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Why can I send iMessages but not text messages?
Most iPhone users have iMessage enabled, but some may have accidentally (or intentionally) turned off SMS support. If SMS sending is disabled, only iMessages will be sent, meaning no Android or Windows phone users could be contacted, and anyone without iMessage enabled wouldn’t be reachable through text either.
Why won’t my iPhone send messages to certain contacts?
Make sure that the contact trying to message you isn’t blocked in Settings > Messages > Blocked. If the issue occurs with a specific contact or contacts, back up or forward important messages and delete your current messaging threads with the contact. Create a new message to the contact and try again.
Why can I not text some of my contacts?
Try re-syncing the contacts on the phone. Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> All , scroll down to “Contacts” app and tap on it, select “Clear data”. Do the same for the “Contacts Storage” app. This should clear all contacts data.
Why does iMessage not work with some contacts?
Here are some suggestion which may help you in fixing issue to send iMessage to send particular or some contacts. Before jumping to the fix make sure: Ø iMessage is turned on your device: To fix the First go to settings>Messages>turn off iMessage. Go back to settings & make sure you are logged in to iCloud.
Can a iPhone send both iMessages and SMS?
Your iPhone can send both iMessages to Apple users, as well as regular old SMS texts to anyone with a cellular telephone.
Why is iMessage not working with one contact only?
Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. I am having trouble with imessage with one contact only. I can send and receive imessages from other contacts. But there is one contact who imessage will not work with from my end or their end.
How to force messages to use SMS instead of iMessage?
Here’s a workaround that you can use to force the Messages app to send a test message as SMS instead of iMessage to a contact’s phone number. It is slight clumsy, but gets the job done in the scenarios like you described:
Why does my iPad not send text messages?
Your iPad cannot natively send SMS texts since it is a data connection only device and cannot connect to any carriers cellular telephone voice network (SMS messages are sent over the cellular voice network, not the cellular data network). In the iOS messaging app iMessages will send as blue bubbles, and SMS as green.