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Does green text on iPhone mean blocked?

A week or so ago I noticed that my girlfriend’s texts I was sending her from my iPhone to hers turned blue to green with a “sent as text message”. Does this mean I’m blocked? I can’t FaceTime her as it keeps ringing and when I call her cell, I get one ring and her answering machine kicks in. I was talking to her sister one day and she said she has been texting with my gf as well as calling her on the phone. I was told by some Apple reps that if one was blocked from one iPhone to another, the texts would remain blue with no indication of it being delivered.


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Posted on Dec 25, 2022 7:55 AM

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Posted on Dec 30, 2022 6:04 AM

If she blocked you, you will never know and the green bubbles do NOT suggest anything other than the messages are being sent to her as SMS/MMS. If you have relationship issues, that's outside the scope of this forum.

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Dec 30, 2022 4:04 AM in response to Seltaeb7322

Yes, mine is toggled on. Considering my gf and I are friends on Facebook (though it’s far and few she replies to my messages on there), she did post a selfie the other day and it showed her using the iPhone she’s had for quite sometime. It still doesn’t make sense since I tried texting yesterday and my texts to her still turn from green to read and still a one ring before answering machine goes on. She messaged me the other day briefly (but never replied to my replies after) that her mum left voice messages for her on Christmas. I still think she blocked me somehow.

Dec 25, 2022 8:00 AM in response to Seltaeb7322

No, it does not mean you are blocked. It means the messages are being sent via SMS as opposed to iMessage. It appears your girlfriend is signed out of iMessage/FaceTime and needs to sign back in.


FYI, there is no way for you to ever know if you are blocked. If someone blocks you, they simply don't get your messages. And that is their choice.

Dec 25, 2022 12:29 PM in response to Seltaeb7322

I wonder... Maybe lobsterghost1 was onto something. He wondered if your GF was not signed into her Apple ID.

Are you signed into yours?


I just about signed out of mine to see what would happen, but I chickened out 😂


We are assuming that you've got a strong enough cellular connection. Weak cellular service will force regular texts to be sent instead of iMessages. Having an internet connection through your router is really all that's required for iMessaging though.

Try to go to a web page from your phone.

Dec 27, 2022 4:20 PM in response to Pilerman

Pilerman:


Her sister knows the difference (lol)


I’m very certain that she still has the same iPhone and hasn’t changed providers. She doesn’t have enough to buy a new phone anyway. If she did, I’m quite sure she would have told me when we were texting when the bubble colours switched. Plus, she would have replied to the texts I sent her after this occurred.


I really hope it’s an easy reason why but my gut feeling tells me otherwise.

Dec 26, 2022 6:40 AM in response to Seltaeb7322

Good morning seltaeb7322.


I thought of something this morning.

I have people in my contacts that have multiple phone numbers.

Some have personal cells, work cells, home landlines, work landlines, etc.

Apple OS's like to group messages to and from all of the different numbers into the same thread. This has been a HUGE pain for me because it causes texts to be sent to their work cell when I needed it to go to their personal cell or vice versa.

With all of that being said, are you sure that your texts are going to the correct number and not a different one that you have stored in their contact card?

Can you text the other gal and have her confirm the phone number she is using?Then, if you do have multiple #'s for the GF, there are multiple ways of doing this so here goes one...

Delete the thread with your GF. Start a new thread with her but pay attention to the ">" and be sure to select the correct number for her iPhone. Send her a message and see what happens.


The Facetime thing still has me weirded out and I've just been trying to focus on one thing at a time.

I'm almost wondering if these issues are coming from your provider. Have you tried contacting them? I believe that they have settings on their end that say how to treat your phone (Apple or google). Maybe it's on their end.

Dec 26, 2022 7:04 AM in response to lobsterghost1

Lobsterghost, this is true.


Morning Pilerman,


1) Yes, it's going to the correct number and her sister is using the same one. Over a week ago, everything was fine with the blue bubble but then when I texted her later, it switched from blue to a green bubble.


2)Just for the **** of it, I did delete the message convo a few days ago and it's still the same.


3) If it's coming from my provider, wouldn't I have the same problems with others that have an iPhone?

Dec 26, 2022 7:36 AM in response to Seltaeb7322

"3) If it's coming from my provider, wouldn't I have the same problems with others that have an iPhone?"


Yes, my bad. I thought about that after sending it 🥴


Have your friend send you a screenshot of the thread between her and your GF. Obviously you know the difference between the green and blue, maybe she doesn't (no need to post it here). I'm wondering if your GF recently changed to a google based phone as this would explain why the facetime isn't working either.


If she did in fact change phones, did her number change too? The problem with this theory is that you are obviously hearing her voice on her VM. Could she have changed providers as well and her old number and VM just hasn't died yet?


I can't help but think that it's something simple that none of us have stumbled across yet.

Does green text on iPhone mean blocked?

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