I am posting on behalf of my girlfriend who has an iphone 3gs. I have just been trying for an hour to get it to work but simply cannot do it. Here are the issues.
iMessage is stuck on waiting for activation and her number has no tick by it.
SMS is enabled but no SMS will send.
All messages for some reason attempt to default as an MMS even when MMS is turned off, it says only MMS can be sent to email address, even when trying to SMS. When it is turned on MMS fails to send too.
What I have tried.
Confirming the SMS center number using the method found online - all correct.
Resetting apple ID and iMessage email address.
Resetting her phone number.
Resetting the region.
Airplane mode off on.
Restarting the phone.
Removing the SIM.
The only option left it to totally wipe the phone. Can anyone help at all? Why do no messages of any kind send? Phone calls and data are fine, just messages!!
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