hey guys, I have a little problem with iMessage, hope someone can help. My friend has an iMessage on his iPhone, as do I.
However, when we send each other a sms or iMessage they go into two seperate conversations, one from his phone (sms) and one from his email (imessages). Any ideas why this isn't one merged conversation?
Any help or advice would seriously be appreciated I'm so desperate at this point!
iPhone 4S, iOS 6.0.1
check:
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive
check:
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive
When I go to send and receive, it shows my apple ID and underneath it says "You can be reached by iPhone at" and underneath that it has my phone number in a faded font and my apple ID email address
Try setting both phones to use only phone numbers.
When I uncheck my email from send and receive, it says I have "no addresses". I think the problem is that my phone number is all faded does that mean anything?
In those settings, set it to start messages with a phone number on both phones,
When you start a conversation, make sure you use a phone number. When you type a name in the address field it should show several choices. Choose one with a number, not email.
But when I type his name and press the phone number option a normal SMS text convo will show up, and when I press the email one, a separate imessage convo shows up. And I'm not quite sure how to set it to start messages with a phone number where do I do this?
In:
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive
you can tell it to start new conversations with your phone number as the return address.
Mskse sure
Settings > Messages > Send as SMS
is ON
When you send to a phone number it will use iMessage if the receiver has an iPhone and a data link is available. Otherwise it will use SMS. The message color is blue for iMessage, green for SMS.
There's literally no option for that, this is what it says when I go to send and receive:
"Apple ID: *my email*
You can be reached by imessage at:
*faded phone number*
*my email*
Add another email.."
That's all it says :(
Mine begins like that, then has:
Start new conversation from:
my-phone-number
my-email
When you select one it puts a chec mark next to it.
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I turned off iMessage, then turned it back on. The settings screen then looks just like yours.
After a few messages back and forth to my Mac using the Messages app on the Mac, and using my phone number and email, the extra part returned in the Settings screen. Don't know why.
Maybe someone else has some idea about what's going on.
Is gotten very frustrating :( but thanks for the help!
Hi Friend,
You and your friend must set the mobile number or email account as default, in Settings>>Message>>Send&Receive. And Voilá
Hello :)
What am I supposed to do once I go to "send and receive" cos I have tried so many things :)
Anyone have any more advice on what I should do?
I have been having the exact same problem as you - two threads from the same person.
I have followed this thread and like you, I did not have the "Send as SMS" option as mentioned above.
But... also as mentioned above, I did turn off iMessage (right at the top of "Messages" in Settings). I did that twice, because the first time nothing changed. The second time, I left it off for about one minute, then when I turned it back on it said "waiting for activating" and then I had the "Send as SMS" option.
I hope this helps, I really do a lot of work for my business on my iPhone and back up my messages with this nifty little tool called Decipher TextMessage, but the person whose conversations show up in two different threads only has one of the threads backed up in Decipher TextMessage.
I also have yet to contact her, as I just discovered all this, but I still have her email address come up first when I address a new iMessage to her.
iMessage: two conversations, same contact - HELP
