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connect phone-no to iMessage fails

 I wanted to add my phone no to my apple-id. The iphone 13 mini took the no but stated „can not be used for / connected to iMessage!

The phone no is my“old“ one, that got takwn over from my former provider; the Sim inside is from my actual provider and works fine wirh the old number?


What can I do to receive and send iMessage and not SMS??


Thanks for any Info in advance!

iPhone 13 mini

Posted on Aug 1, 2023 4:36 AM

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Posted on Aug 1, 2023 4:46 AM

Hello,

Start here:

If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime

Also see:

About iMessage and SMS/MMS

Good luck.

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