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Oct 1, 2015 8:21 AM in response to sabinscabinby pedritomore,this helped to get one message out. But, when I turned data back on, it defaulted back to iMessage and now, again, cant send message. Same error is back. 30 minutes into this mess, argh.
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Oct 4, 2015 4:14 PM in response to leesehomeby Kenpachi Rama-Sama,Thank you, thank you, thank you! I had this problem with iOS 9 and this solution works still.
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Oct 16, 2015 9:33 PM in response to jman0613by allie4337,Delete the message threads with the contacts that you are not able to send an SMS message to, then create a new message and it should work.
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Oct 26, 2015 2:25 PM in response to sabinscabinby raptor567,Thanks! I've tried half a dozen things and this is what finally fixed it for me. Really wanted to avoid deleting the conversation thread
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Oct 26, 2015 6:11 PM in response to MillAlienby mel_scrap_service,can someone help me I have questions I have iMessage and I am use wifi connection can I use my iMessage to receive iMessages from people for my business that I have on kijij please help me on my questions thank you to my email since no sin card that work
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Oct 29, 2015 10:38 AM in response to allie4337by littlesugar,Thank you! This is what finally fixed my issue.
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Nov 18, 2015 3:07 PM in response to jman0613by bones_un,Delete the message string to the person you are trying to message. You do this by swiping left on the right side of the message list. You can then create a new message and be able to send it by MMS. This worked for me. Good luck!
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Dec 26, 2015 1:23 PM in response to inarf02by cstric,I also had luck double tapping, closing the messages app, and trying again. I like to keep my previous messages, so deleting was not an option for me. Glad you figured it out a different way.
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Apr 6, 2016 1:13 PM in response to jman0613by artghb,disable imessage and just enter the number again instead of using the previous link to that person's messages. That will create a new regular sms text link to that number and green will work
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Aug 13, 2016 10:30 AM in response to amlee17by italianproblemsolver,thanks leesehome. resetting network settings worked for me too
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Sep 18, 2016 4:59 PM in response to jman0613by HBSteve,Here is how I just fixed...
Went to try to enable iMessage under Settings>Messages but it gave the error to do over wifi and activate cel data, I clicked the link, it then opened Settings>Cellular
I scrolled down to think I would be to find iMessage or something in the list , I did not... But I found oddly enough "Settings" was turned off to use cellular data... very odd, so I turned it on, then navigated back to Settings>Messages and then switched on iMessage again... now I got the "Waiting for activation" note, and about 5 seconds later, it activated... Go figure
Never ran into this before, but might be linked to low power mode as today was the first day Ive ever experimented with it, so perhaps its a bug that does not reenable certain things once low power mode is turned off... just a guess but everything working now.. no need to reset any settings.
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Sep 26, 2016 7:02 AM in response to sabinscabinby Mat Stuart,@sabinscabin This was spot on and helped me.
To help others, in settings I did the following:
1. General > Reset > Reset Network Settings (this will delete any Wi-Fi passwords stored on the phone, so do this if the following 2, 3 and 4 don't work for you)
2. Mobile Data (switched it off)
3. Wi-Fi (switched it off)
4. Messages > iMessage (switched it off)
I then switched the phone off by holding the power button and sliding off, then I switched it back on and sent a message to the person that it wouldn't send to without iMessage being on. As @sabinscabin then said, while the message is sending it will stall at about 85% so I pressed and held the text bubble and chose 'Send as text message'. It worked!
I simply then switched Mobile Data and Wi-Fi back on and all messages are being sent as texts now. You'll know if it's worked because as you type the 'Send' button will be green rather than blue.
Thanks. @sabinscabin