The Android version of iMessage is based on a wireless standard called Rich Communication Services (RCS), and is supposed to replace SMS texts. People with Android phones in the United States will now be able to opt into the new texting service that Google calls Chat. Go to Settings > FaceTime and turn off FaceTime. If you don’t have it, you have to head to this online tool, enter your phone number and confirm a. If you still have your old phone, that means digging into your settings and disabling the iMessage toggle. To use iMessage or FaceTime, you need to activate them on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.Turn off and restart iMessage and FaceTime Go to Settings > Messages and turn off iMessage. If you want to leave iOS, but you relied on iMessage in the past, you first have to deregister your phone number from your account.
Also Read: How To Jailbreak iOS 8 & 8.1 Using Pangu8 (Windows & Mac) This will unlink your number from iMessage. At the box below, enter the confirmation code. So other iPhone users would be sending you an iMessage. Enter your phone number at the part where it says Enter the phone number you want to deregister from iMessage and we’ll send you a confirmation code. Basically, your number is still linked to iMessage. If you’re switching to Android and you don’t deregister your phone number. When an iPhone user sends a message to another iPhone user, Apple defaults to iMessage.
If You’re Switching Platforms, Deregister iMessage. That could be why you aren’t receiving SMS on your Samsung phone, especially from iPhone users. There’s an extra step if you’re switching platforms (from iOS to Android)you’ll need to deregister iMessage, too. If you recently switched from iPhone to Samsung Galaxy phone, you might have forgotten to disable iMessage. Why is my Samsung not receiving texts from iPhones?