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iMessage will not send messages, iMessage will not send messages

I cannot send iMessages.

iPod touch (4th generation), iOS 6

Posted on Sep 24, 2012 8:22 PM

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Feb 26, 2013 8:09 PM in response to Sophiaj1

I am having a similar problem in that I am unable to send an iMessage to a person. I can type it, however, once I press send, I never get the little "delivered" note. I am using iOS 6.1.2. Sometimes, clearing the message will work however, mostly it won't. Even restarting or resetting internet connection won't help. This is only happening to one person that I regularly message and none of the several others that I also frequently message. I have been unable to find a way to get it to work properly.

Apr 16, 2013 12:23 PM in response to Wolf Thandoy

On 4/9/2013 my iMessage stopped sending pictures. It would show delivered but my iPad did not show the picture in the mirrored iMessage as it normally does, and the friend did not receive it.


After much searching, one comment worked.


1. Go to: Settings > Messages > Turn off iMessage

2. Hold down the power/wake button, and slide to turn off your iPhone.

3. Let your iPhone shut down, then start it back up.

4. Go to: Settings > Mesages > make sure iMessage is still turned off, if it for somereason turned back on, go back to step 1. If it is still off, turn iMessage back on, wait for it to verify and bring up your phone number as the contact method.

5. Go and attempt to send a picture through iMessage.


For me, after nearly 3 days of testing, this worked!!


Good luck.


Worked for iOS 6.1.2 iPhone 5, jailbroken.

May 3, 2013 5:57 AM in response to Sophiaj1

I have just started to experience this problem with my iPad2. I can iMessage everywhere except at work now. The tech department has informed me that NOTHING was changed on the wifi and my iPhone 5 works no problem on exactly the same system!

Why would one device work and not the other? Is it an iCloud problem? A configuration problem?

I hope someone can help as I never had any difficulty before and I do rather use my iPad to iMessage as it is bigger and I have a keyboard and is great for communicating between colleagues for work rather than use email.


Please give me your ideas.


Thank you

May 4, 2013 1:21 PM in response to Sophiaj1

I have an Ipod Touch 5th gen that is doing the same thing at work as malalex02. I have done nothing new for updates, everything was working great and it just stopped working but only at work. At home its great. IT says they changed nothing. My Imessage does not work but facetime does.


If I sign out of Imesage and then back in, once I enter my username and password, I get an error saying "could not sign in. Check your network connectiona nd try again". My connection is fine cause facetime works and so does safari and email.


I have tried all the rebooting and fixes on various support pages and nothing helps. I am now going to do a factory reset.

May 6, 2013 7:56 AM in response to malalex02

Just got an iPhone 4 a few days ago. Received a message from a friend. Typed a reply. Failed to send. Went into settings, turned off the subject field, returned to messages, pasted the body of the failed message into a new message, and it sent straight away.


Soon received a reply back. Typed a reply to that. Failed to send. Gave up after several attempts.


Progress sending in all events proceeded normally until nearly the end, seemingly falling at the last hurdle… as if the message were corrupted, packets were being dropped, or the connection 'lost'.


Forgot to check the system log, but that would be the next step (using System Status, AppSwitch, or the like).

Sep 11, 2013 8:32 AM in response to Sophiaj1

Hey everyone - the issue may be that you're typing in the "Subject" field - not in the "Message" field. If you have "Show Subject Field" turned on in your Settings - a split box opens when you are responding to or composing a message. If you only type in the "Subject" field you will not be able to Send as you have not created a message (only a subject). You must type in the lower half of the split box to create the send enabled message. Would advise turning off the "Show Subject Field" to make things easier/simpler.


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