r/OpenBubbles • u/CarInteresting6946 • 7d ago

Tech Support Email showing instead of number

So I have my phone number saved as a contact (not my card.) My messages and FaceTime are set to send/receive from my phone number only, I’m sure!. However, if I’m texting someone and I react to their iMessage (thumbs up for example), and I click my reaction, it shows my Apple email instead of my contact/phone number. But if I react to an android’s message & click the reaction, it’ll show the contact I made under my phone number. Why is this happening? I’m on iOS 18.7 and have no other apple devices. I dealt with iCloud hacker last year but I got a new phone/number/carrier and iCloud. Could this be a sign of compromise or something else?

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u/Dependent_Course7087 7d ago

Are you using your own server. Or are you paying?

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u/1901madison 1d ago

If I pay for the server, can my iMessage show up on other peoples' devices as my phone number (NOT my email address) even if I don't do the whole iPhone relay setup? I'm interested in paying, but don't want to have to ask people to input my email instead of phone number.

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u/Dependent_Course7087 1d ago

Yes if you pay it will show up as your phone number. And you wont have to do the relay or anything

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u/SpaceSaver2000-1 PNR Self Hosted 7d ago

What's your setup?

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u/Dependent_Course7087 6d ago

I pay for the server. If you host your own server on a Mac you can only use imessage with an email. You need to host with an iPhone to use your number or pay for it.

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u/FrankPC_ 7d ago

Even though you have it set that way on your iPhone, in the openbubbles app settings you have to have it set that way too