Go to settings, messages, swipe down & confirm that SMS messaging is turned on.
Donna > > hi, > > I have a thoguht about this. is his mobal number the same from his iphone to > his android? I think I remember someone on here a while back saying > something about numbers assosiated with iphones had to be wiped or something > it'll still show up as a iphone in reguards to immsage and maybe other > apple things like facetime. but, I forget how people said to fix this. I'm > sorry I couldn't be more helpful but to offer up another reason your sons > number is being weird. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathy Kalaluhi > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 8:42 PM > Subject: RE: Text Message Question > > Hi Mike > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. > > When I deleted the entire contact and re-entered the information back into > contacts, I did select mobile for my son’s phone number. I even closed or > turned off my phone off completely and turned it back on before sending a > message to him. It is still showing up as an IPhone in the message app. > What I mean by this is that when you go to messages and select compose,, the > box for the text message appears as IMessage rather than text message. I > have only two other contacts who do not use IPhones and when you go to > compose a text to them, they say text message rather than IMessage. > > What I do not get about Apple is how it has a memory like an elephant. When > I hit compose to send a text to my son, and I begin typing his name into the > To field, I get an option to send a text to him along with a sister and a > couple of cousins from a group text we had going about a month ago. Even > though I deleted the group text, it is still appearing when I type his name > or my sister or my couple of cousins into the to field in a text message. I > have to be awfully careful not to pick that as the name I want the message > sent. It could be downright humiliating depending upon who I am complaining > about lol. Just kidding. > Ok, thanks so much for your suggestion. Hope someone else reads my email and > has more to add. Have a good evening. > Kathy > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mike B. > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 8:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Text Message Question > > Hi Kathy, > > Basically I think what you want to do is change the iPhone label to, Mobile, > instead of iPhone. To do this try the following: > 1. Open your contacts, navigate to your son's entry,, & double tap to select > it. > 2. Navigate to the, Edit, option, & double tap to open it. > 3. Now swipe right to the,iPhone button, & double tap to open it. This is > where you change your son's phone label. Swipe to the, Mobile, option, & > double tap to select it. > 4. Find the, Done, button & double tap it to save your settings & you can > close your contacts. > I'm not 100% sure this is what you need, but if I'm wrong someone will > correct me. I believe you can leave iMessage checked as well. > Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! > Sent from my iBarstool. > Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the > end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathy Kalaluhi > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 5:50 PM > Subject: Text Message Question > > 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. 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