Re: Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-04-09 Thread romeoyankee
Margaret, this is an iOS 7 bug. On your iPhone do the following: 1. Select SETTINGS 2. Select MESSAGES 3. Enable the SEND_AS_SMS setting The next try may take a few minutes to revert to a green-colored SMS text but afterwards the messages should go as SMS texts right away. romeoyankee On Wednes

Re: Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-03-13 Thread Richard Turner
When you add a contact and double-tap on add phone, once you enter the phone number, do a one finger left flick and you should land on the label button which may say something like Home, if it says home, and that is the person's only phone, you could try just leaving it labeled home. Or, double-

Re: Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-03-13 Thread Richard Turner
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing." - Aristotle > On Mar 13, 2014, at 4:12 AM, Margaret Booth wrote: > > how do you change to mobile from iPhone? I can't see anything in the area > where you fill out the fields to add a new contact. > > Margar

Re: Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-03-13 Thread Margaret Booth
how do you change to mobile from iPhone? I can't see anything in the area where you fill out the fields to add a new contact. Margaret Margaret Booth margaretebo...@gmail.com On 13 Mar 2014, at 6:06 pm, Harry Bell wrote: > If you go into Contacts, change the categorisation of your sons phon

Re: Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-03-13 Thread Margaret Booth
I have worked it out how to change an iMessage to a text message. What you have to do is to send the message as and iMessage and when it comes up after it has been sent I did a one finger double tab and hold on the iMessage and a menu comes up with copy and text. I double tapped on text and the

Re: Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-03-13 Thread Margaret Booth
Yes I think the same. I have deleted his contact and put his phone umber under phone not iPhone. The text messages are still sent as iMessages instead of plain text messages. Margaret Margaret Booth margaretebo...@gmail.com On 13 Mar 2014, at 9:23 am, Richard Turner wrote: > It sounds lik

Re: Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-03-13 Thread Harry Bell
If you go into Contacts, change the categorisation of your sons phone from iphone to mobile. This worked for me! Harry > On 12 Mar 2014, at 22:17, Margaret Booth wrote: > > I have an iPhone 5 and my son doesn't have an iPhone but he use too. the > problem I'm having is since I upgraded my p

Re: Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-03-12 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, this doesn't solve the immediate issue, but your son should de-associate his old iPhone number from his Apple ID, then when people write him from an iPhone it will go out as a regular sms instead of an iMessage. -- Raul A. Gallegos I'm so good at sleeping, I can do it with my eyes closed

Re: Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-03-12 Thread Richard Turner
It sounds like your phone still thinks he has an iPhone. What does it say in your contacts? Try deleting his phone in contacts and reentering it with the label "mobile" and see if that helps. The only time the iPhone will send iMessages is if it thinks the person has an iPhone. Richard "There i

Changing from iMessage to Text message

2014-03-12 Thread Margaret Booth
I have an iPhone 5 and my son doesn't have an iPhone but he use too. the problem I'm having is since I upgraded my phone to IOS 7.1 is when I send a text message to him it sends as an iMessage and it goes but he doesn't receive it. before I upgraded the message wouldn't go and a button would com