There’s no way you can use an imessage without a phone service because the imessage requires internet connection in order to work or send messages from one user to another. The phone service I’m talking about is the Wi-Fi or the cellular data. So it is either you have a Wi-Fi or a cellular data on your i. Phone or i. Pad for the Imessage to work.
Can I send a text message without cellular service?
Unfortunately, you can’t send a text without cellular service. Since you’re using Wi. Fi, you’ll be able to send an i. Message or use a third party messaging app.
You can use cellular, wi-fi, or hotspot from another phone’s data connection. Then you’d need cellular data. In other words, in order to use i. Messages you need an active data connection, either Wi. Fi or cellular. SMS messages, on the other hand, do not require data, just a standard cellular voice connection.
, the i Message service can be used with a phone number, Apple ID, or both. It only works when you have a working internet connection. That can be through mobile data (if any SIM is installed) or Wi-Fi. In case the internet isn’t working, i. Messages will not be sent or received.
Will imessage work without sim card?
You can use it without a phone number or a SIM card installed on your current device., the i Message service can be used with a phone number, Apple ID, or both. It only works when you have a working internet connection.
Does iMessage work without a phone number or SIM?
Except for the regular SMS, all other functionalities of i. Message work fine. You can send text messages, documents, videos, links, photos, etc, to other Apple users. You can enable or disable read receipts. You can even Face. Time without having a phone number or SIM.
You cannot set up i. Message at all on an i. Phone without a SIM card that is active and has active SMS account services with a carrier. The OP was trying to activate i. Message on an i. Phone without a SIM card, and that cannot be done.
Is it possible to send iMessages with a SIM-free iPhone?
, i Message can also register email address (like your Apple ID), that’s how it works on i. Pad and i, and pod touch. So it’s completely normal to be able to send i. Messages with an SIM-free i, and phone.
Does the iPhone still work without a SIM card?
I was delighted to find that the i. Phone still works with data transmission on Wi-Fi without a SIM card. All the apps still work and I can send and receive emails., the i Phone is certainly not a throw away device and still extremely useful as a mini-computer. You must log in to answer this question.