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Originally Posted by Omaroo
"Free" refers to the cost that is otherwise charged by your phone carrier per SMS message - data is always consumed - no matter what the situation.
THere are numerous mentions of this bug - and it's only a bug. I would hope that Apple are addressing this in the up-coming iOS v5.1 due in a few days.
Until then, there are immediate workarounds - a pain maybe, but doable:
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/12/...-annoying-fix/
Lock your SIM. Not hard. |
Actually Chris, your solution is factually incorrect. I had this problem with an iPhone that didn't even have a SIM card in it, as the article details. If your iPhone is locked you wont have the problem as well.
The problem lies with iMessage, in that it registers your mobile number against that iDevice in the iMessage servers. Even if you take the SIM card out or get your carrier to disable your SIM card, as long as the iPhone has a Wi-Fi data connection it will still send iMessages as you, it will not change the registration until you insert a new SIM into the phone and register with iMessage or do what Apple told me to do. IT CANNOT BE UNDONE FROM APPLE, it has to be undone by the original device, and there lies the problem.
As for FREE data or free message serivces, it is a bit like saying, I filled my car up with petrol last week and I paid my rego 2 months ago, therefore driving my car is free now.
iMessage is very much like a Blackberry service, one of the reasons I didnt want to get a new BB.
I recently replace my phone and I had a choice, company supplied BB, buy a new iPhone for $800 or buy my Android for $400 (As my work provides my SIM, I couldnt get one on a paydown plan). When I weighed up the pros and cons, an Android solution looker better FOR ME.
My wife has an iPhone, my kids have iPhones (hand me downs), nothing against them per se, reliable, useful devices.