My number shows “unavailable for sharing” in the security section and it can not be used for message or facetime.

It was working just okay yesterday morning. But last night, I could not get or send a message with my number. I sent a message to my friend to test it out and it only worked for my apple ID email. Whenever I try to activate my number, it says my number is unavailable for sharing I can’t even select it or delete it. When I tried activating it on the message section, it said that it was unsuccessful. i tried updating my phone, reset the wifi, and even tried turning my things on and off including my phone itself. Please help.

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 31, 2023 6:42 AM

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aceshot_69

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Posted on Nov 26, 2023 11:50 AM

I called apple. They discovered my phone number was blocked on their side and cited the reason was likely automated spam detection. They fixed it on the phone in 15 minutes, but it did require 2 advisors to figure it out. Now I can select my phone number to use with iMessage and Facetime again!

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Laceme86

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May 7, 2024 2:35 AM in response to Perryqui

Aren’t you blacklisted everywhere? Guess when you do the spam calls to others, it finally catches up. 👍🏻

Jul 9, 2024 11:48 AM in response to thevirgrocks

This resolved my issue. Thanks!

Aug 24, 2024 5:09 PM in response to kina161

same here

Mack3515

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12 points

Sep 20, 2024 4:04 PM in response to kina161

Why does my phone number come up unavailable for sharing in the security section ? How can I fix that

Oct 4, 2024 12:12 AM in response to kina161

My number shows unavailable for sharing how can I resolve the issue

Oct 18, 2024 7:08 AM in response to kina161

My number shows Unavailable for sharing

Oct 18, 2024 7:09 AM in response to kina161

I’m not happy with it and it makes me feel so sad

Limnos

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Oct 18, 2024 7:28 AM in response to Gen_Lazidolee

Did you read the 3 other pages of posts? I bet one of them has your solution.

Nov 1, 2024 7:33 PM in response to LuLu0911

What was the solution?

Nov 3, 2024 5:01 AM in response to LuLu0911

@LuLu0911 this is happening to me now. What did Apple support do to fix it?

Dec 7, 2024 11:48 AM in response to oloruntola115

My iMessage has been giving me issues …anytime it give me issue I’ll have to change sim and use another one then it’ll work about some hours it won’t work anymore again

I don’t know what’s wrong

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My number shows “unavailable for sharing” in the security section and it can not be used for message or facetime.