Why does iMessage send to email not phone number?

Why does iMessage send to email not phone number?

Because this glitch occurs (seemingly at random) for more than one carrier, it seem likely that there is an intermittent bug in Apple’s servers. 3. It’s not an iMessage to SMS issue. It happens with iMessage to iPhone from one user to one other–and the sending phone recognizes the receiving number as an iPhone.

Why is my iPhone not alerting me of text messages?

Scroll down to “Text Tone” section to see the selected alert tone. If “None” is checked, tap and select a new alert tone from the list and hit “Done” button. Your “iPhone not alerting me of texts” issue may be caused by which there sets no sound for the notifications.

How to turn off text message notifications on iPhone?

Check Out Our Video On Message Notifications & Alerts Check if you enabled Do Not Disturb. Make sure Do Not Disturb is off See if the Message thread has Hide Alerts enabled Look through your contacts and ensure that you have not set their text or ringtone to None–if so, update it to a sound you like

Can you send an iMessage from a non iPhone iDevice?

Other iDevice users will have a choice between different emails not a number if it’s a pod or pad or Mac. If you send an iMessage to a non iPhone iDevice your email will be used as caller ID instead (because they dont have a wireless number associated) IF YOU LOSE DATA SERVICE EVERY NOW AND THEN, THEN THIS PART WILL MAKE LOTS OF SENSE

How can I get my iMessage to show my phone number?

You just have to make sure to leave your phone number as it is. Go to your iPhone’s settings. Go to your phone’s iMessage section, then tap on the Send and Receive section. Simply click on the option which shows the New Conversation From. Tap the phone number instead of showing the email. Access your Apple account.

Why is my phone number greyed out on iMessage?

Tried reset network settings, tried signing out and back in to applie ID in imessage, goes through verification, selected the appropriate phone number, but still shows “No addresses” and the phone number for the phone is greyed out, and unable to be ticked. I tried that, now it just says “Waiting for activation” for both iMessage and Facetime.

Is there a way to add my phone number to iMessage?

I’m having same problem as above with my imessages being sent from my apple id email instead of my phone number. There is no option to add my phone number under the “receive at” tab under imessage in settings. Fully work with iMessage.