If you’re switching from an iPhone to an Android smartphone, it’s important to know that you may miss some texts on your new Android phone if someone sends you a message via iMessage. Therefore, you need to unregister your number from iMessage in order not to miss any incoming messages (SMS). While the best time to disable iMessage on your number is before you switch, you can now do it after switching, even if you don’t have your old iPhone. In that case, let’s take a look at both these methods to see how you can unregister iMessage when switching from iPhone to Android:
Unregister iMessage Before Switching From iPhone to Android
- Tap the ‘Settings’ icon on your iPhone home screen. Once you are in the settings menu, scroll down a little and Select ‘Messages’.
- As you can see below, iMessage is on by default (green), so tap the toggle switch to turn it off (grey).
- Now Go back to the settings menu and Tap on ‘Facetime’should be just below the ‘Messages’ option you selected earlier. Simply tap the toggle switch. turn off Facetime, as you do with iMessage. Your number should now be changed from iMessage and Facetime.
Disable iMessage Without iPhone
While the steps above work fine if you still have your iPhone with you, you’ll need a different approach if your old iPhone is no longer with you. This is still a pretty simple process, so let’s take a look at how to do it:
- go to this particular web page “Don’t have an iPhone anymore?” on Apple’s website. Go to the section labeled. choose your country from the drop-down menu (US is selected by default) and enter phone number You want to deregister your iMessage. Now Click ‘Send Code’.
- Once you get 6 digit OTP (One Time Password), enter it in the box below and press the blue ‘Send’ button. You will receive a confirmation that iMessage is disabled.
This is folks. Apple now knows you want to disable both iMessage and Facetime, so you should start receiving regular SMS texts and video calls on your Android smartphone without any major issues.
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Easily Disable iMessage and Facetime When Switching From iPhone to Android
iMessage and Facetime are certainly great apps, but you’ll have to disable Apple’s proprietary services if you want to continue receiving text messages after switching to Android. Now that you know how to do this, if you want to stop using iMessage or Facetime, give it a try and let us know how it goes, because we love to hear from you.
