jman0613

Q: "iMessage needs to be enabled to send this message?

What does "iMessage needs to be enabled to send this message" mean?  I can't get my messages to send and when I try that pops up. What is it and how can I fix it?

iPhone 4, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jul 22, 2013 3:38 PM

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Q: "iMessage needs to be enabled to send this message?

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  • by MillAlien,

    MillAlien MillAlien Oct 7, 2014 3:27 PM in response to leesehome
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    Oct 7, 2014 3:27 PM in response to leesehome

    This routine did not work for me - still can't send non- iMessage texts.

  • by Javi_Tech,

    Javi_Tech Javi_Tech Oct 10, 2014 6:52 PM in response to MillAlien
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    Oct 10, 2014 6:52 PM in response to MillAlien

    Lol, I don't think anyone mentioned that the person you are sending iMessage to ALSO has to have iMessage turned on. Or else you won't even be able to send an iMessage. You can tell whether the messages you send are blue (enabled) or green (disabled).

  • by NeverDecaf,

    NeverDecaf NeverDecaf Oct 13, 2014 1:21 PM in response to leesehome
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    Oct 13, 2014 1:21 PM in response to leesehome

    I tried several suggestion to get this to stop happening and the network reset finally did it! I have a huge wifi password so I waited till I was out of other options but the one contact that just would not get over the imessage glitch is now working! Thanks! I did not fine the post you referenced on doing that to fix texting errors, so I could have been banging my head for a long time yet.

  • by leesehome,

    leesehome leesehome Oct 13, 2014 1:39 PM in response to NeverDecaf
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    Oct 13, 2014 1:39 PM in response to NeverDecaf

    Dug up the link...  The network reset solution came from here:  http://www.imobie.com/support/common-ios-8-upgrade-problems-and-solutions.htm#qu estion8

    I don't know that this addressed the exact problem I was having, but the solution worked.

  • by MillAlien,

    MillAlien MillAlien Oct 14, 2014 9:05 AM in response to NeverDecaf
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    Oct 14, 2014 9:05 AM in response to NeverDecaf


    Did you also revive your wifi PW when you reset and then try to send SMS? The network reset worked for me until I revived the wifi connection, then it was back to business-as-usual with no SMS texting.

  • by MillAlien,

    MillAlien MillAlien Oct 14, 2014 9:07 AM in response to Javi_Tech
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    Oct 14, 2014 9:07 AM in response to Javi_Tech

    I think this is the opposite of the problem - iOS8 will not send SMS when both iPhones have iMessage disabled.

  • by NeverDecaf,

    NeverDecaf NeverDecaf Oct 14, 2014 10:49 AM in response to MillAlien
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    Oct 14, 2014 10:49 AM in response to MillAlien

    Yes, in fact I re-entered the password before I tried sending the text. When I opened messages it was normal looking with no imessage  in the box.

    Maybe you have a different iPhone? Mine is a 5s.

  • by NeverDecaf,

    NeverDecaf NeverDecaf Oct 14, 2014 10:54 AM in response to MillAlien
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    Oct 14, 2014 10:54 AM in response to MillAlien

    Sure it will. as long as your phone plan has texting.  I tried all the other things here to like turning off FaceTime. (which I left off) so It may be a combination of settings. Keep trying!

  • by leesehome,

    leesehome leesehome Oct 16, 2014 12:33 PM in response to MillAlien
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    Oct 16, 2014 12:33 PM in response to MillAlien

    Re: "iOS8 will not send SMS when both iPhones have iMessage disabled."

    Maybe we're talking about different things here, but I think this statement is incorrect.  I am running iOS8 on an 4S.  Under my Messages settings, iMessage is disabled; MMS Messaging and Group Messaging are enabled; and I am able to send and receive group and text messages through my phone plan, and I am sending/receiving to users with iMessage disabled, with iMessage enabled and with non-Apple phones.  I had trouble for a short while after upgrading to iOS8, but that was resolved (in my case) with a combination of network reset and enabling then disabling iMessage.

  • by MillAlien,

    MillAlien MillAlien Oct 16, 2014 1:19 PM in response to leesehome
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    Oct 16, 2014 1:19 PM in response to leesehome

    We're not talking about different things - sounds like you got it fixed on your phone, but I've tried all those fixes and still can't send SMS between two iMessage disabled iPhones.

  • by Lancel,

    Lancel Lancel Oct 17, 2014 9:45 PM in response to MillAlien
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    Oct 17, 2014 9:45 PM in response to MillAlien

    I found a fix that worked on my iphone 5.  If you delete the text that is stuck on sending with imessage and then initiate another text to the same person it then defaults back to sms.  It makes me think that the phone remembers the way the message was sent last to a specific person and defaults to it.  Anyway see it if works for you.

  • by leesehome,

    leesehome leesehome Oct 22, 2014 5:51 AM in response to MillAlien
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    Oct 22, 2014 5:51 AM in response to MillAlien

    Yes, I had revived my wifi password almost immediately after resetting the network.  No issues with SMS after that.

  • by inarf02,

    inarf02 inarf02 Oct 22, 2014 11:54 AM in response to MillAlien
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    Oct 22, 2014 11:54 AM in response to MillAlien

    I tried everything in this forum and nothing worked.

    So I called my provider Verizon and we called Apple care.

     

    My problem was that I don't use iMessage (never had it turned on before or after the IOS 8.1 update), and I was able to send text messages (green) to several people, but wasn't able to send texts to one person-my brother. Kept giving me the message from the original post. I turned iMessage on and sent it to him as an iMessage (in blue). Then turned iMessage off and it kept giving me the error message.

     

    It was strange that for some people I could send texts and then for my brother I couldn't.

     

    I was advised to delete the whole conversation and start a new one. Once I did this, I was able to send him the message as text. Super simple fix.

    Apple care guy said if you have any previous iMessages in a conversation, this can prohibit sending texts to that particular person if you've upgraded to the new iOS system. Because my brother had sent me iMessages in our previous conversation, this has caused a glitch.

  • by MillAlien,

    MillAlien MillAlien Oct 22, 2014 2:36 PM in response to inarf02
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    Oct 22, 2014 2:36 PM in response to inarf02

    Thanks! I deleted the conversation, disabled iMessage, and can now send plain texts. Thanks for taking the time to post the fix.

  • by arwen jersey,

    arwen jersey arwen jersey Dec 3, 2014 11:52 PM in response to jman0613
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    Dec 3, 2014 11:52 PM in response to jman0613

    Same thing happened to me. deleting the stuck conversation works. thanks

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