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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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lobsterghost1

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Posted on Dec 25, 2022 8:00 AM

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.

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Seltaeb7322 Author

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Dec 25, 2022 11:52 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Per my original message/replies above, every time I have called her cell number. It always rings once and I get her voice mail, whereas her sister told me it rings a number of times for her. That’s what I can’t fathom. If Im surely blocked, why the continuous green bubbles on my end when I try to text her. Strange

Seltaeb7322 Author

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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?

Seltaeb7322 Author

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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.

Seltaeb7322 Author

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Dec 25, 2022 9:34 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

That’s the problem, I have no way of asking her.

Could be. I don’t know.

Dec 25, 2022 10:47 PM in response to Seltaeb7322

Make a regular cell phone call. However, if she doesn’t answer any of your attempts through any means, that may be telling you something.

Seltaeb7322 Author

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Dec 26, 2022 12:23 AM in response to gowrishsellappan

No. If you read one of my replies above, her sister is able to send texts with a blue bubble to her and having no problems. The only thing is that my gf hasn’t replied much back to her sister.

Seltaeb7322 Author

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Dec 27, 2022 4:21 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Idris: Yes.

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