Q: Not able to text any non iPhone
Some time ago, on my iPhone 5 & 6 (not sure what iOS) I realized that my texts weren't getting to one person who was an Android user. It was annoying but not a huge deal. I was able to send pictures and group messages worked for this contact but just a text message to them failed. Fast forward a year and half or so to today and now after updating to iOS10, I'm not able to text any non iPhone contacts of mine (and these aren't people that have switched from iPhone to Android, they are lifelong Android users). This is obviously a problem. I can't really find anything on this topic other than the issue some people have when switching from iPhone to Android...I've never switched and was always able to text these people before I updated to iOS 10. So my question is: If I do the deregister of iMessage and wait the requisite 24 hours (or whatever), would I be able to re-register for iMessage or is my number permanently removed from using the service? I'm thinking that may be my only hope as I'm not very keen on restoring my iPhone as a new device and starting over. Thanks in advance.
Things I've tried with no success so far:
Turn off iMessage
Reset Network Settings
Changed "Enable LTE" in Cellular Data Options to Data Only
iPhone 6, iOS 10.0.2
Posted on Oct 6, 2016 1:04 PM
