How can I still receive a text when everything is off? Wi-fi is off, cellular is off, EVERYTHING IS OFF. I should be off the radar completely, and yet I still receive a text message. How is that possible?

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How can I still receive a text when everything is off? Wi-fi is off, cellular is off, EVERYTHING IS OFF. I should be off the radar completely, and yet I still receive a text message. How is that possible?

So, I'm not a noob when it comes to I-phone. I haven an iphone 5-c. I'm very cautious of privacy settings, etc. 99% of the time, I have everything turned off. No matter what, if I have everything turned off, I will still get a text message. How is that possible? I do have I-message turned off, so the only thing that "should" get through would be an SMS message, but if my cellular is turned off, and my wi-fi is off...nothing else turned on.... How in the **** do I still receive a text? When I have everything turned off, I can't make a call...I can't check my e-mail etc...So, how is this possible?

Please, help explain! This is disturbing.

iPhone 5c, Latest update.

Posted on Sep 16, 2014 11:25 AM

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Sep 16, 2014 12:04 PM in response to LOCO5150

SMS uses the voice channel of the cellular service.

Turning off the data does nothing to stop this.

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Sep 16, 2014 12:14 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

Thank you for your reply, but I guess I'm confused as to what that means. I was under the assumption that if I turned off my cellular service in settings, as well as everything else, then my phone would technically be off. As in OFF. So, how would I turn my phone completely off from receiving calls and/or texts while it's still technically powered on?

Thanks again for any help.

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