iPhone 5 can't send SMS - gets an error when sending SMS

Has the IOS 6.1 solved this problem Paquidermo? YES, F*** INDEED. Finally I can texted,imessage,mms without any beta version on my SPRINT Iphone 5 model. Thank god for the release of IOS 6.1...so happy

you updated with your carrier sim or with sprint's one? thanks!

UPDATE TO IOS 6.1...Apple just released it into the world and it solves the sms,imessage and facetime problem. So please dont pay to anobody to fix your problem...

Hi Paquidermo, I updated my Iphone with my own carrier not even SPRINT :-). Just do it and if it works post me back...

i asked about the sim because i read that you have to do the whole process with the original Sprint sim that came with the phone, its that right? or you can update with your local sim?

EDIT: downloading the update, i'll check back in ten to share my results

thank you

No, the wole SPRINT proces is not needed. Just download IOS 6.1 with your phone and your own carrier in the phone

,let it update en when it restarts,try to text...:-)

FINALLYY!!! SMS NOW WORKING WITH IOS 6.1

so fu**ing happy

Allrighty then...IOS 6.1 finally did the trick. So for all the guys over the whole world,who are having problems with sms etc => IOS 6.1 is free and solves it!!!

Yes, finally you can send SMS without any work-around.

Update your iPhone 5 to iOS 6.1 which was released today officially and enjoy sending SMS, activate iMessage & FaceTime. There is no need to use Sprint SIM card to update. I had an OTA update with my Vodafone Egypt SIM in my iPhone 5 and it worked properly.

P.S this proves that Apple listen to what we face and work on it without any propaganda.

Guys, Congratulations :)

Thanks GOD

I am currently on ios 6.0.2 and facing SMS sending problem as iphone bought from sprint so should i first update my iphone first to 6.1 beta 5 and then to 6.1 full or i should directly upgrade to ios 6.1 full version

Go directly from Ios 6.0.2 to 6.1...I did it and it work, so no need for beta 5. Good luck chuck,;-)

Finally iOS 6.1 solves my SMS problem able to send SMS thanks to all for the support and apple do listens what customers say

I updated to iOS 6.1 today and now I can't send SMS whereas it was working before. Suggestions? I've read through a million threads and it's kind of frustrating to see what seems to have fixed the problem for everyone else caused the problem for me. Using Sprint, and it won't send SMS, only messages to iPhone users. I've gone through the usual steps for this but nothing seems to be working. I don't suppose there's a way to re-download iOS 6.1 to see if it decides to work on a second go-around?

@Heartehx, Same thing here! Sprint iPhone 5 previously on 6.02 everything was working fine for months since purchase. I am not jailbroken, etc. Upgrade to 6.1 and I can no longer send or receive text to anyone w/o iphone. iMessage and Facetime Constantly show "Waiting for Activation". After a lot of searching, I have tried everything! rebooting, turning iMessage off, on a bazillion times, adding a new contact address, removing all contact addresses and adding new, switching contact addresses, etc etc. Same fail. If iMessage is failing to activate, then how can I send messages to iphone users? Maybe the SMS aspect is failing to register on Sprint's network? There is no way this is isolated to me (or a couple of users).

I should also mention that I have a new iPAD and => 6.1 w/o issue. Logs onto iMessage and Facetime w/o issue. I also changed it so that the ipad and iphone are using different contact email addresses. I do receive popup messages on both devices when I change the contact letting me know that the contact address has changed on "the other device". I even tried loggin out on iPAD then in on iPhone thinking maybe the same acount login was wreakign havoc. NOPE.

Bought my sons phone same time I did, we both did the upgrade yesterday, and only I seem to have the problem. One difference is that I have iPAD too.

This seems like a sprint SMS network connection problem, but that do I know... I am frustrated after trying everything I could think of to resolve.

My issues is resolved. I had to call Sprint Support and they had to manually force the update completion from their end... Was trouble connecting to the network. all appears to be fine for now