iPhone to Android iMessage bug fix

iMessage (and Apple) ARE the problem here - it's well know, but Apple Fanboys can't see past their own noses.

You do not receive SMS texts unless the originator changes behavior - that is plain wrong.

I own several Apple products (just less now since ios7 drove me to the Android, which is better FOR ME).

It occurs with ios6 and ios7 - it is a terrible bug, but Apple refuses to listen (as well as their unhelpful fanboys on here).

One way to fix it is for all the people that send you message swtich to Android too 🙂.

FelipeV

You're wrong!!! I just bought a Samsung Note 3. I was an iPhone S4 user previously. When my friends try sending me texts the texts go through just fine on their device. The texts are in a blue bubble, which tells me that they are being sent as iMessages. I never get them on my Note 3 because, obviously, an Android device can't communicate via iMessage.

My friends can't disable iMessaging on their iPhones because they still have other friends who they do commuincate with via iMessaging. There's got to be a way to do something on the AT&T site that would prevent iMessages from coming though and switch them to SMS messages. I am at a complete loss

If you still have your iphone then go to a Verizon/att store and have them activate a number on the old iphone and immediately take it off. Sadly that does solve the problem because the iphone starts receiving iMessages to the new number, not your number. Then u will start getting all your texts. I have several lines so I am able to do this easily. I know everyone is not able to do this but it does work! I've done it several times because I have an iphone 5 and galaxy 4 that I switch back and forth.

Like everyone else in this thread, I switched from iPhone to Samsung (in my case when iOS7 came out).

I don't really care that other people with iPhones cannot contact me -- other than my wife. The choice was to either get her a Samsung also or find a fix. After just a few minutes research the solution was obvious.

For the VAST majority of users, there is no benefit to using iMessage vs MMS. The exception being if you have a limited message plan (do those still exist?). Not to mention that in iOS7 I MUCH prefer the green bubble to the blue one.

So I have been telling everyone I know to turn off iMessage. Surpriningly, my friends are telling me that their messages are going through MUCH faster -- in fact almost no delay. That would make sense since now they only go through their carrier and no longer compete with the whole iPhone world going through Apple. Pictures and movies are also MUCH faster to transfer.

So the real question -- why are you still using iMessage?

I quit because of the stupid changes in IOS7 also, plus just sick of apple greed. I'm having the same issue after switching to to a note 2 . And you and others are right, its not exactly a glitch, it's a scam/punishment. If it were a glitch Apple would have already fixed it. The fact that they haven't just shows the truth of the scam.

If you really want this fixed there is supposedly one way to do. According to everyone I've talked to at Apple, the best, fastest way to get things fixed to to post a suggestion at http://www.Apple.com/feedback

Apparently, this is the main board that the engineers read. Just what I've been told. The way to find out is to have an avalanche of posts to the iPhone section to have an option for MMS in Message (or Contacts) rather than the default iMessage.

After getting to a third level of support at ATT getting my text going ahain was simple. On the iphone go to messaging and uncheck your email address. The password change unregistering and all that didnt work for me.

Nobody wants to hear a bunch of ex iphone owners whining about why they switched. Get over yourselves. IMessage has a lot of benefits, first off being I can use it on my Mac... And I use it all the time. Frankly I find most android users and apple haters not worth texting as they are too obnoxious ... But I would like to we how this is fixed as I do have one friend capable of owning an android phone and not thinking they are gods gift to the universe and They don't blame apple for all their problems... Including the inability to adapt to change. (Switching because of ios7? Seriously....?)

I am in the exact same situation as yours, I have just upgraded from a 4s to note 3, and cannot seem to get people with iPhones texts to come through.. If anyone can help us out, please do.

There is a fix that apple can do just call 1800 MYAPPLE speak with an ios advisor and ask that you want to Deactivate Imessage on your phone number. They have some new steps to try.

Do they make changes on their end.. Or is there some information that you can share with us to fix it showing as iMessage?

Its not on the user end

Its not on the user end. Reference ts5185 when you call in

I figured it out..

You'll have to have the recipient to Turn off iMessages

Next have the recipient to send you a message via text

After its sent the recipient have to Turn iMessages back on

It should work after that..

But each recipient that have message you previously have to do it.

I believe that's only temporarily due to I'm not sure how it handles new people who has iMessages on by default and message you.

I have a Note 3 and I previously had a iPhone 5s.