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superdan35 Author

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iMessage not working with one person.

Here is a weird one! Since updating to iOS7 yesterday I cannot send iMessages to my wife! Here are the facts:

- iMessage will not go to wife from my iPhone 4S, they go as SMS even in WIFI.

- They will however send to everyone else!

- She can send iMessages to me from her iPhone 5.

- I can receive iMessages from everyone.

- She can receive iMessages from other people.

- I can send her iMessages from my iPad.

So basically it's just my phone to her phone. Settings are exactly the same on all 3 devices (except different appleIDs for me & her of course), and I have tried resets, sign outs, and reboots!

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Dan

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 3:30 PM

27 replies

LMA123

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Feb 13, 2014 9:36 AM in response to superdan35

The way to change back to iMessage is:

1. Click on the new message icon (upper right corner) in Messages as though you are starting a whole new message.

2. Type in the person's name.

3. Choose the one that has the person's iPhone number when the list pops up.

4. Type a message to the person and it should be an iMessage.

This always works for me and anyone else who has the problem! Good luck!

Apr 16, 2014 4:26 AM in response to superdan35

I had this happen to me the past couple days and I JUST fixed it. The way I fixed it was doing a "hard reset". That's where you hold the power button while holding the home button at the same time until it turns off.

Sep 29, 2015 8:16 PM in response to superdan35

There is only one iPhone contact that my iPhone 5s will not test to, my daughter-in-law. We have tried everything and it still won't work. I can send texts to her email, but not her iPhone. Very frustrating and dangerous because we need to communicate often about the care of my granddaughter. This is just awful for me. When is Apple going to fix it?

Sep 29, 2015 8:17 PM in response to LMA123

I've done this at least 100 times in the last two days. It will not work with just one iPhone number. All the other contacts are fine.

Oct 7, 2015 6:46 AM in response to Dianneraye

I am having this same exact issue. I have restarted and changed settings and nothing works. Apple please help.

blr1331

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Oct 7, 2015 10:16 AM in response to superdan35

issue has resurrected itself in the new update, I believe

some contacts imessage works fine--others, not so much

Apr 26, 2016 8:22 AM in response to superdan35

I am having the issues. I have IOS 9.3.1 on iPhone 6 and my boss has an iPhone 5 with same OS.

jakffmg

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Apr 28, 2016 7:04 PM in response to CubanoPete

Similar difficulties with just one contact (iPhone 6, IOS 9.2.1). I was able to solve the problem by deleting the conversation to individual contact and start new conversation.

Nov 4, 2016 3:24 PM in response to LMA123

This fixed it! Thanks!!!

Apr 8, 2017 7:40 PM in response to Zone0123

Hi I'm new here so I don't know my way around. Maybe you can help me. Nice to meet you Zone.

Nov 30, 2017 7:21 PM in response to jdfromhuntsville

Yaay! This just worked for me. I had been having issues for 4 days. I have tried everything but this actually worked. Thank you!

Dec 21, 2017 9:37 AM in response to Uericg

I tried that and that one didn’t work for me but I reset my network settings and that worked just as another option for anyone.

iMessage not working with one person.