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Then I fail to see why this is really an issue - blog explains no proper solution, need to pay $20, engineers can't figure it out, etc... Sounds like hogwash.

axanoeychron 12y ago
Unnecessarily dismissive. The OP has said [1] that he dissociated his number from iMessage and people who text him from iPhones are not getting through to him. That is problematic if you want to receive text messages on a non Apple phone. It would seem he wrote in his blog in order to get help or bring it to a wider attention. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7740438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7740438
- JimmaDaRustla 12y ago
  No reference made to this in the article. The solution is there however, Apple just needs to fix their iMessage software to properly disassociate the number with iMessage. Again, like my unnecessarily down voted comment suggested, unlike this blog suggests, the solution is there, it just doesn't work.
  - dragonwriter 12y ago
    If it doesn't work, it's not a solution.
    - JimmaDaRustla 12y ago
      When you held your iPhone 4 wrong and the connection dropped, people didn't claim that there was no antenna.
      - dragonwriter 12y ago
        An antenna is defined by physical characteristics, not whether or not it functions suitably for a given application. A solution is something that solves a problem -- it is only a solution with respect to that problem, and only to the extent that it actually solves it. If it doesn't work, it doesn't solve the problem, and isn't a solution.
mikestew 12y ago
It is really an issue because the above workaround doesn't always work. You can apply that to every single suggested fix in this entire thread: it might work for one, but it doesn't work for all. The Apple discussion forums are littered with evidence of this, and my own personal experience of swapping back and forth a few times convinces me that people aren't just making it up.
- JimmaDaRustla 12y ago
  Then isn't the real issue that the proper solution doesn't work? Doesn't the blog unjustly criticize Apple, as if they don't even have a single solution? Sorry, just realized I am arguing over the formality of someone's self opinionated BLOG...I'll show myself to the door.

axanoeychron 12y ago

Unnecessarily dismissive. The OP has said [1] that he dissociated his number from iMessage and people who text him from iPhones are not getting through to him. That is problematic if you want to receive text messages on a non Apple phone. It would seem he wrote in his blog in order to get help or bring it to a wider attention. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7740438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7740438

JimmaDaRustla 12y ago
No reference made to this in the article. The solution is there however, Apple just needs to fix their iMessage software to properly disassociate the number with iMessage. Again, like my unnecessarily down voted comment suggested, unlike this blog suggests, the solution is there, it just doesn't work.
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  If it doesn't work, it's not a solution.
  - JimmaDaRustla 12y ago
    When you held your iPhone 4 wrong and the connection dropped, people didn't claim that there was no antenna.
    - dragonwriter 12y ago
      An antenna is defined by physical characteristics, not whether or not it functions suitably for a given application. A solution is something that solves a problem -- it is only a solution with respect to that problem, and only to the extent that it actually solves it. If it doesn't work, it doesn't solve the problem, and isn't a solution.

mikestew 12y ago

It is really an issue because the above workaround doesn't always work. You can apply that to every single suggested fix in this entire thread: it might work for one, but it doesn't work for all. The Apple discussion forums are littered with evidence of this, and my own personal experience of swapping back and forth a few times convinces me that people aren't just making it up.

JimmaDaRustla 12y ago
Then isn't the real issue that the proper solution doesn't work? Doesn't the blog unjustly criticize Apple, as if they don't even have a single solution? Sorry, just realized I am arguing over the formality of someone's self opinionated BLOG...I'll show myself to the door.