My iMessage on my iPhone 5 will only use my email not my phone number. What do I do?

What do I do get my iPhone to use my phone number for iMessage not my email?

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    I recently upgraded to iOS 7.0.3 and now my iPhone 4S will only sync purchased music to my phone from iTunes. Help! I have TONS of music that I have bought and burned to my computer, but cannot listen to it on my iPhone. This seems ridiculous!

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    Everytime I send an imessage to another iphone it shows up as my email instead of my number, why??  I looked at the settings on my boyfriends phone and my settings and they are identical.  What is the deal???

    can i ask how? i have a similar situation which identical configuration but with one of the phone who show the e-mail instead of the phone number...

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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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    My situtation is this, my soon to be ex previously set up an ipad with both our numbers and we share a linked itunes/icloud account so if my phone is off he gets all my messages via his ipad that I DO NOT have access to his ipad at ALL. I can't set up my own itunes account (not yet until I leave him) otherwise he will know I am leaving him and it will cause major problems. So I was hoping that if I turn off iMessages on my iphone 5 and just talk to my family via SMS and NOT touch his precious ipad mini, that he wont be able to get my messages anymore and if I turn off iCloud storage and back up as well on my iphone only. Is this correct? Its just a temporary solution I am hoping. I have searched for days and hours and I just cant find this answer anywhere....
    Do I HAVE to turn off my phone number off or delete it on his ipad? I am really hoping I can just do this at my own end and not touch his ipad in anyway or have to change my itunes id YET. Once I leave him shortly, I will create a whole new ID etc.  I just wanna know if I can do this myself on my iphone only. Please any experienced help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so very much.

    mazwig wrote:
    I just want to know if I turn off iMessages and iCloud Back up, and ONLY use SMS myself and my family just SMS's me - and do this on my PHONE ONLY and not touch his ipad (so he doesn't know), if he will get any of my messages I send or receive on his ipad please. Its just a temp thing and I just want to take action myself on my own phone and want to know if this will work. Does anyone know?
    SMS messages will not go to the iPad Mini. It's not capable of receving them. If you have access and can do it without it causing a problem, remove your iPhone from the Apple ID Support profile:
    Go to: https://supportprofile.apple.com/MySupportProfile.do
    Log in if not already logged in.
    Click on "Edit Products"
    Click on the "X" to the right of the product.
    Click "Unregister"
    If anyone in your family uses iMessage, they will go to both you and your boyfriend unless you do that.
    To be completely safe, you may want to simply use an alternate message app such as Skype, Viber, Whatsapp (assuming everyone has a smartphone) until the issue is resolved. Google Voice will also allow you to send and receive texts to another number on your phone.
    Best of luck.

  • My imessage is not working. I went into settings, then messages, and it says my imessage activation is unsuccessful. What do I do to get imessage working again. When I turn it on it sends imessae through my email not my phone number

    My imessage is not working. I went into settings, then messages, and it says my imessage activation is unsuccessful. What do I do to get imessage working again. When I turn it on it sends imessae through my email not my phone number

    It is starting to get a common problem (iMessage), try doing this:
    http://www.imore.com/having-trouble-imessage-or-facetime-ios-7-heres-how-fix-it
    Good Luck

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    Hi I have an iphone 4 which got a bit wet (half went in water) but dried it out ok. but now the phone will only power up when the phone is plugged in to a power supply (indicating 100% battery) but then as soon as you unplug it it swithces off. Does anyone have any idea what the fault might be?

    Yeah, it got wet and damaged the battery or charging circuit.

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    Since Apple released iMessage my friend and I have been iMessaging. As of yesterday, I can still send my friend iMessages as usual, but she can only send iMessages to my email (I have "Receive at" set to my phone number and email, Caller ID set to my phone number). If she tries to send an iMessage to my phone number, as she did before, it will only send as a Text. All of my other iPhone contacts can still send iMessages to my phone number. We've each tried rebooting and switching iMessage on and off (we both have iPhone 4, IOS 5.1.1) without any luck. I realise that iMessage is still technically working with her sending to my email, but we just don't understand why sending to my phone number has suddenly stopped working. Grateful for any suggestions.

    It sounds like something has changed on her end...
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  • When i send a text from my iphone 5S its going from my icloud email not my phone number , how can i change this?

    When i send a text message from my iphone 5s, it is sending it from my icloud email rather than my phone number , how can i change this ?
    Thanx

    Settings>Messages>Send/Receive>Start New Conversations From....put a check next to your phone number.

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    my son's iphone 4s will only text other iphones & isn't calling out.  anyone else have this problem?

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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

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    On your iPhone 4S/5 or iPad 2 or 3, double-click the Home  Button to view your recently-used apps.
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    My iphone 4s will only connect to my home network. Any other I join (eg:starbucks) internet says connection error. Even though the phone says it's connected.

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  • HT1670 Sync iPhone/Entourage will only recognize one of my two iPhones?

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    Hi, Darcie13.  
    Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities. 
    If your device is not recognized by iTunes, I would recommend the steps in the article below.  Start with the section labeled Verify that the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is installed > For Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 > If the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is not listed.
    iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch not recognized in iTunes for Windows
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
    Cheers,
    Jason H.

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