Hi Just want to let everyone know that turning on the option in settings to send message as SMS when Imessage is not available worked. There seems to be a little delay in receiving the text but I am sure my son will see this as a good thing when the text is coming from me. Thanks to all who provided me with solutions. You are all wonderful. So glad I recently joined this group.
Kathy Kalaluhi From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Julian Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 8:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Text Message Question Hi Kathy, One thing you can try is to go to settings, messages, then look for something that says use SMS when iMessage isn’t available to make sure that it is checked on. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Kathy Kalaluhi <[email protected]> wrote: Hello I have a question regarding text messages that is somewhat complicated to describe. I hope I can explain this clearly. I have an IPhone 7 still using 10.3 or whatever the last update was for IOS 10. After reading all of these emails from this group, I am holding off until IOS 11 is perfect. Anyway, my son was also using an IPhone and I had him in my contact list with his mobile number listed as an IPhone. Today, he decided to go back to using a Samsung Gallexy. He sent me a text message as a test and asked me to respond. I did and he did not receive the text. I know that in my settings, I have IMessage turned on. In order for him to receive my text message, I have to turn it off before sending him a text. However, it is a pain to have to keep remembering to turn it on and off when sending texts. My brother does not have a cell phone at all and uses an IPad so I need it to have it turned on when sending him a text. I tried to delete his contact card from my contact list and re-enter his information. It is still showing up as an IPhone. I turned my phone off completely and added the contact information again and it is still remembering his phone number as an IPhone. Meanwhile, he is trying to de-register his phone number from being an IPhone number through Sprint. So I guess the question is whether there is a way to make the iPhone forget that his number used to be an IPhone? It is strange but he was using a Samsung prior to the IPhone. When he went to using the IPhone, my phone automatically detected that it was an IPhone and now it seems to not want to forget it. One other thing I tried was holding down the “send” button to see if I could send it as a text instead of as an IMessage and it did not show it in the options that popped up. Only sending with effects appeared in the bubble. My husband has the same phone as I do which is IPhone 7 and when he tried turning off IMessage in his settings, none of my texts would go through to his phone either. Any thoughts on this would be so much appreciated. Kathy Kalaluhi -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. 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