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imessage not delivered

So I installed IOS5 and switched iMessages to on. I am able to receive iMessages, but not able to send them?

When I am trying to send an iMessage to another IOS5 user I get the error "Not Delivered"

I have tried all settings / restore..over WIFI over 3G nothing....

How can I fix this?

iPhone 3GS, Other OS

Posted on Oct 13, 2011 3:15 PM

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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 7:45 PM

I'm having the very same problem mate, i'm able to imessage myself but no other imessage i send is being delivered!

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Oct 17, 2011 5:58 PM in response to veronicalovesapple

Sure. You can either change the DNS servers in your router, or if you don't have access to or familiarity with changing router settings you can make the change in the settings of your iPad.


Settings > Wi-fi >


Under Choose a Network, the blue button next to your network with the white arrow in it


Then under DNS put Googles numbers 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4


You may also want to write down the old numbers for safe keeping. My guess is that after a while your old numbers will work fine with iMessage, but for right now Google's name servers are better up to date.

Oct 21, 2011 1:30 AM in response to Zeemo

I'm having general hassles with iMessage:


- imessages not being delivered. Only way I know is when I go back into the message thread and notice the exclamation marks. There's no pop up to say it's failed (some of them look to be sent, so I go back to the home screen only to find they've not gone later).


- imessages noted as "delivered" not actually showing up.


- occasionally it notes the message was "Sent as Text Message" and marks it green (even though it was blue when typed). Only hassle is, these message aren't being received either.



I've turned imessage off for now. More hassle than it's worth for me - I get far more texts in my mobile plan than I need each month, and they are at least reliable!


Have been an Apple convert for 12yrs now, but this latest round of updates has dented confidence


- iOS5 took an age to get sorted, and left my phone inoperable during the process having trashed it before downloadig the update files, which it then couldn't get without a ton of re-tries (change your process Apple!)


- iTunes is playing up, stalling with "accessing iTunes store"


- iMessage is (for me and my other half) flakier than a box of cornflakes.

Oct 22, 2011 11:18 AM in response to Zeemo

saw this on macrumors forum and it seemed to work for some people:



Some WiFi networks mess with the activation process used and the phone does not retry. To get your iMessages working,


1) Turn off WiFi
2) Turn ON Cellular Data
3) Turn off iMessage
4) Turn phone off
5) Turn phone on
6) Turn iMessage on
7) Test iMessages
8) Turn WiFi on.


If you do it in that order and allow it to activate over 3G, it works without fail.

be interesting to see if that works for any one?


http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1249657

Oct 31, 2011 2:51 PM in response to Zeemo

After spending a week trying to fix this (on o2) I have in the end reset the phone and set it up as a new Iphone. This DID fix the issue. I then had to manually resynch my apps / reapply all the settings etc - but to be honest this has taken LESS time than I have wasted trying to fix it using all other approaches... At least a full reset and setting up as a new iphone does fix it and I can now send iMessages over 3G.

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