You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Will an imessage show as 'delivered' if the recipients battery is dead??

While using the imessage text feature on the iphone 4, will an imessage show as 'delivered' if the recipients battery is dead at the time the message was sent?

Posted on Jan 1, 2012 1:45 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Jan 6, 2012 2:25 PM

The other reply led me to believe that someone was being dishonest with me, so I called Apple to make sure. They tested it for me in their "lab" and it turns out that a iMessage sent to a dead iPhone IS labelled as "delivered". I had to apoligize to my friend for thinking that they were lying.

2 replies
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Jan 6, 2012 2:25 PM in response to MRM014

The other reply led me to believe that someone was being dishonest with me, so I called Apple to make sure. They tested it for me in their "lab" and it turns out that a iMessage sent to a dead iPhone IS labelled as "delivered". I had to apoligize to my friend for thinking that they were lying.

Jan 1, 2012 5:28 PM in response to MRM014

It should not, no. It should revert to sending it as SMS if it's unable to deliver. Keep in mind that if the recipient has more than one iDevice activated with the same ID, it may be delivered to one and not the other. In that case, it will show as delivered. (For example, I have an iPhone and an iPad. If the iPhone is off and the iPad is on and connected to a network the message would be delivered to my iPad and show a status of delivered to you, even if the iPad is at home and I'm not.)

Will an imessage show as 'delivered' if the recipients battery is dead??

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.