1. How To Send Effects On Imessage
2. How To Block Someone On Imessage

Set up your phone number

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On your iPhone:

1. Go to Settings > Messages and make sure that iMessage is on. You might need to wait a moment for it to activate.
2. Tap Send & Receive. If you see “Use your Apple ID for iMessage,” tap it and sign in with the same Apple ID that you use on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch.
   
3. In the 'You can receive iMessages' section, make sure that your phone number and Apple ID are selected.
   
4. Go to Settings > FaceTime and make sure that your phone number and Apple ID are selected in the 'You can be reached by FaceTime at' section.

On your other devices, you can now turn on the phone number that you just set up:

If you use this feature and share your Apple ID with someone, you can't prevent them from seeing your conversations. Instead of using the same Apple ID as someone else, set up Family Sharing.

Remove your phone number

If you don't want calls or messages for your iPhone on your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, you can remove your phone number. There are two ways to do this:

• On your iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Select your Apple ID at the bottom of the screen and tap Sign Out. Then go to Settings > FaceTime, select your Apple ID and tap Sign Out.
• If the phone number that you want to remove belongs to an iPhone that you can't access, change your Apple ID password. This removes all phone numbers from your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. Calls or messages for the removed numbers won't appear on those devices anymore.

If you have questions, contact Apple Support.

Turn your phone number on or off for your Mac

After you set up your phone number, you can turn it on or off for Messages and FaceTime on your Mac.

1. Open Messages or FaceTime. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID that you're using with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone.
2. For Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. For FaceTime, choose FaceTime > Preferences, then click Settings.
3. Turn your phone number on or off:
   • To turn on your phone number, select it and your Apple ID in the list. If you don't see your phone number, get help with your settings or contact Apple Support. If you see a number that isn't yours, change your Apple ID password.
   • To turn off your phone number, deselect it in the list.
4. If you want recipients to see your phone number and not your Apple ID, select your phone number from the “Start new conversations from” or ”Start new calls from” pop-up menu.

Learn how to make messages that you send and receive on your iPhone appear on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch.

Turn your phone number on or off for your iPad or iPod touch

After you set up your phone number, you can turn it on or off for Messages and FaceTime on your iPad or iPod touch.

1. For Messages, go to Settings > Messages and make sure that iMessage is on. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID you're using with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone. Then tap Send & Receive.
2. For FaceTime, go to Settings > FaceTime. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID that you're using with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone.
3. Turn your phone number on or off:
   • To turn on your phone number, select it and your Apple ID in the “You can be reached” section. If you don't see your phone number, get help with your settings or contact Apple Support. If you see a number that isn't yours, change your Apple ID password.
   • To turn off your phone number, uncheck it.

Learn how to make messages that you send and receive on your iPhone also appear on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch.

If you can't see or select your number in Messages or FaceTime

1. Make sure that you're using the latest software for your Mac or iOS device.
2. Make sure that you correctly followed the iPhone steps to set up your phone number. You should be using the same Apple ID on all of your devices.
3. In the “You can be reached” section of Messages and FaceTime settings, make sure that there are checkmarks beside your phone number and Apple ID:
   

If your phone number is unchecked and you can't select it, or you have some other issue, follow these steps:

1. On your Mac:
   • In Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. Click Sign Out.
   • In FaceTime, choose FaceTime > Preferences, then click Sign Out.
2. On your iPhone, iPad, and iPod:
   • Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
   • Go to Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
3. On your iPhone:
   • Go back to Settings > Messages and make sure that iMessage is turned on.
   • Tap Send & Receive, then choose “Use your Apple ID for iMessage” and sign in with your Apple ID.
4. Using the same Apple ID, sign back in to Messages and FaceTime on your other devices.

If you still need help, change your Apple ID password and repeat the setup steps. If that doesn't work, contact Apple Support.

• Part 1: How to Know If Someone Has Blocked You on iPhone
• Part 2: How to Recover iMessage on iPhone
• Part 3: How to Activate iMessage for iPhone
• Part 4: How to Send iMessage on iPhone
• Part 5: How to Block iMessage on iPhone

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iMessage is a built-in instant messaging service, which Apple Inc. released to let you send and receive text, image, videos, document, location, etc. with Apple users. And you can use it to make the payment from this year on.

It might be the most frequent app you use on iPhone in daily life.

So,

How can you use iMessage app? You might need an iMessage ultimate guide. Now let's move to how to know if someone has blocked you on iPhone.

Part 1. How to Know If Someone Has Blocked You on iPhone

There are different methods to confirm whether you have been blocked or not.

Option 1. Check the iMessage Color You Sent

If you have sent iMessage with other Apple users before, you should know about that there are two colors for Messages. iMessages are in color blue, SMS texts are green.

It is not definite that you have been blocked by a simple color sign, as you know, there are different reasons to cause sending SMS texts instead of iMessage.

For example, the network of iPhone doesn’t work, then the iMessage you sent will be revert back as a green text message directly.

There is a method you can try to confirm if you have been blocked by someone.

Step 1Please confirm that your network of iPhone is work and the receiver is using iPhone or other Apple devices.

Step 2Send an iMessage out, and observe whether that color of iMessage will be changed from blue to green or not.

As you might probably know, there is a piece of small status information under the iMessage you sent. It also can be a sign you can know if others have blocked you.

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Option 2. Check the iMessage Status You Sent

There is a setting in Message app for iMessage, which is called Send Read Receipts, to notify people when you have read their messages.

If the iMessages have been sent to the receivers but they have not read them, the Delivered sign will be shown under the iMessages.

As the default setting of the Send Read Receipts is ON, so you usually can see a Read word under the iMessage you sent once the receiver read it. In some cases, you can not get the Read status might because they have turned off the option.

Well, What happens if the receiver has blocked you?

Although there is a small percent that he/she turned off the Send Read Receipts function, you might have been blocked if the iMessage you sent stays blue saying Delivered but never turns to Read.

Option 3. Check the iMessage Status on MacBook

There are some tips you can try to use if you have a MacBook. Send an iMessage on neither iPhone or MacBook, and then check the status. On iPhone, it always shows a Delivered under the message, while it shows nothing if you have been blocked.

Part 2. How to Recover iMessage on iPhone

There will be many iMessages are stored on iPhone if you like iMessage app. It is no doubt that you don’t want to encounter data loss during the process of sending and receiving iMessage on iPhone.

The best bet to ensure data safe is backing up iPhone data regularly. So that you can restore iPhone data from backup file easily.

But,

What should do you don’t have a backup file at all?

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Part 3. How to Activate iMessage for iPhone

Most of the iPhone beginners are not familiar with iMessage app, so that they have no idea how to start to use it.

Some of them have trouble to send iMessage instead of SMS. Therefore, we will introduce how to set up iMessage on iPhone.

Step 1Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2Tap on Messages.

Step 3Turn iMessage On and wait.

iMessage will be sent as a text on iPhone without a network connection. Someone will wonder how to send SMS rather than iMessage after settings.

Actually, you can just disconnect the network connection or follow above-mentioned step to deactivate the iMessage app on iPhone Settings app easily.

Part 4. How to Send iMessage on iPhone

Sending iMessage is the same as a text message on iPhone after enabling the feature through Settings.

Step 1Launch the Messages app.

Step 2Tap Edit icon in the upper-right corner.

Step 3Enter a number who using iPhone or other iOS devices.

Step 4Type the content you want to send, and then tap the send icon on the right side.

This iMessage feature also allows you to send and receive text and multimedia information and use stickers, emoji, animations with other Apple users who are using iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, etc.

Part 5. How to Block iMessage on iPhone

Got sick of receiving iMessage from the sender?

You can bock someone via the Message on iPhone.

Step 1Open Message on your computer.

Step 2Go to conversation > info icon.

How To Block Someone On Imessage

Step 3Tap the name on the top, and then scroll down to find Block this Caller.

Step 4Tap Block Contact on the pop-up options.

If you change your mind in the near future, you can also repeat the same steps to unblock the contact within a few taps.

That's all. If you have more questions about iMessages or others, please leave comments or send emails for further information.

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