How do I send a SMS rather than a iMessage message?

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How do I send a SMS rather than a iMessage message?

I want to send a SMS message to my mothers phone (thats not a iPhone) from my iPhone. I have my mothers e-mail and Phone number in my contacts for her. So I hit messages and select my mothers name and then type my message. Tap send, then it says delivered. Everything hunkie doorie, au contraire. The message is sent to my mothers iPod not her phone. I still what to keep the e-mail so I can face time her iPod but I still want to text her on her phone. How can I send a message as a SMS rarther than a iMessage message?

Thanks.

iPhone 4S, iOS 6

Posted on Oct 14, 2012 3:10 PM

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Answer 1

sberman

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Oct 14, 2012 3:13 PM in response to Powis3

Go to Settings > Messages and set "iMessage" to "Off".

I'm not sure that will solve your issue, however. You may have an issue with naming the intended recipient in a non-ambiguous way.

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Powis3 Author

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Oct 14, 2012 3:18 PM in response to sberman

Thanks for the quick reply, but I still iMessage other people thus I can't turn it off. But thanks anyway.

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sberman

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Oct 14, 2012 3:20 PM in response to Powis3

You can turn it off, deal with her messages, then turn it back on.

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Greeeen

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Oct 14, 2012 7:52 PM in response to Powis3

You might try removing your mother's email address from her contact info on your phone. If that works you could set up a different contact (misspelled or somehow different) for her email to use with facetime. I used to do this all the time to more efficiently separate home/work/cell numbers. This might be a sloppy work around, but it might work until there are different options in the settings. This is just an idea. I really have no clue if it will work. Good luck.

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