Q: imessage not working reliably after ios 9.0.2 update.

The 9.1 official update has not resolved my issues.  There are a few people I can now message that I couldn't before, but there are still people who I send and not even half a second later "Not delivered"; it doesn't even have time (IMO) to truly try and contact the user.

I'm on AT&T, iPhone 6.  Several of the people I cannot message are on Verizon, but I can't say for sure that all are.  Some have iPhones, some have Android, so I don't see it as an SMS vs iMessage thing; I see it as an Apple application issue.  The issue didn't happen until I went 9.0.2 (9 was buggy in other ways but not with iMessage, 9.0.1 was fine), and still persists.

I turned iMessage off and on again (rebooting in between each) - no fix.

I reset the Network settings - no fix

I backed up my phone, factory reset it, then restored from backup - no fix.

I'm one step from handing this phone back in to work, and sticking the SIM in another (non-Apple) phone that I purchase myself just to be done with it.

MY phone is almost useless . My messages if they send can be hours later sometimes days! And the same for messages sent to me. This update has been a total disaster, as I need my phone for work  I have always been a happy Apple but now I'm going to have bin this phone, it's not only messages but incoming calls and alerts which 90% of the time I don't receive as there is no ringtone or alert sounds. Does anyone know if there is going to be a fix ? Oh and not to mention apps just shutting down or when trying to access settings it takes minutes to open, I've gone from a perfectly functioning phone to one that's useless, very disappointed

I posted way back here on page 1, and eventually I managed to sort it out but forgot to come back and post ...

I deleted all threads in my imessage app and since then have not once had this issue. seems strange that this would work but it's been a couple weeks of busy imessaging and never once has the issue returned. I also seem to have stopped getting the grey box error.

Awsome thanks for that I.ve done the same and its back working properly again. Thanks for posting!

I Sign-out Apple ID and Sign-in Again then it works. It it doesn't work for you, try some other method described here http://www.cydiawater.com/

1. Go to Settings, then tap ‘Messages’. Scroll to the ‘Send & Receive’ option and open it.

2. Tap the Apple ID, then select ‘Sign Out’.

3. Now turn off iMessage

4. Wait for some time (turn Wi-fi ON|OFF) and then turn ON iMessage again.

After being an iPhone / iPad / iPod AND iMAC user. On November 27, 2015 I am switching to the Samsung 6S...Goodbye Apple iPhone.

I am not putting up with any more screwups with iOS 9 and the Microsoft way Apple is correcting KNOWN SCREW-UPS WITH IOS9!!

PS: If Steve Jobs was still around and this iOS 9 fiasco happened, the entire team that worked on it would be escorted from the Apple building, never to return.

Also...Tim Cooke must go!!

I Tried this and for a little while it was sending texts fairly quick which was an improvement over texts being delayed for 20 minutes or more. But still no iMessage. And it was short lived as about 10 minutes later it was back to its usual not sending texts either.

Deleted all messages and it still doesn't work

Has there been any fix from Apple for these problems?????

I am having the same issue with messages to and from my wife. Not receiving every message on all my devices. Delivery confirmations not always coming up. And at times getting un-downloadable photo notifications to my Watch.

This problem seems to have started 2 months ago in 9.0.2 and still hasn't been fixed in 9.1. Fingers crossed for a fix soon.

As far as I'm concerned, it hasn't been fixed in 9.2. I did the OTA update from 9.1 and it worked for about 2 hours normally. This is very frustrating for myself and my pregnant wife.  I will attempt to do a fresh install and then restore, but I'm not hopeful.

My husband and I have had our iPhone 6s Plus' for almost a month. They have been working great until the past 24 hours and now we do not get notifications that we have sent each others text messages. However, it does work from other people with non-iPhones or older iPhones. What is going on? I've read through most of this feed and I'm not sure why we are paying $1,600 for two phones that work worse than our older phones. Apple please update!!!

Been having the same issue here, with a twist - whenever this happens with a particular contact, Find My Friends is also unable to locate that same contact. Has to be connected in some way?

Agreed. Nothing I've tried works.

Very interestng observation. I hadn't realized this but my iMessage troubles did happen to concide with connecting to my wife via "Find My Friends". This could be the source of this bug. I will disable and report back.