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I changed mobile provider, they put me on a temporary number that no longer exists, except in the tiny stupid minds of imessage and facetime ...how do i get rid of it and return to my real number.....which has now been ported

I changed mobile provider, they put me on a temporary number that no longer exists, except in the tiny stupid minds of imessage and facetime ...how do i get rid of it and return to my real number.....which has now been ported

Posted on Sep 6, 2019 10:29 AM

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Posted on Sep 6, 2019 10:35 AM

In settings, sign your AppleID out of FaceTime and iMessage. Then I would turn off and turn back on the iPhone, and sign your AppleID back in for those two services.

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I changed mobile provider, they put me on a temporary number that no longer exists, except in the tiny stupid minds of imessage and facetime ...how do i get rid of it and return to my real number.....which has now been ported

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