@Luddite wrote:
OK @qawsed222 I found a definitive answer from someone I trust (@chukdefatey)
"I have answered similar OP many times. Here is the correct answer. Your iPhone is trying to activate imessage & face time. In order to activate those two iPhone exclusive functions is, your iPhone sends blind texts to a UK number now most carrier allow message to that number and you are not charged for it but in Public Mobiles case they don't offer texts outside of Canada and since PM doesn't have any pay per use charges for anything so when you phones send that blind text to a UK number you get the message you are getting.
People on Grandfathered plans don't have this issue because there plans include Global Texting."
@Luddite I think if you have the international texting option even on a non-grandfathered plan, these would go through fine as well.
@Mary_M I'm wondering, is this something that PM could whitelist for people regardless of plan somehow? Like, automatically allow the iMessaging activation texts through? This would alleviate these occasional issues coming up. It might be technically challenging, but I'm guessing that's basically what you're doing behind the scenes on a one-off basis as people run into the issue. Basically I'm thinking it would be great to system-wide allow these iMessage set-up texts through, regardless of the person's plan. My two cents.
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) reasons. Normally these stop after a day or two. No one has figured out how to prevent them. If you block the number I don't know if it will prevent iMessaging.
