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Re:The Last Message Sent on AIM by lordlimecat on Monday March 01, 2021 @10:15AM (#26303480)
Isn't there a significant UX trap in moving an imessage enabled SIM over to an android phone?
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Re:The Last Message Sent on AIM by Terretta on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:07PM (#26305027)
The SIM isn’t iMessage enabled. The number is registered as a symbolic iMessage ID. That can be fixed.

Here’s how to handle that before you move:

https://support.google.com/android/answer/6156081?hl=en

Here’s how to deregister that later:

https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage/

Basically just SMS 2FA showing you control the number to deregister.

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