You need an iPhone and specific carriers for iMessage activation.
> I don't know what the carriers in your country are doing to the phone to break it [..]
They're not doing anything.
iMessages activation requires carrier intervention. It's clearly documented in Apple's website. Apple simply has no deal with them.
There are also known issues with reactivation when you change your phone AND your carrier, but not your number.
There's also a list of "supported carriers" (where my country, Argentina, isn't even in the list, even though some carrier do work).
> blocking it to preserve SMS revenues?
Seriously? Do you think a carrier would charge me for an SMS, and then discard it silently?
I actually do get the SMSs. The problem is that there's no carrier support for the activation.
You need an iPhone and specific carriers for iMessage activation.
> I don't know what the carriers in your country are doing to the phone to break it [..]
They're not doing anything.
iMessages activation requires carrier intervention. It's clearly documented in Apple's website. Apple simply has no deal with them.
There are also known issues with reactivation when you change your phone AND your carrier, but not your number.
There's also a list of "supported carriers" (where my country, Argentina, isn't even in the list, even though some carrier do work).
> blocking it to preserve SMS revenues?
Seriously? Do you think a carrier would charge me for an SMS, and then discard it silently?
I actually do get the SMSs. The problem is that there's no carrier support for the activation.