iMessage problem

[Anonymous]

Hi can anyone help, my iphone is faulty so sending it back to apple so currntly using a  samsung galaxy phone - but some of my friends with iPhones messages aren't coming through - turned my faulty phone on and they are still going to the iPhone as an iMessage without my SIM card being in -any ideas on how I can change it?

[MI5]

I believe imessages are sent through your apple id so if you remove it from your phone they will stop. You won't get them on your Samsung though as they only go iphone to iphone.

[Anonymous]

Do you know how I remove it from my phone?

[MI5]

The way I would do it (as you are returning your phone anyway) would be to connect to itunes and back up the phone then reset the phone as new. This will delete everything from it.

[Anonymous]

well to make it more complicated they are probably just going to replace my phone as its the screen that's broke and I've already done a restore on the phone to try if that fixed it & still not getting my friends messages!! I will have to try and turn it on sand find somewhere to remove my apply ID off it - if I can see where to find it!!

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

As I mentioned above - you won't get imessages on the Samsung and don't restore your old iphone, you need to chose the option to set up as new.

[Liquid]

Surely you could just turn iMessage off on the iPhone. Then it will force iMessages to SMS format to the Samsung?

[MI5]

Glad you've arrive mate. I think this was the blind leading the blind

[Anonymous]

if you go into your imessage settings, you will have the option to deactivate which addresses you dont want as an imessage address, delete them then turn imessage off

[Anonymous]

I know I can't get I messages on my Samsung!! all of my friends with an iPhone except for one, normal text messages are coming to Samsung but for some reason one friends still being sent to iPhone! & if I could use my screen I would go in and change it to text message!! so thanks, but back to the drawing board for me!