Texts showing as from ‘infomessage’ and not from actual contact

some texts from a contact in my iPhone 11 are showing as being from ‘infomessage’ (not the contact) and I can only read them and not not reply (send fails). I have deleted and re added the contact, they have deleted and re added me as a contact but their texts still coming to me as being from infomessage. I don’t have any third party messaging apps on my phone and iMessages is off.


iPhone 11, iOS 13

Posted on Apr 18, 2020 5:12 AM

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May 5, 2020 9:17 AM in response to brenden dv

I have the same problem....It is an iPhone specific issue...nothing to do with the Carrier. Please escalate for a proper root cause analysis. Random "helpful" advice is no substitute for an investigation of the root cause. Once the root cause has been established by Apple, a solution can be implemented by fixing the ios SMS application code bug.

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Apr 20, 2020 7:50 AM in response to maire209

Hello maire209,


Thanks for the post! It looks like a specific contact is showing as "Infomessage" when you use the Messages app. I'd be looking into this issue myself, and I'm glad to see how I can help.


I see this message is being sent as SMS. Is this happening with any contacts, or just this one?


Since the issue persists after deleting and re-adding the contacts, and you're unable to send SMS to this user, check out the steps here: If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Also, be sure to Update your carrier settings on your iPhone or iPad.


If that doesn't help, I recommend reaching out to your wireless carrier. They're in the best position to further assist with an SMS issue.


Take care.

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May 5, 2020 9:28 AM in response to Highlander1970

Thanks for reply. I’ve been escalated through 2 levels of Apple support and they told me to go to carrier to reset provisioning (this did nothing). Apple say it’s the carrier because if I put someone else’s sim in my phone the problem doesn’t happen / only with my own sim

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