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iPhone 5 group messaging is not working!!

I bought my iPhone 5 two weeks ago and I have been having issues with my group messaging the past 4 days. I can send out group messages but I am not receiving any replies. About 5-6 hours later, I will receive 300+ messages and it'll start working again. But it stops working again after a few hours. However, group messages through iMessage is working fine. I called AT&T when it first happened (4 days ago) and they transferred me to Apple. Apple had me reset all of my settings and it started working then it stopped after a few hours. My friend is also having the same issue with her iPhone 5 and they gave her a new phone but she is still having the same issue on the new phone. I hope it is not a defect on the phone because I only have a few more days left if I want to return the phone. Is anyone else having this issue??????? Help!!!!

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Oct 1, 2012 3:02 PM

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Oct 2, 2012 4:33 AM in response to Graymo32

I have had this issue for over a week now. Last Tuesday I was on a 3-way call with Apple and AT&T. AT&T did an in-depth investigation with their network. As of 9/28 I was recieving their messages and things were fine. This morning when I sent another set of group texts, there was a "message failure" undelivered. Those who have iPhones, the message is delivered, most of the time. Those who do not, it's a crap-shoot. I'm not sure what the issue is, but I would venture to believe it is NOT my carrier, as things go fine as single messages and they have tested their network. My guess is that it's a bug in the software. I wish they (Apple) would address this. It's very annoying because I don't know who gets the messages and who does not. I also have the delay in responses.

Feb 1, 2013 11:11 AM in response to ptangg

I apologize for the late bump but this issue is still happening. I am in a group message with 5 different people (all have att) and somebody gets it at least once a day where they are unable to receive text messages from the group for about 5 hours. It happened to me yesterday and now happened to me today. I had a iphone 4s now I have an iphone 5 and same problem. Others will randomly get it for few hours as well.

iPhone 5 group messaging is not working!!

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