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		m_mueller on Feb 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iOS holding my phone number hostage = the worst bu... Wouldn't it work to lend an iPhone, turn it on with the SIM holding the number and then switch off iMessages there? Wouldn't this invalidate the cached account in other iPhones?

morpher on Feb 2, 2014 [–]

No this does not work. Group MMS from iohones are still dropped (as the article clearly describes).

m_mueller on Feb 3, 2014 | [–]

I don't see how the group MMS show that this wouldn't work - the question is whether cached accounts get purged through this client action, both on server and peers.

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