[MERGED] iMessage down?

[spillproof]

Still down in southern Florida.

 

[xlost6]

It's down here in The First State Delaware too It went down around the time I was getting off work. Around 3PM.

 

[karter16]

Down in Auckland, New Zealand

 

[NovemberWhiskey]

It would be fine if iMessages just went out and didn't work at all, but this is what is happening with me:

I will send out a message and it appears to have been sent (blue chat bubbles, normal sounds, no error message). Then, 5 minutes later, the blue chat bubble changes to green.

Hope I'm not charged for these.

 

[725032]

If you really think that's true, then stop giving them money. Not only will it no longer be your problem, but you'll also help solve it.

What makes you think i give them money?

 

[TC03]

Everyone, I really don't see the point in mentioning your location...

 

[Pravda]

Seems like they are working on it.

http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/

 

[SimpleLove]

(sigh)

 

[Spectrum Abuser]

Back to good old SMS.

 

[xraydoc]

http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/

 

[BlackMangoTree]

Chances of seeing the new iTunes this years are zero.

 

[DaLurker]

Down in Canada. Kind of disappointed.

 

[bushido]

http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/

wow didnt even know this page existed. good to know im not the only one having issues

 

[bjett92]

Down for me in Indiana and my friend in California... I hate having to use SMS

 

[FSMBP]

Everyone, I really don't see the point in mentioning your location...

So people know where the outages are...if the outage only happened in one state or city, you can see that it isn't a nationwide/global issue. People who iMessage others from Europe to the USA can see why their messages haven't been delivered.

It isn't that hard to figure out why people would list their locations if you just think about it.

 

[ChristianVirtual]

Gee thanks Apple. Like we hadn't figured it out on our own.

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I really would like the definition of "some".

How close is it to "very few" or "nearly all"

 

[ironman159]

Also down in Costa Rica.

 

[saud0488]

Down here on Mars.

 

[scaredpoet]

What makes you think i give them money?

Oh sorry, I guess I mistook you for someone who had an actual reason to complain about iMessage being down.

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So people know where the outages are...if the outage only happened in one state or city, you can see that it isn't a nationwide/global issue. People who iMessage others from Europe to the USA can see why their messages haven't been delivered.

It isn't that hard to figure out why people would list their locations if you just think about it.

Actually, it doesn't help because iCloud features aren't generally region specific, except for countries (like Saudi Arabia) where they're disabled as a course of law.

Apple's servers are really in only two locations, and they serve all users regardless of where you are. So if it's down for only some, then it's probably more random, not based on location.

What might help are if we get word from people who have it working, if any. Then find out if there's something different about those setups.

 

[floling]

Down in Germany as well ...

 

[wildonrio]

Is it working for anyone at all? I expected someone to say that it's working fine, but not yet. Looks like Apple should change Affected Users from "Some" to "All".

 

[CosmoPilot]

Wirelessly posted

Down for me in SC

 

[profets]

Been down for me on and off over past several hours in Canada.

Just has a 5 minute conversation that switched between iMessage and SMS several times.

 

[Scale70]

Yep

http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus/

 

[Sital]

So iMessage is down and iMessage is, for the most part, a part of iCloud.

iTunes 11 re-structures the way iTunes interacts with iCloud.

Coincidence? I think not!

Wouldn't the rest of iCloud be down too then?