SMS messages, the ones to non-iPhones, require a cellular voice connections, something the phone you gave your phone no longer has. iMessages only work between iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and iPods. It sound as if Messages (the app) is working correctly. If this is covered in some other thread (with really clear instructions or suggestions), please point me on my way. There are many related threads to this, and I have tried several of the tips suggested, but thus far no joy. Q2: Alternatively, what 3rd party text app can we get to work without having a phone number on this device? Don't mind paying for the app, but needs not to charge by the message. Q1: How do we get iMessage to be able to send/receive text messages to/from non-apple devices? (seems like we should be able to link through his iCloud email account, but no luck so far). We thought it might be a proprietary issued that Apple created intentionally, so we have tried to find alternative text apps (Whatsapp, next+), but have had no luck setting these up without a phone number (and we don't have one for him - it "went" to the new iPhone 6 when we upgraded). It can send text messages to other iPhones, but cannot seem to send them to non-apple iPhones. We cannot get iMessage to work correctly. Have been able to set up email and verify working, and other basic apps seem to work fine.
DO YOU NEED AN IPHONE TO USE IMESSAGE ON MAC SOFTWARE
We reset the device to factory settings (running software 9.2), set up a an iCloud acct for him under the family plan. It has the old SIM no-longer-activated SIM card in it. We upgraded to a iphone 6 and would like to gift our old iPhone 5 (16GB) to our son to work as an wifi only "itouch".
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