Multiple charges for activating iMessage. Reasons to turn off iMessage

iMessage is a very convenient platform as long as you use Apple devices. The following tips will help you stay connected even after you switch to a different smartphone.

Those who want to buy a smartphone that runs on a different operating system need to first figure out how to disable iMessage. Apple's proprietary messaging platform connects your phone number, address or email addresses and Apple ID on Apple servers. After activation, you get the opportunity not to miss anything by receiving all mail or messages on all your Apple devices.

The platform is fast, reliable, and this sets it apart from standard text messaging services. But it also causes problems when the user decides to leave iOS in favor of another operating system. Why? Because all incoming information from iOS users is lost in the iMessage trash, which causes some inconvenience. So before switching to another smartphone, for example, Android, iMessage must be disabled.

Before turning off the platform on your iPhone, make sure you turn it off on all other Apple devices where you use iMessage. Assuming you own an iPad or Mac (or both), here are instructions for both devices.

On a Mac, this is done in the Messages app. Open the application and select "Preferences" from the menu. Select your iMessage account from the list on the left, and click the checkbox next to “Enabled” to uncheck the box and disable your iMessage account.

On an iPad, to disable the service, you need to launch Settings, select “Messages” from the menu, and turn the iMessage switch to the “Off” position.

Once you've completed the steps below and verified that your phone number has been removed from Apple's servers, you can re-enable the app on both devices using just your email address to send and receive messages. It is imperative to disable iMessage on your iPhone before you remove the SIM card from it, otherwise the whole process will fail.

Is the messaging platform disabled on the iPhone the same way as on the iPad? That is, “Settings” - “Messages” - switch iMessage to the “Off” position.

Wait a few minutes, then send a text message to someone you know has an iPhone and uses iMessage. You will be sure that your number has been removed from the server if the green “Submit” button appears to the right of the text field. Additionally, the background of the message itself will be green instead of blue as usual.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated about this, you just need to do all this before you decide to change your iPhone to another smartphone.

- great invention Apple! The service allows you to send photos and videos for free, as well as chat with friends who have an iPhone, iPad or Mac. True, there is one nuance that needs to be remembered when switching from iOS to other mobile platforms.

Why is this necessary?

iMessage links your phone number to Apple servers. Great - but only as long as you use your iPhone on iOS. Users who switched to another OS - Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, etc. - they will notice one strange thing. They will not receive SMS text messages from iPhone users.

At one time there was a lot on this topic. But Apple assures that this is not a “bug”, but a “feature” (feature) of the service. To avoid this, you need to untie iMessage from your phone.

How to turn off iMessage on iPhone

If you have already bought a new smartphone with a different OS, but have not yet sold your iPhone, do the following:

1 . Remove the SIM card from your new smartphone and insert it into your iPhone.

2 . Go to Settings(grey icon with gears in the center), select Messages.

3 . Switch the slider next to the inscription iMessage to the inactive (gray) position.

Done - the service is now unlinked to your phone number. Any message from the iPhone owner will now be sent to your new smartphone as a regular message, bypassing Apple servers.

How to disable iMessage over the Internet and unlink the number

If you've already gotten rid of your old iPhone, no problem. There is another way - Apple created it just for such cases.

1 . Visit the dedicated Apple Deregister iMessage site.

2 . Go down to the inscription No longer have access to your iPhone?

3 . From the drop down menu select Russia, enter your number (without the eight) and click on Send code. Keep in mind that the phone number must be the same as that used to set up iMessage for the first time. If you don't already have that number, it won't work.

4 . A message with a confirmation code will be sent to your smartphone. Enter the received numbers in the field Verification code.

5 . If everything is done correctly, you will see a screen with a large green check mark. This means your number is unlinked from iMessage.

The iMessage service, as you know, is a convenient solution for its versatility and quality of work. That’s why most Apple users prefer it to other applications for exchanging text and multimedia messages, to such an extent that the question of how to disable iMessage does not even arise.

And the user likes everything exactly until he has a desire (or need) to switch from iOS to another mobile platform.

And with this, questions arise. What questions?

Unpleasant, mostly. It turns out that all incoming messages from iOS users suddenly begin to disappear somewhere in the depths and simply do not reach the new device, and their senders do not even know about it.

In this regard, right now we will tell you how to disable iMessage more or less correctly. Just so that later there will be fewer questions of this kind for both you and the people with whom you corresponded. The algorithm of actions is actually simple.

However, there is a caveat: it must be applied before switching to a new smartphone, that is before you removed the SIM card from your iPhone . Let's repeat: BEFORE , how you moved the card from iPhone to another smartphone.

So, how to properly disable iMessage on iPhone:

#1 - how to disable iMessage on Mac and iPad

So, let's start with Mac. On Apple computers, the iMessage switch is located in the application settings " Messages«. Opening him, go to " Settings ", click the tab " Accounts " and find your account " iMessage". Then remove your phone number from it (uncheck the corresponding checkbox; to do this, you may have to include one of the email addresses). Next, uncheck the “ Enable this account ", click " Log out " and in the next window we once again confirm our intention to exit iMessage with another button " Log out «.

The process for signing out of iMessage on iPad is even simpler. Let's go to " Settings ", tap " Messages ", at the very top of the screen we find " iMessage" and turn the switch next to it to the " position Off «.

#2 - how to turn off iMessage on iPhone

Only after you exit iMessage on all your Macs and iPads in the same way, can you begin to disable this service on your smartphone. Since it also uses iOS, we do everything exactly the same as on the iPad. Open " Settings ", tap " Messages ", at the top of the screen in the line " iMessage "turn the switch to position " Off «.

After that, we wait a couple of minutes and try to send a message to someone from the existing contact list. Preferably someone with whom you previously corresponded via iMessage, and who, you know, continues to use this service now. If you have disabled iMessage, then the " Send", as well as your sent messages in the dialog box should become green (in iMessage, remember, they were blue).

#3 - you can remove the SIM card from the iPhone

As you can see, nothing complicated. All the steps described actually take only a few minutes of time (if you don’t have much).

And finally, a couple more important points:

• first - in the case when you forgot to turn off iMessage, do not have access to your iPhone (, for example), or are forced for some reason to use an Android smartphone, then perhaps there is no need to worry too much. iOS 10 has a new feature that will automatically delete the phone number in the iPhone settings as soon as it is removed from it.

• second - if, after disabling iMessage in the described way, you still do not receive messages from your contacts, ask these people to send you a couple more control messages in text form. To do this, they need to select the option “ Send as text "(long tap on the message until the menu appears). And such messages need to be sent 2-3 in a row. so that their Apple devices can understand that you no longer use iMessage. It’s a little troublesome, of course, but there’s no other way yet.

About mobile operators. However, now there is an occasion that directly relates to the theme of the site. This article, again, is not an advertisement or anti-advertising for any mobile operator. This is a personal and not only personal experience.

When you insert a new SIM card into your iPhone, the iMessage service is activated. It happens strangely from the user's point of view. A special SMS is automatically sent to some obscure foreign phone number. The user does not actually see this SMS. iOS only tells you that your carrier may charge you for it.

This method has 3 disadvantages varying degrees of lousiness:

SMS is always paid. The cost depends on the operator's tariffs. The maximum I saw was from Beeline several years ago - 17 rubles (perhaps they wrote off several SMS messages to me then in one payment). The minimum is about 4-5 rubles.

At If you change the SIM card, activation occurs again. This greatly saddens everyone who travels and is forced to change SIM cards. For example, I have come to terms with this fact... Recently, circumstances forced my wife and I to change SIM cards while traveling. In fact, we made 4 optional paid iMessage activations, simply because we needed to change SIM cards.

I'll blame these two problems on Apple. At a minimum they could do an alternative activation through a trusted device. I don’t quite understand how everything works for them and why exactly SMS abroad. As much as possible, local activation numbers could be made.

Well, the main drawback of activation via SMS is iMessage multiple activation. How does it happen?

1. The operator sends a paid SMS abroad for activation.
2. Something went wrong...
3. The operator automatically sends a repeat SMS for activation. The user does not see any message about this.
4. Something went wrong...
5. The operator sends SMS again...
6. etc.

And for all SMS, the operator debits money from your account.

This problem also occurred with other operators. MTS, when it got into such a situation, officially refused to return money to subscribers. I personally encountered such nonsense with Beeline several times. Naturally, the money was never returned to me.

And now it’s 2016, and the same nonsense is happening at Megafon. I have SMS sent 4 times at 30 minute intervals to activate iMessage.

It is suspicious that during these two hours I did not receive any SMS to activate MegafonTV. iMessage itself did not produce anything and worked perfectly - I even sent photos between the 1st and 4th SMS.

The money is funny in principle, but the sad fact is that the error occurred on the side of either the operator (most likely!) or Apple, and the subscriber must pay. The operator, by the way, says that these are Apple problems and you need to contact the iMessage developers. I tried to find a similar problem on the English-speaking Internet, but only problems with activating iMessage were described there... And this is a little different.

I have some rhetorical questions.

What if there were 60 such unsuccessful activations? And such cases have already happened, judging by the reviews on the Internet...

And how many such activations are there across the country at those moments when something goes wrong for the operator?

The FaceTime application offers owners of Apple gadgets to call each other for free. In addition to regular voice calls, it has video calling, all in high quality. But sometimes the user does not need the service. In this case, he will want to deactivate it. There are other reasons for this. There are two ways how to disableFaceTime on iPhone with account deactivation.

Warning: FaceTime is closely tied to the messaging appiMessage. Accordingly, as a result of the actions described below, both services will be deactivated, it is worth taking this into account.

Deactivation

The main method is to turn off the service directly on the device. If you have an iPhone in your hands, then it’s better to use it. Otherwise, go to the fallback option. For now, let's look at the main one:

Fallback option

Apple has provided for the deregistration of a phone number online. This means you can deactivate FaceTime even without your iPhone. The action will be useful when you do not have the opportunity to perform an operation on a smartphone.

Deactivate FaceTime online:

This concludes the procedure for online service deactivation. You can reactivate Face Time at any time.