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iPhone activation

MikeyH4007 — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:21:53 GMT

When activating my iMessage I have to send a message to a UK number(+447786205094) but when I try to send the message it says Not Delivered, someone help!

Re: iPhone activation

dalyer — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 21:45:24 GMT

You need cash credit on your account to pay for international SMS messages. 8c per SMS to the UK.

https://48.ie/charges/international-calls

And unfortunately Apple's stupid iPhone/FaceTime/iMessage activation process requires such UK SMS messages to be sent. So the solution should be to put €1 cash credit on your account then turn the iPhone off and on again and the activation process should succeed.

Hope this helps.

Re: iPhone activation

MikeyH4007 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:13:46 GMT

I already added 2euro to my account and then turned on and off my phone to send the message yet it still says undelivered.

Re: iPhone activation

dalyer — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:59:37 GMT

OK - I don't know why that is so.

Once you have cash credit on your account to pay for UK/international texts they should send OK.

Can you send texts otherwise (to Irish numbers)?

You may need to contact 48 support and/or Apple support.

Hope this helps.