Hi, When messages are sent as SMS messages instead of iMessages, it is usually due to either a WiFi or cellular data connectivity issue. That is, your WiFi signal is poor, or you don't have a WiFi signal at all and cellular data is having an issue as well. If you had Cellular Data turned off, or if you disable the Messages app from being able to use cellular data, and WiFi signal was poor, this could also happen. In addition, if you're on a different cellular network than your regular carrier, and if you have Data Roaming turned off, with the poor WiFi connection, you may see the same results.
Try the following to attempt to determine the problem. 1. Go into Settings, Messages and ensure that iMessages is enabled. 2. Turn off the "Send as SMS" option. This will force your iPhone to send the message via the iMessage protocol and will not transfer to SMS if a problem exists. The message will simply not be delivered if there are connectivity issues. Send a few messages to each other and see what transpires. WiFi Assist could also contribute to this issue, although, if working properly, it should still go out as an iMessage, it would just use cellular data instead of WiFi. Let me know any results. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 25, 2017, at 05:37, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote: Hi! Here’s a strange problems for ya! My friend and i has Imessage turned on but no Imessage is sent. They come as sms instead. We have both tried to turn off and on Imessage and logged in and out from Icloud. No go. The strange thing is that we have other friends each that has imessage and that is working like a charm. But not between me and this guy. He has an old Iphone 5 and i have my Iphone SE. Its not the biggest deal in the world and i’m sure i will find something digging through google but i’d thought i might ask here first. Blessings and thanks in advance. /A -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
