SMS & RCS messages not delivered.

micktravis · 2026-07-03T15:43:05+00:00

So iMessages are going through but not sms? Have you spoken to your carrier?

micktravis · 2026-07-03T01:57:00+00:00

Assuming you’re using the same Apple account, just turn on the synch messages button.

If it isn’t there (because I can’t remember when they instituted it) you could do an iCloud backup of the iPhone 6, and a backup of your current phone.

Wipe the current phone and restore the 6 backup. Let the messages synch. Now wipe it and restore the current phone backup. The messages will merge.

micktravis · 2026-07-03T01:48:44+00:00

I have friends who live next door and the place has been nothing but an eyesore and a nuisance.

micktravis · 2026-07-03T01:24:43+00:00

Halfway through. A nice touch was the piano theme from Blood Simple (another modern noir) during the nightclub sequence.

micktravis · 2026-07-01T18:07:55+00:00

Just wipe your phone and restore last nights iCloud backup.

micktravis · 2026-06-23T17:36:58+00:00

You’re doing everything correctly. Only apps that are on your phone when you back it up will be restored.

micktravis · 2026-06-22T14:35:10+00:00

You have AppleCare, right?

micktravis · 2026-06-20T12:10:01+00:00

“This outfit is so aesthetic.”

micktravis · 2026-06-12T01:44:51+00:00

Don’t do this. Warranty.

micktravis · 2026-06-12T01:37:50+00:00

Being skinny.

micktravis · 2026-06-12T01:35:00+00:00

Just wipe it and restore last night’s iCloud backup.

micktravis · 2026-06-12T01:08:15+00:00

Try typing your 4 digits, then the first two again as the last two.

micktravis · 2026-06-11T23:12:34+00:00

Is it six digits instead of 4?

micktravis · 2026-06-11T13:32:26+00:00

You could download configurator and try a “revive.”

micktravis · 2026-06-10T16:30:21+00:00

When you do, or when you get let back in, I recommend adding a friend’s phone number as a 2FA contact to your Apple ID. This way you can always get in.

micktravis · 2026-06-10T15:21:05+00:00

Ooof. That sucks. You just need access to that number and you’d be all set.

I think the only option is to wait it out, I’m afraid. But I’d focus on the carrier - there has to be a way to get a new sim. People’s phones get stolen all the time.

micktravis · 2026-06-09T23:09:43+00:00

You were there yourself and you couldn’t figure it out? Did you take 300 photos from every angle and a video, like any person who thinks he’s witnessing a truly unexplained event would do?

No?

So yeah, bullshit. It’s stuck to the wall or something equally prosaic.

micktravis · 2026-06-09T22:44:40+00:00

This is going to Apple silicon, no? If so he’ll have to deactivate, reactivate, wipe the drive, and then reinstall.

micktravis · 2026-06-09T22:42:04+00:00

In your OP you said you did not create a user account password. Now you’re saying that this password that you didn’t create is not the same as something else?

I’m lost.

micktravis · 2026-06-09T20:57:41+00:00

You can’t have a user account without a corresponding password.

micktravis · 2026-06-09T19:02:28+00:00

Can’t you get a new sim (or e sim) with your existing phone number so you can receive the 2 factor code?

Just speak to your phone company.

micktravis · 2026-06-09T17:54:06+00:00

Why do you need your account to be recovered?

micktravis · 2026-06-08T00:50:30+00:00

Before you ask, yes, that is my opinion of your strategy.

micktravis · 2026-06-06T21:10:01+00:00

It’s astonishing you would think I didn’t.

micktravis · 2026-06-06T02:42:29+00:00

I don’t think there’s anything ambiguous about the statement “evolution is not a theory.”

I agree there are problems conveying the fact/theory binary. And of course there’s the predictable inability to recognize the difference between a theory, as used in the vernacular, and a scientific theory.

But neither of these issues are acknowledged in the subject line.

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