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Any improvements for switching between android and iOS re: iMessage

noobinator

noobinator

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When I saw the tool at the url below launched I was thrilled because I like to switch between iOS and android and always have issues with not receiving messages because my contacts phones think I still have iMessage.

https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage

Has anyone tried this out since it launched? I plan on switching back and forth weekly or even daily. Can I just use the link every time I put the sim in my android? Then when I put it back in my iPhone i just turn on iMessage and it will re-register me?
 
noobinator said:
Has anyone tried this out since it launched? I plan on switching back and forth weekly or even daily. Can I just use the link every time I put the sim in my android? Then when I put it back in my iPhone i just turn on iMessage and it will re-register me?
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Signing out of iMessage before you switch will also do the trick.
 
I insgibe it works the same way as signing out with your device does. I couldn't tell you if it works better or worse because I've never had issues signing out in my device.

But really, if you're going back and forth daily, is it worth the hassle of activating and deactivating each time? I mean I guess it a since you plan to do that. What I am saying is it would be too big of s headache for me lol.
 
lordofthereef said:
I insgibe it works the same way as signing out with your device does. I couldn't tell you if it works better or worse because I've never had issues signing out in my device.

But really, if you're going back and forth daily, is it worth the hassle of activating and deactivating each time? I mean I guess it a since you plan to do that. What I am saying is it would be too big of s headache for me lol.
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It'd most likely be weekly or even monthly but I'd like to know it's easy to do.
 
I tried it once when I was testing an Android phone recently. I even signed out of iMessage on all of my devices and I couldn't get it to work. I followed Apples instructions but by the next day I decided to get another iPhone so I didn't worry about it anymore...You may have better luck with it.
 
My brother just switched from an iPhone 4 to the Nexus 6, he used that link in the forst post and it seemed (so far) to have worked. He gets all sms messages that I and others have sent him.
 
T5BRICK said:
Signing out of iMessage before you switch will also do the trick.
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This always works for me on a daily basis. Turn imessage off on all idevices you have (ipad, iphone, mac). The website is there in case you forget to turn imessage off on the actual device.

In the past you had to call in to apple if you forgot to turn imessage off.
 
noobinator said:
It'd most likely be weekly or even monthly but I'd like to know it's easy to do.
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I guess my point was , for me, I would just leave it in standard SMS and mms at all times. I feel like I gain very little from imessage, especially if I'm not always going to be in it anyway.
 
I tried switching to my new android phone tonight and this problem still persists.

I went into iMessage turned it off and then powers down my iPhone. Then I took the sim out and put it in my android. Sent my android a text from my wife's iphone. Sent as iMessage. I never got it. I sent her a text. She got it. She replied. iMessage. I didn't get it.

If she long holds the message and hits send as sms it goes thru but she shouldn't have to do this. In addition if she starts typing my name and picks it before the name is complete from the recents then it sends an iMessage. However if she types my full contact name and hits enter the. It will send as a text.

I wonder if there is a way to delete all recents or not show recents. I even tried deleting me as a contact and re adding me with a different name and no luck. I tried using the link in my first post but I never got the confirmation messages they supposedly sent me so after five attempts they said sorry try again later.

At this point I'd keep iMessage turned off but I can't even get it so my wife's messages come through as texts every time. Obviously this is still a problem and I'm being forced to keep using my iPhone or get a new number I guess.

So the only way she can successfully send me a text and not iMessage is to type my full contact name and hit enter or send an iMessage the. Long hold it and select send as text. I'm supposed to make her do this? Not to mention getting all my other contacts with iPhones to do this.
 
Have her (and anyone who has an iPhone you know if you want to make sure YOU get messages from them) go to settings, messages and make sure the option is on for 'Send as SMS', it will then try first as an iMessage, then when it fails it will resend as a standard SMS.
 
Stevessvt said:
Have her (and anyone who has an iPhone you know if you want to make sure YOU get messages from them) go to settings, messages and make sure the option is on for 'Send as SMS', it will then try first as an iMessage, then when it fails it will resend as a standard SMS.
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Her phone is set to this. It sends an iMessage only. That is never received by me.
 
can't deactivate fully either

Indeed, I'm having similar problems. I turned off iMessage on my old iPhone before I migrated the SIM card. I also used the Apple support tool to de-register my phone number just in case. It's been 6 days since I've done both of these steps. An Apple Support rep has today verified that my phone number is no longer registered to iMessage....

but I'm still not getting SMS from many iPhone people. I've told people to delete our existing threads too, which seems to help, but I'm still missing messages.

The Apple rep suggested that I make sure everyone has me in their contacts as "mobile" vs. iPhone in the 'type of phone number' field.

I've already had to send a generic message to my contacts telling them to delete our threads, and saying that I'm not getting messages. I'm hesitant to send yet another message telling people to do something that may not actually work (and many of my contacts are not tech savvy enough to know what I'm talking about either, and I'm not about to send out a screenshot-ed how-to guide)

Anything else I can try?
 
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