Watch the new iOS 11.3 features: Part Three, FaceTime Saudi Arabia

We have published in two previous articles the most important things in the iOS 11.3 update, you can see part One و part two. In this section, we will discuss the story of enabling FaceTime on iPhones sold in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.


One of the most important things in the new update is that FaceTime has become officially available for use in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Thanks to this, Apple enabled it on iPhones running iOS 11.3. The Saudi Communications Authority confirmed earlier that the FaceTime service has not been banned in Saudi Arabia since September 2017 and there is no obstacle to its activation, but it is not working because of Apple. It is known that the Saudi government not only lifted the ban on FaceTime, but on another set of video and voice calling apps last September.

The ban on video and audio communication applications was implemented by the Saudi government in 2013 for reasons related to security and encryption. And the lifting of the ban appears to help boost the local economy, according to CITC.


According to a statement issued by the Saudi Ministry of Information ...

Digital transformation is one of the basic elements in the Saudi economy, as it will stimulate and increase the growth of businesses based on Internet communication, especially in the media and entertainment industries.

Access to VoIP will reduce operating costs and stimulate digital entrepreneurship - this is an important step in Internet regulation in the Kingdom.

Thus it appears to us that the reason for the inability of the iPhone and iPad devices to make calls through FaceTime is because the devices that were sold in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have blocked this feature due to the blocking in the iOS operating system with the model number of the device, which means that The latest update was required for FaceTime communication between Apple device users in the Kingdom.


How to activate FaceTime on your Saudi phone

Once your device is updated to the latest update to iOS 11.3, you will see a message from your carrier informing you that there is an update from your carrier, so update, then the FaceTime application will appear automatically.

If you encounter any problems, follow these steps:

◉ Make sure you have updated to iOS 11.3

◉ Enter Settings - General - About - if the carrier update screen does not appear

◉ Enter the settings - FaceTime - to activate FaceTime via the phone number

◉ A problem with activating FaceTime, go to Settings - General - and reset the network settings

◉ Download the FaceTime app from the store if it is not installed on your device

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did you Activate FaceTime on your Saudi device? Tell us in the comments about your experiences and the problems you encountered

 

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comments user
Rasha

I bought an iPad Pro 2017 from Saudi Arabia without FaceTime, but I am now in Egypt. Is there any solution to download it on my device?
شكرا

comments user
Waleed Ibrahim

Gentlemen at Islam's iPhone site ..

I have a Saudi iPhone and I live outside Saudi Arabia, and when the update came out I was immediately happy with the news. All procedures worked, but there is a big problem: FaceTime does not work with my non-Saudi SIM. Just when I put the Saudi SIM in, FaceTime appears automatically, and when I change the SIM, it disappears completely.

I contacted Apple and they told me verbatim that the latest update had nothing to do with Vista in Saudi Arabia, and that what happened was a stroke of luck! Imagine, I tell them that all people work for FaceTime in Saudi Arabia now, and they say that this was not intended, and that only devices manufactured after the ban is lifted are what Facetime should work on.

In the end, their answer did not provide a solution, and they stated that Facetime could not work on an iPhone with a non-Saudi chip. (Literally, they say that FaceTime should not work on iPhone at all, whether with a Saudi or non-Saudi segment).

Can you give me a satisfactory answer? Do I have to give up? Or is there a solution to my problem (and that of many of me) without illegal technical solutions?

thank you.

    comments user
    Eyad

    Peace be upon you, dear

    I went through the same problem and mentioned it and contacted Apple and until I got the problem to one of the company's engineers and he responded to me. What Apple meant was that the latest update has nothing to do with Facebook, as you mentioned, which is almost correct. The ban on applications is done in two different ways. The first is to prevent it from the operating system itself, so you will not find the application even if you move from one IOS version to another. The second is a ban via the network by the operating telecommunications company.

    An Apple engineer told me that removing the ban on an application does not require that it be completely open, and that what happened in Saudi Arabia is the removal of the ban on the FaceTime by the telecommunications company itself. Because as well as such, he only works in the same segment of the company. As for the device itself, there is no agreement to completely unblock the application by the government and Apple. I mean, on the other hand, your phone does not have FaceTime, if you use your Saudi SIM card. And at any moment, if the communication companies decided to block the application of FaceTime again from your device, they will not face any difficulty, they are still in control of this method.

comments user
lotfstyler

I updated my mobile for this latest version, and the sound became weak once for the speaker and the headphone I have for iPhone 6 + ... Is anyone with him or the speaker and the speaker is my right that needs to be changed
Please advise me

comments user
azzozz

Also, FaceTime does not work on the iPhone 7plus version. It was bought from Saudi Arabia and I am in Yemen

comments user
azzozz

In the three sections, you talked about the benefits of Update 11.3
But you did not speak about the treatment of the problems that occur
for example
1 - The device was turned off without any reason
At a rate of once to twice a day. without any reason

2- Not to deal with slow writing and delayed lettering in long letters
In all applications where you need the message or the post to be long
Either Facebook or WhatsApp or others

comments user
Essam

Hi,

My device is Saudi, and I updated it and FaceTime is not activated, knowing that I am currently in Canada

I made the settings, entered the settings, and changed, and I did not receive any update request. I also entered Father Store and I cannot download FaceTime from it

Any other way?

    comments user
    Eyad

    This is exactly my problem, and the difference is that I am in Malaysia, even after communicating with Apple, and it took me more than an hour to try to find a solution as they could. They said that no thing is normal, and after the recent update, if your device is from Saudi Arabia, it is supposed to appear and run the FaceTime without any problems. They said that the company's engineer will contact me to find a solution soon, and I will inform you of everything new

comments user
Muhammad Imran

Hi
Is it possible to install FaceTime on the iPad Wi-Fi?
Thank

comments user
Malilou Alger

شكرا

comments user
Ali Hassan

Hi
I have two iPhones on the same Apple account, and each of them has FaceTime loaded on it, and each of them has two different SIM cards, but I cannot call from one to the other. Is there a solution to this problem?

    comments user
    archoo

    Each device must have a different Apple ID in order to be able to call one of them.

comments user
Aos Dulaimi

My brother Majed, I am a resident of Liverpool and my segment is Vodafone Britain, and I tried to play the store, as FaceTime never got!
Thank you for your dear response

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    Pardon my brother .. So, the ban unfortunately includes the device as well, not just the chip

comments user
Aos Dulaimi

Hi
I and I, iPhone 6 Plus, are from the UAE, and of course, FaceTime is banned, but currently I am in Liverpool and I have no experience with FaceTime in the British Father Store
I wish someone would advise me of something useful, or I would wait for the last iPhone to come in September or October
Thank you

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    My brother Ous, if the SIM card is Emirati, something is normal, it will not work for FaceTime, but if the chip is British, then it is assumed that it works, and God knows

    comments user
    archoo

    The original in FaceTime on the device source, then the chip number
    If your UAE device will not work, FaceTime will not work even if all the chips in the world are installed

    As for the Saudi device, FaceTime will not be activated until a Saudi chip is installed

comments user
Baraka Ibrahim

FaceTime is something that fluctuates in our memories. There are much better applications like WhatsApp
The most popular application either FaceTime is exclusive to OIS
فقط

comments user
Osama Ahmed Meera

I have a phone that has FaceTime, but linking FaceTime and any message to the Saudi mobile number is not activated, so is there a way for that?

comments user
Mahmoud honor

Sorry
His neck. And fix it

comments user
Ali Hussein Salem Saleh Al-Mirfadi

I, Ibrahim, I have a brother in Turkey. I speak with him via WhatsApp or the IMO application, but I have to break the Hajj with WhatsApp. I do not need FaceTime. Even my brother has FaceTime. You know what I have tried for more than a minute of FaceTime calls.

comments user
Happy

We have in the Emirates, Internet Protocol communication programs are available through a monthly subscription ,, and this gives an indication that the reason for the blocking is the financial return and not like what they sing about the security system ,,, we are waiting for telecommunications companies to accommodate the development and digital progress ,, and lift the veil of domination and domination On the rights of others.

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    It is true the main reason is the financial impact on the profits of the telecommunications companies

comments user
Ali Hussein Salem Saleh Al-Mirfadi

It's strange that Saudi Arabia opened Facebook and WhatsApp. I wish it was the opposite, because WhatsApp is used more than FaceTime. FaceTime must be on iPhone.

comments user
eyad

My iPhone X is from Saudi Arabia and I currently live in Malaysia. When you put the Saudi SIM in the device, it appears during the network update and the FaceTime application appears after it. When you remove the chip and replace it with Malay, the application disappears and cannot be downloaded from the App Store. Is there a solution ???? Isn't it supposed for Apple, after lifting the ban, to provide the application in its system in an integrated manner, since it is sold in a country where the use of the application is permitted.

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    In Malaysia, FaceTime may be blocked, so if you put the Malaysian chip, the app will disappear

    comments user
    Eyad

    My brother, FaceTime is not prohibited in Malaysia, and I contacted the contact company and Apple, they both do not know what the problem is, according to their words, the FaceTime is supposed to work without any problem and appear in the device. Even Apple asked me to wait for an engineer to call because they did not find any solution, and according to them, it is not forbidden in Malaysia, and I checked the communication company, and it is supposed to work after the last update 3.11

comments user
Ahmad

The system and the communication company have been updated, and FaceTime has been downloaded. When I'm doing it gets stuck! It is not present in the settings! What is the solution?

    comments user
    Mahmoud honor

    Brother Ahmed Al-Assaf. Hello
    We were honored with your gracious passing. And please visit again. Norte iPhone Islam.
    You are fine, my dear brother.

    comments user
    Mahmoud honor

    Brother Ahmed Al-Assaf. Hello
    We were honored with your gracious passing. And please visit again. Norte iPhone Islam.
    You are fine, my dear brother.
    If Facebook is not on your device, download it from the store. Then
    Go to settings. FaceTime and enter mail.

    comments user
    Mahmoud honor

    If it exists. Remove his neck again.
    And if the problem remains. It is preferable to speak via iTunes on the computer or Mac. I mean, clean restor.
    It is possible to suspend or disturb due to the large number of updates via the Wi-Fi.

    comments user
    Mahmoud honor

    Excuse me
    His neck. And fix it

    comments user
    Ahmad

    Thank you, brother Mahmoud. I will try. Iphone Islam is a crown of technology on our heads that we are proud of, love, and pray for him and for those in it.

    comments user
    Ahmad

    My brother Mahmoud: Peace be upon you: I followed the instructions and worked with me, praise be to God.
    I have another question: When I search in contacts or within the FaceTime, it appears that some have FaceTime and in Contacts, it has a special box, and it does not appear with others even though they have them, and the numbers are kept in an international format, so how can it be treated?
    Thank you

comments user
Peace be upon you

Finally, it was activated, thank God, and broke the monopoly of companies to sell devices that were previously with FaceTime. They were sold at a very high price compared to the devices in which FaceTime was blocked. Today, all devices support the service, and the right is available to everyone. Thank you from the heart for your attention and it is still the best synchronized in Apple news. We lived a beautiful and continuous story with Yvonne Islam.

comments user
Ahmed

Yvonne Islam is necessary to respond.
My device has an Electra jailbreak and I want to do FaceTime. Is the Facetime Hacktivator compatible with version XNUMX? Thank you

    comments user
    Mahmoud honor

    we do not know. Because we are on the latest version and we do not follow the jailbreak. Sorry

comments user
mohammed-paradem

I cannot download it on iPhone 6s

comments user
Hany

Yes I did and used it
And without a philosophy, those who say have been working for a long time
It is known that it works on non-Saudi devices, my previous devices are American, and it was working with me, but any device you buy from Saudi Arabia does not have the FaceTime application and because you can download it once you update

comments user
Mohammed al-Qahtani

It does not work on iPad

comments user
om3r

Can it be activated only with the store account without the phone number?

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    Yes, you can

comments user
Radwan

Please help
I've got iPhone X
It downloads FaceTime after Bird completes the download

comments user
Last⚜️Hero • 

Facebook is active for a year and a half, it doesn't need Ios 11.3, but a note (Elvis is prohibited for non-Saudi companies) such as Zain, Virgin and Fendi 👌🙌 for clarification only

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    No, brother Hero, FaceTime cannot be activated if your device is from the authorities that you mentioned except by downloading update 11.3
    As for the companies that FaceTime is forbidden to have, they are all authorized distributors of Apple in Saudi Arabia, such as the three telecommunications companies, Jarir Bookstore, Virgin, Arab Computers and others

comments user
Amer

I have a 4S device and a house with FaceTime. what is the solution

    comments user
    Mahmoud honor

    Where are you from?

comments user
ayed

FaceTime has been working for me a long time ago

comments user
Abdul Hakim Al-Waheeb

Yes, FaceTime has been activated

comments user
Deft

Many countries in the Middle East, for one reason or another, decided to block Internet communication applications, and most of them asked Apple to disable FaceTime on iOS devices that are sold in these countries because it comes by default on these devices. Saudi Arabia recently decided to allow the use of applications Communications in the Kingdom and it has become natural to remove the blocking from FaceTime. This latest update XNUMX has removed the blocking from devices sold in Saudi Arabia, as far as I know, the update does not remove the blocking from FaceTime in other countries. If you are in one of these countries, it is most likely that FaceTime will not It works for you if it didn't work for you before.

If you are in Saudi Arabia and have updated your Saudi device and you did not find FaceTime on your device, go to the store and download it from there.

comments user
Mohammed

The iPad and the FaceTime home have been updated
what is the solution

    comments user
    Tariq Mansour

    Activation is still not reached for iPad

comments user
Mazen

FaceTime deserves to have articles written about it, not just one article, as it is one of the most wonderful and best applications for communication and contact, and the sound in it is excellent and better than the sound in regular communication, and those who have not used it cannot judge it. Frankly, I consider it a wonderful step from the Kingdom, and I hope it is also a wonderful step from Apple to provide it as an application in the Play Store on Android so that its scope of use expands and is not limited only to iOS users.
Thank you iPhone سلام Islam

comments user
Your Highness

Peace be upon you
I want someone to help me, I did the FaceTime app, but I had an Apple account, but there was an old number that I could not delete. This is the number of the owner of the phone that I bought from him. Is there a solution? I am from Jordan. The phone I bought from him, I want to put my new number, please help and thank you

    comments user
    Tariq Mansour

    Have you tried communicating with Apple? We have several articles on how to contact Apple technical support

comments user
Amr Yousry

Thank you for alerting so that our Saudi brothers know and benefit from this wonderful service, I always use FaceTime and think that it is the best application that supports voice or video calling, and its connection is strong. 👍

    comments user
    Deft

    👍👍👍

comments user
Abu Radi

FaceTime works with me only on the Apple ID, and I tried to activate it on my Saudi postpaid mobile number, but it does not accept what is the solution. Thank you.

    comments user
    Tariq Mansour

    In the article we wrote the solution. Try resetting the network settings

    comments user
    mo3lmk

    To solve the problem of not activating iMessage or FaceTime with the mobile number

    Apply the following steps:
    1-Activating the international calling service through the service provider (STC-Mobily-Zain)

    (Because the activation message is international)

    2- After activation, restart the device

    3-The act of using iJQuery or FaceTime

    IJQ or FaceTime will be activated with your mobile number

    It doesn't need to reset network settings إعدادات

    comments user
    Abu Radi

    My teacher, you are a teacher. You settled the way and settled with me. May God give you wellness

comments user
Apple lover

The first thing that happened I got a message to update the communication company and it happened but nothing happened

It appears to me that it is blocked on your device and I asked Siri to make a FaceTime call and he told me the same thing, and FaceTime does not appear in the settings.

comments user
Abdallah

good news
Thank you for dedicating a topic in this regard. FaceTime has been activated in the same way as you
Very nice and budget user

comments user
Majid Al-Brahim

On a personal level, I am not interested in the FaceTime application or other video communications. Regular voice calling is sufficient for me, and I do not have a son, brother or friend who lives far away to use FaceTime to see his beautiful appearance but it is undoubtedly a beautiful program that reflects the development of technology in a wonderful way and benefits many from it Those who have children or relatives abroad are keen to see them in addition to providing the value of the somewhat expensive international connection, and FaceTime is one of the best video communication programs in terms of sound and image quality, although it is taken as an exclusive Apple device and cannot be used to communicate with non-Apple devices as is the case with the rest Video calling applications and the great application from Google Duo
But this is an Apple habit, unfortunately, closure and restrictions in everything, confining itself to itself, and not opening up to other companies and other systems .. Thank you

    comments user
    Ismail Nasreddin

    Brother Majid is an indication that the application also allows voice calling, not only video .. that is, it can be used for normal communication ..

    Of course, due to the high value of the Internet we have in the Arab world, we do not feel the need to use it .. But in other countries where there is an open internet package at a low value, the use of the FaceTime or other Internet communication applications becomes saving on the monthly cell phone bill .. instead of using Accumulated balance.

    Greetings and appreciation

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    It is true, my brother Ismail, without any doubt that reducing the cost of communication is one of the most important benefits of using FaceTime and other video communication applications, and this is what I referred to in my comment, especially if the connection is international, especially to other countries with high cost of calls and low cost of the Internet .. Regarding internal calls for me, it has become free. Mostly, as stc gives in most of its packages a free open communication between the company's customers, who are the largest segment of mobile users in Saudi Arabia, as well as the other two companies that give similar offers. Thank you for your response, my dear brother Ismail.

    comments user
    Ismail Nasreddin

    Thanks for the clarification, my dear brother .. I did not realize that there is a free package in the internal communication .. since in Lebanon the two are still at a high cost 🤗 (whether it is the Internet or internal communication) .. Thus the issue differs ..

    Greetings and appreciation 🌹 (Your own word)

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    😄
    May God bless you, my brother Ismail. God preserves beautiful Lebanon and its people, and returns them like the first and best .. and we return to visit them.

    comments user
    Ismail Nasreddin

    May God protect you, brother Majid ... and you are welcome in your second homeland ... the quantity has become a visit on your first return to Lebanon, God willing.

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    God willing, my brother Ismail, if God wrote me a visit to the beautiful Lebanon in the future, I will inform you and it is an honor to meet you and get to know you more, my dear brother, and my greetings to you 🌹

comments user
Deft

I am a FaceTime user from the first time it was released, and I used to always buy my iPhone from America to ensure that it was activated by the device because the devices sold by the operators in my country did not contain this program.

Facetime is one of the best and smoothest video and audio communication programs on iOS, you should try it before judging it, its strength is that it is designed to perform better on Apple devices, its only drawback is that it does not work on other companies' devices.

comments user
Ali Hussein Salem Saleh Al-Mirfadi

It made me feel like 1,000,000 features were added to this iOS alone. The FaceTime feature and the battery didn’t come to all devices, and the augmented reality didn’t come to all devices, or rather, no one cared about it.
And the privacy feature I hadn't even thought of
There is no need to drum up just one of my friends now and he will go off on a comment and say that everyone liked the iOS system and you didn’t like it and you don’t know where it came from and you don’t know where it came from, say what you say honestly, by God, enough is enough with VoiceOver. Apple has not responded to us regarding a problem I am facing, which is the silence of the speaker when reading the names of those present in the WhatsApp group. I called Apple and sent a message as if I did not say anything, as if they introduced the possibility of access for nothing. They played with Majed’s voice. I wish they would improve the voice. You find some who see if they use Siri they hate Siri’s voice. In reality, this is Majed’s voice that speaks with VoiceOver. If the voice is modified, Siri’s speech will be modified. Apple has integrated Siri with the VoiceOver screen reader. VoiceOver voices mean that you do not think that Siri has other speech, the same speech machine that VoiceOver speaks with

    comments user
    Deft

    My brother Ali
    FaceTime is its power with video, and it is also integrated with the telephone system, working very similarly to regular calls, and another advantage is that you can answer the call from an iPhone, iPad, or even Mac and you can transfer the call to and from any Apple device without the need to interrupt the call.

    If video calling does not matter to you, then there is not much difference between it and other voice communication applications such as Facebook Messenger, IMO, or even WhatsApp.

    Personally, I prefer to use FaceTime over any other program, but sometimes I have to use other applications to communicate with a device from another company.

    comments user
    Staff Assaf

    Knowing that the iPhone is considered a friend of the blind and the visually impaired, I do not know everyone complains about voice over, but frankly I advise you to review a previous article in Sync to raise the volume of the iPhone and you will find voice over sounds I use the screen reader to touch the screen from the top to the bottom because I cannot stand the noise of the voice over Only in the Arab world, people with vision problems suffer from voice over, as for the rest of the countries, no

    comments user
    Ali Hussein Salem Saleh Al-Mirfadi

    My friend, I am talking about spelling errors that VoiceOver is transmitted and its voice does not sound beautiful, but sometimes he speaks wrong words or rather does not speak like my WhatsApp problem. If you use VoiceOver, sure you know it

comments user
ٰٰٰ

You are tired

comments user
Light • O God, forgive my parents and siblings

He worked for me, thank God
I didn't find it automatically
So I downloaded it from the store after the update

comments user
iMainshaft

IPad has no news about it

    comments user
    immortal

    God, yourself

comments user
Light • O God, forgive my parents and siblings

Why not send it on private to the sync team?
They are suggestions for improvement as I have read

comments user
ali6646

Ok, a wali who has an iPhone 5, what is the solution?

comments user
Bafqih

My device 6 I bought from Saudi Arabia. Now, I updated it to the new version, however, no message appeared .. And there is no FaceTime application. Even I did not find it in the store.
Note that I am in Aden.

    comments user
    Staff Assaf

    Yes, because outside the geographical area, Hubble did not provide that service to your country

    comments user
    Ali Hussein Salem Saleh Al-Mirfadi

    Well, you are outside Saudi Arabia. You must be inside Saudi Arabia. You are in Yemen for the first time. I hear about FaceTime that does not exist in Yemen. Wonderful, good thing. Connect a Saudi SIM card, see what happens

comments user
Basim

What about iPad?

comments user
Ali Hussein Salem Saleh Al-Mirfadi

I thought it was urgent news important for you to download your article at this time
But in general, I don't know why people love FaceTime, brother, an app with itself نفسه I mean, stupid, I need the iPhone in many applications, including WhatsApp, including Messenger from Heim, including Tango 1,000,000 applications. I have iOS from nine days and FaceTime is there. I forgot, I don't remember the IMO program

    comments user
    Abdallah

    Free or very cheap, I mean, it is included in the internet package that you subscribe to

    comments user
    Staff Assaf

    Just because you have something that lacks a specific service, and you paid a similar sum of money to others, this is annoying. As for me, I do not care because I do not use Internet communication. Voice messages and WhatsApp are sufficient.

    comments user
    Majid Al-Brahim

    😄
    True, my brother Ali, I agree with you. I do not care about FaceTime, although most of my previous and current devices have FaceTime, but I rarely use it. If you do not need to make international calls and you do not have close people far from you and you are keen to see them, as is the case with me, then you do not need this application. The only drawback is that it is exclusive to Apple devices, as you mentioned, and other applications are now of high and sufficient quality, and you can use them to connect to all other devices and systems, especially the wonderful application from Google Duo 👍👍👍

    comments user
    zoulikha

    Hello
    You are talking, update 2, and we are overwhelmed by the dead Lotan, the iPad XNUMX for which we did not find an update. I bought it for ten million dinars, and today it is stopped. I cannot carry anything with it.
    Look at the iPad 2 problem, thank you in advance
    Zoolikha

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