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iPhone iOS 9.0.1 Message issues

seh80

seh80

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Original poster
Sep 2, 2005
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Chicago, IL USA
Hello -

I got a new iPhone 6s plus today. Set it up as a new phone, everything is great, except messages. I can send text messages out, but absolutely no iMessages. They don't sync with my mbp, or iPad. The mpb, iPad, and old iPhone 6plus do all sync iMessages (though they can't send regular sms texts of course).

I've tried anything I could find from searching the web. I'm not sure why my other 3 devices are all playing nice and the new phone won't. My old phone was also on 9.0.1.

In settings, messages, it says iMessage is waiting for activation. When I try to click "use your apple id for iMessage" it freezes.

I think it was working for a minute, but then it took my cell phone number away, and didn't allow the code to be sent to my mbp. I have signed in and out of everything, restarted, wiped... super frustrated here.

I apologize if there is another thread about this, I didn't find it.

Thanks for any assistance!
 
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mgnyc11

macrumors newbie
Apr 3, 2010
13
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Im having the same issue.

I have even reset network settings and that hasnt helped!
 
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Shockwave78

macrumors 65816
Jul 10, 2010
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In, same issues for my daughters first iPhone which is a iPhone 6s. iMessage and facetime not working
 
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mgnyc11

macrumors newbie
Apr 3, 2010
13
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Woke up this AM and all seems right with iMessages. Sun is now brighter, grass is greener and the sky seems bluer.
 
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phoenixbt

macrumors member
Sep 26, 2015
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Anyone else still having issues this morning? Upgraded to a 6S plus yesterday (restored from iCloud backup) and am having no luck with messages working.

I can't seem to get my phone # to show up in messages on my desktop or iPad and on my phone I can only send/receive SMS despite iMessage being enabled. I've tried signing in/out my Apple ID on all devices and also did a reset settings on the iPhone, but still the same issue. Hoping it's not just me?
 
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MotionxxUSxx

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Jul 1, 2007
408
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I've got the same issue on a 6s. Spoke to senior tech support and they are replacing my phone. He thinks it may be a hardware issue. I tried everything. I went back to my 6 and iMessage works fine.
 
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Billyk711

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Sep 26, 2015
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seh80 said:
Hello -

I got a new iPhone 6s plus today. Set it up as a new phone, everything is great, except messages. I can send text messages out, but absolutely no iMessages. They don't sync with my mbp, or iPad. The mpb, iPad, and old iPhone 6plus do all sync iMessages (though they can't send regular sms texts of course).

I've tried anything I could find from searching the web. I'm not sure why my other 3 devices are all playing nice and the new phone won't. My old phone was also on 9.0.1.

In settings, messages, it says iMessage is waiting for activation. When I try to click "use your apple id for iMessage" it freezes.

I think it was working for a minute, but then it took my cell phone number away, and didn't allow the code to be sent to my mbp. I have signed in and out of everything, restarted, wiped... super frustrated here.

I apologize if there is another thread about this, I didn't find it.

Thanks for any assistance!
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I had to downgrade to 9.0 solves problem.
 
Robotas

Robotas

macrumors newbie
Sep 26, 2015
6
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Lithuania
MotionxxUSxx said:
I've got the same issue on a 6s. Spoke to senior tech support and they are replacing my phone. He thinks it may be a hardware issue. I tried everything. I went back to my 6 and iMessage works fine.
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Realy?? Not cool. For me it's not working all day on 6s. Before update to 9.0.1 it was ok. Restore didn't help..and every hour it ask me to update my password.
 
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Billyk711

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Sep 26, 2015
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Robotas said:
Realy?? Not cool. For me it's not working all day on 6s. Before update to 9.0.1 it was ok. Restore didn't help..and every hour it ask me to update my password.
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You need to go back to 9.0 though iTunes,
I had same problem with my brand new phone all day yesterday. It is fine now
 
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Funk1

macrumors newbie
Sep 26, 2015
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Shockwave78 said:
In, same issues for my daughters first iPhone which is a iPhone 6s. iMessage and facetime not working
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I'm was having the same issue as everyone else, could not send or receive texts and could not send or receive calls.. Was working fine when I set my 6s plus up but I upgraded to 9.0.1 everything stop working then I went to 9.1 still nothing working so I called Verizon and they had to activate my phone again..one more thing I did have LTE working the whole time. Hope this helps..
 
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MotionxxUSxx

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Jul 1, 2007
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Well figured I'd try a restore one more time before going to the store for new hardware tomorrow. This time I restored with my sim
Card out. I than went through the setup without the sims card. Once I got to the screen that told me I couldn't proceed without the SIM card I put it in the phone. I was shocked to see iMessage was now working. Worth a try.
 
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phoenixbt

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Sep 26, 2015
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MotionxxUSxx said:
Well figured I'd try a restore one more time before going to the store for new hardware tomorrow. This time I restored with my sim
Card out. I than went through the setup without the sims card. Once I got to the screen that told me I couldn't proceed without the SIM card I put it in the phone. I was shocked to see iMessage was now working. Worth a try.
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Nice! Was this restoring to factory defaults or restoring from an iCloud backup that made it work? Either way, I'll have to give that a try. I'm also going to try to downgrade to 9.0 tomorrow and see if that helps.
 
KUguardgrl13

KUguardgrl13

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May 16, 2013
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phoenixbt said:
Nice! Was this restoring to factory defaults or restoring from an iCloud backup that made it work? Either way, I'll have to give that a try. I'm also going to try to downgrade to 9.0 tomorrow and see if that helps.
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I downgraded my iPhone 5 to 9.0 and restored from a previous backup. iMessage seems to be working properly now :)
 
Robotas

Robotas

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Sep 26, 2015
6
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Lithuania
It started working for me after night! First it was ok in settings but didn't work. After hard reset it started working! Good day, because yesterday I did restore two times..iPhone 6s 9.0.1
 
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