2026-09-25 03:21 UTC
To fix this, turn off the Android phone, remove the SIM card, put it into the iPhone you used most recently, and make sure you see a banner from the carrier that issued the SIM. Then, on the iPhone, first go to Settings / Apps / Messages and turn off the “iMessage” transport, and then second, go to Settings / Apps / FaceTime and turn off the FaceTime transport as well. Among other things, that tells iMessage (the service, not the app) not to attempt delivery via iMessage to the endpoints listed under “Send & Receive”. This will allow you to receive (some) text messages from people you know with Apple devices, using whatever transport your carrier provides.
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@rmi@cloudisland.nz 2026-09-25 03:21
The second problem is an unrelated glitch in the current generation Android onboarding process, and while it’s possible to dig into it more, a faster solution would be to factory reset the Android device before installing the SIM from your iPhone, and complete the Android onboarding flow a second time, because there are too many carrier-specific edge cases to wrangle. It’s not related to the iMessage problem at all, but when you have both problems, this is what the symptoms look like.