Apple Watch "Not Delivered"

Hello,


Lately, my Apple Watch has been saying not delivered after every text I send on it, even when the texts are sending. I have already tried restarting the watch a few times. Any help would be appreciated.


-Thanks

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Posted on Jun 5, 2019 3:42 PM

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Posted on Jun 5, 2019 4:42 PM

On your iPhone, go to Settings > Messages and make sure that iMessage is turned on. Then tap Send & Receive and make sure that you're using the same Apple ID that your Apple Watch is using. If you aren't signed in, sign in to iMessage with your Apple ID.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208489


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Jun 5, 2019 6:49 PM in response to jdoghaf

If this relates strictly to traditional text messaging (SMS) it is likely the problem is due to your watch not getting a delivery confirmation back from the network. SMS has two stages in each direction, you to network, and network to recipient, so there are two places a failure could occur. As it is every message it is unlikely to be at the recipient side because they would not all have the same problem sending the acknowledgement, so the most likely problem is from your network back to your watch.


Questions to help focus the problem:

  • Is your watch the cellular version used on standalone cellular, or the GPS (or cellular working over Bluetooth through your iPhone.
  • I have only considered SMS above. Does the problem also impact iMessages to other iDevices?
  • Do messages sent from your iPhone show the same failure?
  • How soon after sending do the fail reports appear?
  • Did you check with your network for any ongoing service issues in your area which might be causing problems?




Jun 5, 2019 7:36 PM in response to Branta_uk

I have the series 3 with wifi only. I never connect it to my phone over bluetooth, I just use the wifi on it. Do you think this could be the problem? Also, the texts usually do send, It just always comes back to me saying "not delivered" so I can never really tell if the text has sent or not. I do not have this problem with any of my other Apple devices on the same Apple ID.

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