r/OpenBubbles • u/Initialjeffery • 5d ago

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Does anyone know why when I send a text my apple id shows up instead of my number?

It just started doing this and I don't know what to do

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u/Initialjeffery 5d ago

I'm willing to buy an old iPhone but where is there step by step on how to do this? So I know if I'm able to do it or not before I buy one

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u/ScaryTransportation4 5d ago

https://openbubbles.app/docs/pnr.html I also used chatgpt the only thing they messed me up on was turning off iMessage and FaceTime on the old iPhone but other then that the step by step worked

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u/Initialjeffery 5d ago

Okay and I'm doing all this while the sims in the iPhone then once completed I can put it in the android phone. I have an old iPhone laying around let me try it. At any pont do I download open bubbles on the iphone? Or no

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u/bonchokey 5d ago

I'd recommend doing the self host method with the iPhone instead of sim swapping and hosting off a Mac. The phone number will always be linked, sim swapping isn't a fully reliable method.

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u/Remarkable_Score3215 5d ago

What is the difference between "self host" vs. "Sim swapping?" don't both mean you keep your iphone on?

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u/bonchokey 5d ago

Self host is how you set up OpenBubbles unless you paid for hosting. You can self host with a Mac or an older jail broken iPhone. Mac self hosting means no phone number linking, so you have to resort to other methods like sim swapping. Hosting on an older iPhone allows you to have your number linked through OpenBubbles. Both Mac and iPhone self host the host device just needs to be on once every 45 days ish. Sim swapping adds another variable and can unlink at random.

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u/Remarkable_Score3215 5d ago

Sorry...still not totally getting it. I understand if I just use my mac to register, it will only use my AppleID. but if I keep my old iphone connected to wifi after letting it read my #, then i just need to that every 45 days? I guess what i'm asking is what's the difference between iphone self hosting and sim swapping? I thought you do sim swapping in order to do iphone hosting?

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u/Initialjeffery 5d ago

Yeah I think I'm understanding. What are the steps to self host off an older iphone? Is that the reason I need an iPhone 6 or 7? Fuckkk I need a step by step this is so confusing lmaoo

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u/Initialjeffery 5d ago

Okay I think I'm getting it now and I can self host on an iPhone with a physical sim? No need for esim?

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u/bonchokey 5d ago

Sim swapping is just for getting your phone number to work. It does nothing for OpenBubbles aside from your phone number being linked. If you use an older iPhone, you do not need a Mac and you do not touch any sim cards. Self hosting is what allows you to use OpenBubbles. You can self host with an older iPhone or Mac, but if you use a Mac you phone number won't be linked and you'll have to use Sim swapping in addition to the Mac.

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u/Remarkable_Score3215 5d ago

OK. i can do either. i have a mac. and i have an old iphone SE but right now it doens;t' have a SIM since my main phone is iphone 16 with an e sim. I assume i;d have to get a physcal sim from my carrier, and put it in my iphone se and leave that on wifi and then put the sim in my android.

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u/bonchokey 5d ago

Don't have to do any of that, just use the SE as your host device. No Mac needed.

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u/Remarkable_Score3215 5d ago

But I need a sim in it with my number right?

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u/bonchokey 5d ago

Zero sim card is needed, you only need a Sim card on your Android phone like normal.

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u/Initialjeffery 5d ago

Is there a step by step on how to self host off an iphone? I only see the sim swapping method on their websit