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Why do some contacts show up in red

I had an iPad before I had an iPhone. I used to send text messages to my whole list of contacts until I started using my iPhone. After I synced the contacts from my iPad to my iPhone I can no longer send messages to those of my contacts without an apple product. When I choose one of their names from contacts, it appears in red, and the message fails. Can I get around this?

iPad mini Wi-Fi, iOS 7.0.1

Posted on May 3, 2014 6:55 PM

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Posted on May 6, 2014 2:13 PM

Hello saultbroc,




The article linked below provides some useful troubleshooting steps that can help get Messages working correctly on your iPhone.


iOS: Troubleshooting Messages

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755




Cheers,

Allen

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Why do some contacts show up in red

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