Red exclamation mark by SMS icon

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Red exclamation mark by SMS icon

Hey,

I've had this problem occur before and sorted out the issue
by deleting the unsent text message but on this rare occasion I am unable to do so.

The problem occurred by an unsent MMS message I then tried to resent the message and now I have the red exclamation mark by the SMS logo.

Tried a hardware reset but the issue still persists. Do not want to do a restore as I do not want to sync everything again.

Message was edited by: dthomas86

iMac 24" MacBook Pro 15" iPhone 4 previous iPhone 3G owner, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Aug 11, 2010 8:42 AM

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Fredric Raab

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Sep 14, 2010 11:03 AM in response to dthomas86

I experienced the same issue when attempting to send an SMS in Europe. Message eventually was sent, but mark remained displayed until I received an SMS.

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Uzoma777

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Aug 23, 2017 3:13 AM in response to dthomas86

I had this issue to but I had no unsent text messages.

I went into Settings and then to Messages. I noticed that the iMessages option was switched off. When I switched it back on, it took a few seconds to be activated and then the problem was solved.

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Aug 11, 2010 9:10 AM in response to dthomas86

That red exclamation mark is from a failed sending of a picture or video. It has happened to me a few times and i've solved it by resending that message. Its nothing to worry about. It is just notifying you the picture didnt go through and you may want to try again.

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dthomas86 Author

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Aug 11, 2010 8:58 AM in response to dthomas86

Sorry for solving my own problem may seem annoying posting like that.

But some how the problem became fixed by going into airplane mode then out of it. Then after that my iPhone keeps having a red exclamation mark by an other text message which I try sending again but will not let me?

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dthomas86 Author

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Aug 11, 2010 11:20 AM in response to Ian Banker

Yeah but had the issue that once I clicked the resend button then the message would disappear and still the red exclamation mark would be there :s think it may be due to service drop outs randomly.

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boone51

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Sep 14, 2010 12:51 PM in response to Fredric Raab

In my personal experience, I've noticed that the iPhone won't send an MMS (big difference from SMS)if I'm on the Edge network as opposed to 3G. I'm sure there's a technical reason and corresponding doc that explains why this is, but that's what I've noticed. I get the little red exclamation point until my phone jumps back on 3G. After that they seem to send out just fine. I never have problems sending out SMS messages regardless of netowrk (unless there is none, of course).

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Dec 24, 2016 6:22 AM in response to dthomas86

I had this issue today. I was somehow signed out of iMessage. I had to go to Settings, slide the bar beside iMessage so that the bar turns green (which means that it's on), and then I had to sign back into iCloud. Exclamation point went away afterwards. I have an iPhone 6s.

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Jan 4, 2017 2:43 AM in response to dthomas86

Signing out of iMessage fixed it of me.

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Sep 1, 2017 3:10 PM in response to dthomas86

I had this problem this morning. Couldn't find any unsent messages. turned phone off then on again. Problem gone in my case! 🙂

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Nov 21, 2017 11:22 PM in response to dthomas86

Imessage is sign out, please go to settings to ensure imessage is sign in

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