SMSs and iMessages in the one conversation trail.
And we're worried that when her parents update to iOS5 that they're going to recieve our iMessage conversation if we use the SMS conversation.
We both don't want to remove our 3+ years of texts just to fix this issue, surely there is a way to fix it so we have one conversation for our SMSs and iMessages in one conversation?
We've rebooting all our iDevices and tripple checked the settings and everything looks right its just that the SMS conversation needs the iMessage email address changing.
After typing this out I just had anothor thought, could it be that the SMS conversations are set to use our phone numbers + family ID, instead of phone number + her iCloud ID?
Anyways, is there anyway to fix this up?If you haven't found an answer I might have a fix (at least it seems to have worked for me)...
I turned off iMessage and set up my new ID's and then verified them. Then instead of going into the settings and iMessage, I just opened the message app which then prompted me to set up iMessage as a new user. This def worked on the iPod but it seemed a bit tricker with my iPhone as it would message regardless of iMessage being set up. With the iPhone it didn't prompt me for a new set up but that wasn't what I was trying to fix...it was my daughters iPod and this solution DID fix it. I'm quite sure it'd work on the phone too if someone just messed with it for a bit. Good luck;) -
When I attempt to send a text from the new iPad, a dialog box appears with the option to either sign in with Apple ID Password or Create New Account. I try signing in using my Apple ID password but IMessage informs me that email address cannot be verified because it is already in use ??? What am I doing wrong?
settings -> iTunes & App Store
click on apple ID listed there
select Sign Out
sign in with the proper account
from then on, when the store ask for your password it should be with the correct ID -
I am trying to read my iMessages from my iPhone 4S on my iPad 2, but the messages do not show up on my iPad 2. I made sure that the receiving email address is the same on both devices and both are signed into my single Apple account.
Is it possible that the person who sent the message to your phone sent it to your phone # instead? Try sending a message to your phone via the email address and see if it shows up on the iPad.
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Here's what I know I used to be able to do with my iPhone: I could save an image I received in a text message to my photo gallery so that I could still see the image long after the message was gone. It literally showed up along with all of my own photos.
I also want to say that I used to be able to send an email from the text message app. I can't remember how, but I remember forwarding messages to people who, say, I didn't have a phone number from and therefore could only recieve email from me.
However, now I can't do any of this.
I have photos I received in an iMessage that I want to send to my iMac OR forward via email to my Gmail account.
I can't do any of it.
If I use the new selection mechanism and check all four images and hit the "share" arrow, all I get to do is send another text message. If I type in an email address for a recipient, it doesn't let me hit "send".
If I use the old fashioned selection system in which you drag the box arond the four images in the text message, I can "copy" that selection, quite the text message app, open up the Gmail app, paste the selection into a new Gmail and I see the four images. But when I send that gmail and receive it on my iMac... no images are present.
How do I get images sent via text messsages saved and/or forwarded to an email address?I had a similar problem in that my wife's iphone 5 could not send pics with imessage. Had to set the settings to default to SMS or whatever. After laboring many hours on the web I coincidentally was on the phone with the internet people to question my internet speed. They changed the router channel, which is something that I am capable of doing myself. After that, the pics go over imessage. My own Iphone didn't have the problem. We are both latest IOS 7.0.6.
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How do I get my messages to come through on my ipad Via my mobile number? They always used to but I've had to change all my Apple ID if that has anything to do with it? In iMessages it will only take an email address!
Hi EmilyWick123!
Here is an article that will help you address this question about linking your Apple ID and phone number:
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 being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden -
I have an 11 yr old who I want to use my apple id on our Iphones jointly. We do not want her to have an email address currently because of some issues. Anyway, does both phones being connected to the same apple id mean that when IMessage is used that we both get the same messages? Also, what causes our pics to each other not to go through the system? Thank you for any assistance!
IF both devices have the same Apple ID signed in ; it will believe the devices are meant to both recieve them. My biggest recommandation is you can create an email address for your daughter and in the future when she gets her own email address she can chang ethe primary email address to the up to date one.
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How can i remove my phone number from imessage and just use email address ?
Hi all
I've searched all the forums and still can't find an answer for what i need (what i think i need!)
I have an iphone without a data plan so whenever anybody who is registered with imessage sends me a message i will not
receive it until i am back on wifi.
What i want to achieve is to be able to receive sms messages from imessage users when i am not on wifi and then imessages when i am back on wifi.
My assumption is that if i can unlink my mobile number from iMessage and only have it associated with my email address that this should work, but i cannot seem to remove my phone number from imessage, in the settings > iMessage > send and receive it will allow me to un-tick the associated email addresses but my phone number is greyed out and will not allow me to untick.
On my home Mac i can go into messages app and deselect the phone number but not on the iphone.
One solution says to deregister my phone on https://supportprofile.apple.com/ which i have tried (i can't see how that would work anyhow as there is no phone number in that registration)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
thanks, AndyRegardless if using your cell phone number or your Apple ID email address, iMessage requires an internet connection via an available wi-fi network or via your carrier's cellular network. Without a data plan and no internet access with your carrier's cellular network, an iMessage addressed to your email address can be received only when your iPhone is connected to an available wi-fi network no different when an iMessage is addressed to your cell phone number.
You cannot deselect or remove your cell phone number below you can be reached by iMessage at with iMessage on an activated iPhone. The iPhone's phone number is activated along with your Apple ID. -
My email address in the imessage part of my ipad is incorrect. How can I change the email address to conform with the email address on the rest of my apple products? I can get messages on my iphone, mac but not on my ipad because of the incorrect address.
Go on to settings> Messages > send and receive
this should give you the opportunity to edit email adressed
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I changed my apple I'd email address and when I log in I use that email and the right password both work. But when my friend iMessage me it only works if they send it to my old email address not my new current one. How can ai change my iCloud and iMessage address?? To match my current one?
So have you changed the accounts in the iCloud and Messages Settings?
Settings > iCloud > Account
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive -
I just updated to iOS 7 and now my iMessages won't work. It just keeps saying activating iMessage but it's not doing anything; I tried signing in with my Apple ID but then it just lets me send them using my email address and the number the phone was originally set to; even though that is not my actual number that I use as I changed it through Vodafone so the SIM card now has a different number.
It won't even let me click on my number to select it; it is just that faded grey colour and there are no ticks by it;
And when it says "may be a standard SMS charge to activate" I'm not even getting a text through to be able to activate it anyway
How can I fix this?http://theunlockr.com/2013/07/12/how-to-stop-your-email-from-showing-up-in-imess age-video/
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I updated to iOS 8 on iPhone 5s and now iMessage will not verify my email address to use to send/ receive messages. It has said "Verifyng" beside it in settings since yesterday, but has not sent a verification email. I have also tried Adding it as a new email address several times, but get the same outcome. I can still send/ receive texts from my phone number, just not from the email address.
In my iCloud settings under Contact Information for that email address and it shows "pending". When I select "Resend Verification Email" I get "Cannot Connect to iCloud".Hello, Dorian071.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here is the best article to reference when experiencing issues with iMessage activation issues.
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268
Cheers,
Jason H. -
How can I get my email address off of iMessage?
Yesterday I decided to try Messages Beta but it obviously required that I use an email for sending messages.
I wanted to see it working between my iPhone and MacBook, so also entered my email on my iPhone.
Now though I want to revert it. I don't want my email address used for iMessages.
How do I remove it? I go to Messages and it says there are two places to recieve at, so I click on my email, but the "Remove" button is faded.
I thought that some messages were lagging to arrive, so I thought I'd turn iMessage off until I get rid of my email. Now if I turn iMessage back on, it doesn't do anything, it sits there saying "Waiting for activation".
The kind of things Apple are forcing us to do...I can't wait to see how little I can do in Mountain Lion...you can try this https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3735390 I posted that thread with no feedback so far. So what happens is that if you want iMessage with no email associated, strangely, if iMessage has been turned off for a while, when attempting to turn it back on, if you're prompted to enter your Apple ID password and you don't (cancel), iMessage will still activate with just your phone number as reachable contact. That's a bug I think, but well here's the trick for now
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How can I verify my phone number to use FaceTime and iMessage instead of email address!?
My iMessage and FaceTime are both working, but it still says "Waiting for activation.." right under both the FaceTime and iMessage settings. Under the "Receive At" setting, my email address is entered in. When I press on my email address, it takes me to a page shows my Apple ID, my email address, and in gray it says "Vertifying" with my phone number also in gray. I am currently out of the country and am using wifi for my apps, iMessage, FaceTime, and checking email. Why does it still say waiting for activation even though I can use everything fine?
I want that to be my last option if I need to. I don't want to delete everything and update everything back over. Are the finished with updating the severs? Last night I was unable to sign in using my Apple ID to use FaceTime or iMessage, but now I am logged in, but I can't verify my number. My iMessages are going through with my email instead of my number
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