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Q: iMessage not working with one contact on Verizon

My girlfriend and I just merged our cell plans together. I came from AT&T on an iPhone and we are currently now with Verizon. Before the switch iMessage was working fine with her number. But now that we are on the same plan, she is the only contact that iMessage does not work with. It sends as a regular text message.

Any ideas?

 

Her - iPhone 6s with most recent update

Him - iPhone 6s Plus with most recent updat

 

After searching the boards here, we have done all of the following to no avail:

Turned off iMessage, turned back on.

Signed out of our apple ID's and signed back in

Reset our apps

Turned off SMS and back on

Added both our numbers and email addresses

Verified that our cell numbers are listed as "iPhone" in contacts

Posted on May 26, 2016 9:24 AM

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  • by BBoiss,

    BBoiss BBoiss May 26, 2016 9:28 AM in response to Popey
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    May 26, 2016 9:28 AM in response to Popey

    Popey wrote:

     

    My girlfriend and I just merged our cell plans together. I came from AT&T on an iPhone and we are currently now with Verizon. Before the switch iMessage was working fine with her number. But now that we are on the same plan, she is the only contact that iMessage does not work with. It sends as a regular text message.

    Any ideas?

     

    Her - iPhone 6s with most recent update

    Him - iPhone 6s Plus with most recent updat

     

    After searching the boards here, we have done all of the following to no avail:

    Turned off iMessage, turned back on.

    Signed out of our apple ID's and signed back in

    Reset our apps

    Turned off SMS and back on

    Added both our numbers and email addresses

    Verified that our cell numbers are listed as "iPhone" in contacts

    Solid research on troubleshooting this.

     

    When you turned off iMessage, did you test to see if the issue continues while using regular SMS through your carrier as well? Is this issue only persisting over iMessage?

     

    I assume you also checked your blocked lists under Settings>Phone>Blocked

  • by Popey,

    Popey Popey May 26, 2016 9:35 AM in response to BBoiss
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    May 26, 2016 9:35 AM in response to BBoiss

    Yes, we did get it with regular SMS. That works just fine, it is only happening with iMessages just to her. It's strange.

     

    Yes, checked my blocked list too.

     

    It may be a verizon issue with shared numbers on the same plan. I am not sure. We are going to take a trip in today and see if they can help.

  • by BBoiss,

    BBoiss BBoiss May 26, 2016 9:40 AM in response to Popey
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    May 26, 2016 9:40 AM in response to Popey

    Popey wrote:

     

    Yes, we did get it with regular SMS. That works just fine, it is only happening with iMessages just to her. It's strange.

    That will be something you will want to actually call Apple for then as it has been isolated to iMessage. You've done every user-based troubleshooting you can do at this point. Potentially, they may need to make some adjustment to Whitelist.

     

    FYI, you will want to call and not go to an Apple Store for this. The majority of account related issues cannot be resolved in stores.

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