Apple has quietly released a new tool
to make switching between iOS and other smartphones a bit easier. The
new web tool lets you instantly deregister your phone number from
Apple's iMessage system. The site, first spotted by a poster on Reddit, should solve the problem of disappearing text messages.
Many former iPhone users have reported for years
that they were not receiving text messages from their friends. The
issue stemmed from Apple continuing to route texts through iMessage even
after users had moved on to other devices. Since iMessage is
proprietary to Apple's platforms, users who switched away from iOS but
didn't disable iMessage first would no longer be able to see messages
sent from friends with Apple devices. Most users who experienced the
problem only had one solution: they had to entirely deregister the old
device from their Apple accounts.
But with the recently-released web tool, all you need to do is enter
the phone number you wish to uncouple from Apple's iMessage system.
Apple will then send you a confirmation code over SMS — type it into the
browser window and you'll be home free.
If you don't switch devices often, the new tool may seem
insignificant, but for those who often swap SIM cards into different
devices for work, it should make the transition smoother. The company
also took a lot of heat earlier this year when issues with disappearing
iMessages were widespread in the news — some disgruntled users even
filed a class-action lawsuit over the matter.
Source: Apple.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Apple releases web tool to deregister phone numbers from iMessage
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