iPhone 12 not receiving group texts

I turned off MMS messaging to see if that fixed my sending issue and I saw “Outgoing” up there. When I turned MMS back on, it changed back to “5 people.”

I also wondered if it was a WiFi or cellular issue but toggling those on or off didn’t solve it for me. My brother said he turned cellular off then on and that worked for him.

I have Verizon. Myself and two others in the group text have iPhones, Two have Samsung. Everyone has relatively newish phones so nothing old or outdated. I believe for family members are on Sprint and I am on Verizon if that matters

Apple won’t admit there’s a problem. After troubleshooting for 2 days on Twitter they told me to call Sprint. So I referred them to this thread with all the people complaining to show them it’s not a carrier issue

This isn't a iPhone 12 issue, I upgraded my iPhone 7+ to iOS 14 when it became available and started to experience missing group messages with mix of iphone and android users. I tried some troubleshooting on 9/29/20 but it didn't resolve the issue. I considered it being my SIM card and ultimately decided to wait for my new iphone 12 pro to arrive. It did and it came with a new SIM card so I thought my issue would be fixed. It is not.

I continue to miss messages when in a group of android and iphone users. It seems random on who I miss messages from and it happens throughout the day. I won't know that I've missed a message until I get a subsequent text saying "So-and-so liked "Message I didn't receive."" I've tried the suggestions to fix on this forum, to no avail. Ultimately, I texted in the groups I'm having issues with that I'm not ignoring them I'm having SMS/MMS issues. Hopefully, Apple and the carriers will resolve this issue soon.

I currently have an iPhone 12 Pro, on 14.2 and am a T-Mobile user.

Having the same problem too. I’ve reset the phone, network settings, deleted the thread, everything. Even logged in and out of iCloud on all my devices, turned messages in the cloud on and off, nothing works. It seems to only be SMS and not iMessage but its been a huge headache.

I have this issue as well, and it’s becoming infuriating. A few group threads that I’m on have become a garbled, nonsensical mess on iPhone 12 Pro AND my iPad Pro.

Things I have tried, all to no avail:

-Update to 14.2 (18B92) on iPhone and iPad

-Restart of both devices

-Made sure MMS is turned on (also turned it OFF for a day and back ON)

-Tried changing “you can receive messages to and reply from” to include my email address, and mobile number, back and forth

-Turned off text forwarding to my iPad, and turned back on

-Send as SMS turned off, eventually turned back on

-Group messaging turned off, then on after

Just adding to the count: same issue. iPhone 12 Pro, Verizon, 14.2.

I have tried signing out of icloud, turning off imessage, resetting network settings, deleting the threads, turning off 5G. Nothing has worked. I have a friend with the same equipment, software and carrier as me who is getting all of the texts i'm not, thankfully he's keeping me in the loop. Since I'm having the issue and he isn't, and all of our variables are the same, makes it very difficult to know where the issue lies.

TelvisiPhone, nice clear instructions, but it did not work for me.

iPhone 11 Pro: I can't send group texts that include Android users. I CAN send plain text to a single Android user. I CANNOT send images to Android users (group or individual).

Everything went to pot when I installed 14.1.

Yes, I’ve been having the same issue since last Thurs (11/5/2020). I received my iPhone 12 Pro since last Sat (10/31). I sent a group chat to friends to get together and thought two of them were ghosting me since 3 out of 5 responded. Once we got together, we discussed what’s up with the other guys since they didn’t respond and he told me “Yes, he did. Remember? He said he’s trying to social distance but will catch up with us later.” I was shocked then he showed me the group chat with his response. I never received his response. My friends are on iPhones prior to the 12.

I’ve read on iMore.com that some are claiming there’s an issue with the carrier. Doubtful! Why would I receive all other texts and not one person in a group chat? Plus, the person who’s response did not come through on the group chat texted me earlier in the day outside of the group chat. There’s clearly something wrong with the group chat function. Apple needs to fix this ASAP!

For now I have changed my Cellular settings for Voice & Data to LTE instead of the 5G options and I seem to be getting my group chat texts now. I’m on Verizon but I think it is an Apple bug with using 5G.

Hi yoyo..Sorry to hear that.

Not sure if you saw my update after I posted those instructions..but I still can't get txt messages with a coworker who has a Android phone (Blackberry Keyone) w/verizon, yet it resolved for others..

I'm still keeping the mindset that Apple and the carriers must work together to get ALL of this resolved asap.

This is the most unusual sporadic random issue I've ever experienced.

I will also contribute any information on any updates.

The group chat where I first noticed I didn’t get certain replies were from iPhone users. Only one of my friends in the group chat has an android phone and I received his response just fine. I don’t think it’s an issue with iOS vs Android since it’s being experienced on the iPhone 12 with every carrier. 5G makes the most sense of being the possible cause. I switched to LTE and will see if that helps.

It’s definitely not just a 5G issue. I don’t even have a 5G plan and, therefore, there is no option for 5G on my iPhone 12 Pro. My phone is only set to LTE, and I have all of the same problems with group messages that everyone else does

Update:

After going back and reading through some of the posts here, I downloaded the Messages+ app per TelvisiPhone's instructions. Haven't followed all the steps yet, but just from installing that app I can now see all of the messages that I'm missing. Which makes me think it's not a carrier issue at all. I've even noticed some missing MMS messages from threads with individual android users.

My best guess is that in ios14 there is some conflict between iMessage & MMS.

I followed the steps from TelvisiPhone and just got a text from someone with a Motorola phone whose texts had previously been missing. Thank you TelvisiPhone! But now do I need to keep Verizon's messages+ app on my phone or can I dump it?