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ychandu
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Q: How do I share contact info over SMS while viewing a contact?

I am using iPhone 5S. While viewing a contact information, I would like to send the contcat info over SMS.

As per user guide, if I click on Share Contact and then select Message, New Message screen is popped up but without the contact info.

Need some help here.

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.3

Posted on Feb 6, 2015 12:36 AM

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Q: How do I share contact info over SMS while viewing a contact?

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  • by razmee209,

    razmee209 razmee209 Feb 6, 2015 8:32 AM in response to ychandu
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    Feb 6, 2015 8:32 AM in response to ychandu

    I could be wrong but you can only share contacts via imessage to other iphone users.

  • by anypats,

    anypats anypats Feb 6, 2015 9:53 AM in response to razmee209
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    Feb 6, 2015 9:53 AM in response to razmee209

    I just tested sending a contact from my iPhone 6 to a friend's Samsung phone and it worked just fine. She was able to open the contact I sent and she then had options to import it to her phone or cancel.

     

    For the OP, I'm not sure why you are not getting the contact info. You should see just the name of the contact and not all of the info. Are you getting that or nothing at all?

  • by ychandu,

    ychandu ychandu Feb 6, 2015 8:53 PM in response to razmee209
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    Feb 6, 2015 8:53 PM in response to razmee209

    User guide says that it is possible to send contact info via SMS. However the message area is not populated with contact name when I click on Share Contact. It is shown blank as if I clicked on new message.

  • by ychandu,

    ychandu ychandu Feb 6, 2015 8:56 PM in response to anypats
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    Feb 6, 2015 8:56 PM in response to anypats

    in iPhone 5s, it is not working. The message area is shown blank when I click on Share Contact from Contact info screen. It is behaving just like clicking on new message, with all fields blank.

  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Feb 6, 2015 10:30 PM in response to ychandu
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    Feb 6, 2015 10:30 PM in response to ychandu

    When I share a Contact (named "Emergency" in my case), I see a screen like this:

     

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    Note at the top is where I would address this message to the person with whom I am sharing.

     

    Are you sure you're set up for messaging?  This may be an MMS message.

  • by ychandu,

    ychandu ychandu Feb 7, 2015 5:55 AM in response to sberman
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    Feb 7, 2015 5:55 AM in response to sberman

    HI,

     

    Everything above is correct except that the contact name Emergency is not shown. The message area appears blank.

     

    Anybody using iPhone 5s has seen this problem?