This is done under Restrictions settings. Lock the ability to change account settings.Setting parental controls for iMessage is a 2-step process: I discovered this by accident after updating to iOS 6. I did not find this documented on the Apple web site, or anywhere else on the internet. If you can't be arsed to, maybe you should the one to bugger off mate.Contrary to popular belief and contrary to my earlier version of this article, you CAN restrict iMessage on an iPod touch or iPad. Bugger off.You should at least read the article as it seems you have zero clue what is going on here. She's going to be shocked to learn that her car won't operate on nautical routes either. I guess there really was a problem and perhaps this case has merit. Prior to the launch of the web tool, there was no way for users to effectively remove themselves from the iMessage system."įunny how they suddenly released a method to do this only after the threat of a lawsuit. "Earlier this week, Apple introduced a tool that allows users to deregister their phone number from iMessage in order to prevent the issue from occurring. Would you be perfectly fine with you old phone manufacturer essentially holding some of your mobile phone features hostage?Ĭouldn't she have just disabled iMessage before switching to a new phone? So for her not disabling iMessages, she is now entitled to damages?Did you read the article? "Moore is seeking both class-action status and unspecified damages from Apple."Īlright, so because she couldn't receive messages anymore, she thinks she is entitled to monetary compensation for damages? This is ridiculous.Who knows what these missed messages could have caused her. The Deregister tool was a long time coming and should've been introduced at around the same time iMessage was.īut shockingly, here come the Applelogists!Yea, the spin doctor law experts here did not waste any time jumping this article and manning the apple defense shield. Prior to the launch of the web tool, there was no way for users to effectively remove themselves from the iMessage system. It occurs when iMessages sent from other iPhone owners are routed to a deactivated iPhone rather than being forwarded as a text message to an active smartphone.Įarlier this week, Apple introduced a tool that allows users to deregister their phone number from iMessage in order to prevent the issue from occurring.
"Plaintiff does not have to allege an absolute right to receive every text message in order to allege that Apple's intentional acts have caused an actual breach or disruption of the contractual relationship," Koh wrote.Īn inability to receive messages after switching from an iPhone to an Android or Windows device is an issue that has affected many former iPhone users over the years.
In a Monday night decision, Koh said Moore deserved a chance to show Apple disrupted her wireless service contract and violated a California unfair competition law, by blocking messages meant for her. In court documents, Apple argued that there's no law covering technology that "simply does not function as plaintiff subjectively believes it should," and that it did not claim iMessage and Messages would be able to recognize when iPhone users switched to non-iPhone devices. Moore is seeking both class-action status and unspecified damages from Apple. Moore's lawsuit alleges that she ceased receiving messages after she switched to the Samsung Galaxy S5 from an iPhone 4, which interfered with her contract with Verizon Wireless. Apple allegedly failed to notify consumers that leaving the iMessage system and switching to an Android phone would prevent them from receiving messages from other iPhone owners.Īccording to Reuters, Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that former iPhone customer Adrianne Moore's lawsuit, filed earlier this year, will be allowed to continue. Just two days after introducing a tool allowing users to deregister their phone numbers from iMessage, a judge has ruled that Apple will face a federal lawsuit over the issue.