07-17-2022 12:20 PM
I recently ordered a visible physical SIM card and also entered the details to have my T-Mobile number ported over to you.
After I receive and insert my new SIM card into my iPhone is there anything I need to look out for in relation to iMessages and FaceTime registration or such ? I’d like to be able to keep my iMessages history in the same thread format. Thanks.
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07-18-2022 05:59 AM
I did not have to do anything special. iMessage and Facetime are tied to your Apple ID, you are just changing the network it communicates over.
For good measure I made sure I had a good backup saved incase the worse should happen but it was smooth sailing for me.
07-18-2022 05:59 AM
I did not have to do anything special. iMessage and Facetime are tied to your Apple ID, you are just changing the network it communicates over.
For good measure I made sure I had a good backup saved incase the worse should happen but it was smooth sailing for me.
07-18-2022 10:42 AM
iMessages are not backed up unless you specify that in iCloud backup. So make sure you have your iCloud backup include the iMessages.
You may check, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201349
If you want to register/ deregister your mobile phone in apple ID
07-18-2022 11:29 AM
If you keep them on your phone, and do not disable or move your apple account shouldn't they remain on your phone? Just changing the SIM card, I believe should not impact them on your phone, as long as you are not doing a full factory reset of the phone.
I did have an issue with my IMessages, but that was because I had Icloud turned on one device but not the other so they didn't stay in synch, then when I turned them both on, it caused all kinds of havoc. But that is another story for another day.
07-18-2022 12:30 PM
My backups are all via iCloud. My primary concern is that I don’t want my existing iMessages to start of using new threads. As in I’d like to keep them grouped as they already are. I remember running into an issue a while ago when iMessages created a new thread for some users. Instead of carrying on with the same thread that was started years ago.
07-20-2022 06:13 AM
All went smoothly yesterday.