NerevarReborn

Q: Send text messages directly via PC?

Is there an app that makes it possible to write and send a text via the iPhone, from a computer? Have seen a few that seems to have the option to write it and send it to the iPhone, but then you have to send it on the phone anyway... Oh, and I'm using Windows 7 (64).

 

Thanks for any help =)

iPhone 4, Windows 7

Posted on Jan 22, 2014 12:22 PM

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  • by Dannÿ Appleseed,

    Dannÿ Appleseed Dannÿ Appleseed Dec 20, 2015 10:01 PM in response to Up-Dry-3 Olives
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    Dec 20, 2015 10:01 PM in response to Up-Dry-3 Olives

    3 olives, I'm going to give your suggestion a shot if the myphonedesktop app doesn't work out.

     

    Has anyone used myphonedesktop app? I'm not finding the answer I need; that is, does it send the message without me pressing any buttons on the phone?

    My phone stays in the window upstairs which is the ONLY place in my house it can get a signal. My computer is downstairs. Mightytext became my favorite android app because I could type a message on my computer, wifi sends it to my phone, my phone sends it to the world.

     

    Up-Dry-3 Olives wrote:

     

    Don't know if this helps as it doesn't really send through Apple Message, but Verizon allows you to send messages from your PC via your mobile number.  Responses show up both on my PC as well as on my iPhone.  However, messages I send from my PC to someone on Apple Message show up only on the PC.  You sign into the messaging portal with your Verizon account to send via a browser, or there is a free app (Message+) you can download and use without a browser.  The Verizon links are provided below.  Not sure if your provider offers the same service.  Hope it helps!

     

    http://www.verizonwireless.com/landingpages/verizon-messages/

     

    https://web.vma.vzw.com/vma/web2/Message.do

  • by LACAllen,

    LACAllen LACAllen Dec 20, 2015 10:20 PM in response to NerevarReborn
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    Dec 20, 2015 10:20 PM in response to NerevarReborn

    This is now possible with Continuity.

     

    Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Apple Support

     

    SMS

    This feature requires an iPhone with iOS 8.1 or later and an activated carrier plan. You can send and receive and SMS messages through your iPhone using Continuity on other iOS devices with iOS 8 or later, and on any Mac with OS X Yosemite or later.

  • by Dannÿ Appleseed,

    Dannÿ Appleseed Dannÿ Appleseed Dec 20, 2015 11:03 PM in response to LACAllen
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    Dec 20, 2015 11:03 PM in response to LACAllen

    Thank you for this suggestion, however we were hoping for a product that would work from a PC. I checked out the link, and it doesn't (at this time) seem to support a PC, only other iOS devices.

     

    sigh..the search continues...

  • by Louiedog,

    Louiedog Louiedog Dec 23, 2015 4:05 AM in response to NerevarReborn
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    Dec 23, 2015 4:05 AM in response to NerevarReborn

    No, it's not possible. It's stupid because this is a very useful thing to be able to do. I'm typing from my lounge at my PC but my phone is in the bedroom. Both on WiFi, but not talking to each other... About 7 or 8 yrs ago, I could do this easily with my Nokia n95 !!! Open Nokia PC suite, open a text box, type away & it goes via your handset. You could read all of your inboxes on screen too. Certain things just go backwards with time...

  • by Chjapa,

    Chjapa Chjapa Feb 1, 2016 12:35 AM in response to Louiedog
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    Feb 1, 2016 12:35 AM in response to Louiedog

    Apple will invent it at their next get together.

  • by PrabhuSuku,

    PrabhuSuku PrabhuSuku Feb 1, 2016 9:42 PM in response to NerevarReborn
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    Feb 1, 2016 9:42 PM in response to NerevarReborn

    It is not possible to use Computer to send SMS from iPhone.  The only option is to logon to iCloud account, type the text in Notes, and from the Notes of iPhone, copy to the text to message window and send.  I agree this is not an optimum solution.  There is a software mysms, which works perfectly with Android based phones where you can login to your account through browser and send SMS without having to touch your phone.  However, as confirmed by 'mysms' team, Apple does not allow them to offer such feature for iPhone.

  • by jrhortian,

    jrhortian jrhortian Feb 2, 2016 2:51 PM in response to NerevarReborn
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    Feb 2, 2016 2:51 PM in response to NerevarReborn

    Yes, apple add this! IOS is falling behind android and I am getting sick of waiting for features that should have been added a long time ago.

  • by Mathi80,

    Mathi80 Mathi80 Feb 3, 2016 9:24 AM in response to jrhortian
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    Feb 3, 2016 9:24 AM in response to jrhortian

    Ah, I've been using the excellent MightyText on my Android for years that can fully send from PC, just bought the Pro version and then migrated to iPhone... what was I thinking!

    There is a little app called HappyFingers to pair a PC with an iPhone and write text messages (SMS). Did anybody get this to work? It looks a bit tacky, doesn't quite meet the stylistic standard of Apple... and seems like you still need to press send on the iPhone ("for security reasons", yeah yeah).

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Feb 3, 2016 9:28 AM in response to jrhortian
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    Feb 3, 2016 9:28 AM in response to jrhortian

    jrhortian wrote:

     

    Yes, apple add this! IOS is falling behind android and I am getting sick of waiting for features that should have been added a long time ago.

    Then it sounds as if you should get an Android-based phone. You should always use the tool that best meets your needs.

  • by Mathi80,

    Mathi80 Mathi80 Feb 5, 2016 9:36 AM in response to Mathi80
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    Feb 5, 2016 9:36 AM in response to Mathi80

    Update: I got this HappyFingers app to work. Pairing works easily as long as both devices are on the same network (even with PC on network cable and iPhone on Wifi). The app has to be started on the phone each time before submitting a message from the PC. And then you also need to press send on the phone. All a bit makeshift but hey ho, it's a start...

  • by limesparks,

    limesparks limesparks Mar 9, 2016 10:25 PM in response to NerevarReborn
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    Mar 9, 2016 10:25 PM in response to NerevarReborn

    Don't know if it was mentioned - but here is what I did:  I ported my mobile phone number over to Google Voice, and i use that to send and receive all of my texts, via the phone and via Outlook on the PC (i set Google Voice to deliver text messages to Outlook, and then you can reply to them and save the Google Voice SMS addresses for people in your Outlook contact list).  Works well, not as slick as Messages, and there is one big caveat - you can't group text this way.  If you need to do that, you can configure Google Voice to use Hangouts for your messaging app on the phone and on the PC (instead of Outlook), and then you've got a pretty decent solution - but note that none of your messages will flow through Apple's Messaging app this way.

     

    That Verizon solution looks ok too but I haven't tried it.

     

    2 cents

    *sparx*

  • by woofdang,

    woofdang woofdang Mar 10, 2016 5:24 PM in response to NerevarReborn
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    Mar 10, 2016 5:24 PM in response to NerevarReborn

    I understand what he means as I also need to be able to do this. I'll try to explain...

    I have my iPhone plugged in to my computer (windows OS) and I want to be able to view and send Text Messages on my Windows PC through my iPhone. Using the iPhone to go through. Make sense? When I get a message on my iPhone I want it to pop up on my Windows PC and I want to be able to reply to messages from my Windows PC. This way I don't have to always pickup my dang phone and use the tiny keyboard when it's plugged into my PC.

     

    Has nobody else had a need to do this?? I'm sure it can be done from a Mac Computer but many of us use computers for more demanding stuff so we use Windows OS machines and it would be nice if a Program written for the Windows OS could interface with the iPhone iOS to do this. I've seen some programs and tried some but they just don't really work. We need a real working program not the gimmicky stuff that just lets you see stuff on your iPhone. Most the ones I tried have some sort of issue like being able to see Text SMS Messages but not able to send for whatever reason all of them just don't work.So have I missed something? Is there such a program?

     

    P.S. without using Outlook, or Google Voice, we need a stand-alone program please.

     

    - W

  • by woofdang,

    woofdang woofdang Mar 10, 2016 5:26 PM in response to Mathi80
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    Mar 10, 2016 5:26 PM in response to Mathi80

    HappFingers does not actually work... You still have to actually go to your phone after you hit send inside HappyFingers. You have to go to your phone and then click the SEND button. Maybe iOS 9.2.1 broke this and it worked before but it does not work now. We need to be able to do this without having to pickup the phone...

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Mar 10, 2016 5:28 PM in response to woofdang
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    Mar 10, 2016 5:28 PM in response to woofdang

    Tell Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

     

    So do you have some sort of $5,000 supercomputer you are using to do what that a Mac can't do?

  • by woofdang,

    woofdang woofdang Mar 10, 2016 5:33 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Mar 10, 2016 5:33 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    As said by Meg St._Clair. I'm thinking he/she might be right. Perhaps we should have gotten an Android phone as iPhone's with iOS is just too far behind in being able to do practical useful stuff like Android. Apple's/Jobs control issues to lock it down is really starting to show how bad it's hurting them I think. proprietary stuff is so 1990s and is just not going to work with the whole FreeWorld/Free Info and Open Human Interface architect that most software companies are using. Their OSes will have to start being more useful than just gimicky, pretty (Fashionable) and simple if it's going to survive the next 10 years I think. Depending on if I can find "Apps" and Windows programs to play together on my iPhone soon will determine if I go get an Android phone over the next few weeks. I'm beginning to think I paid way too much for an iPhone...

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