iMessages sent as text message on iPhone

I've been trying to text someone and it does the same thing. It starts out as blue but there's no indication that it's been delivered or read like it usually would say at the bottom, then after a few seconds it turns green. My daughter texted him(it's her dad) and it doesn't do that for her. Makes me wonder if he set his phone to block me or something. If anyone has an answer to this, I would appreciate it.

If the message does turn green does that mean the person will receive it?

I'm wondering if BOTH iPhones need to have "send as SMS" in order to receive. I texted my friend the other day. Our messages are always blue. She also has the "read receipt" feature enabled so I can see "delivered" and "read." But, I texted her when she was on a flight. It came back green "sent as SMS" but that's it. It's been green for 2 days now, and I KNOW she's not in the air anymore. Now I'm wondering if she ever got it? I would think if no internet connection was avail it would still send once the person landed? So confused

No, it doesn't necessarily mean your blocked. It may mean that the person to whom you're sending the message has either signed out of iMessage or does not have an active data connection (either cellular or WiFi). What did they say when you asked them?

Chaser5 so this is how I fixed it because mine was turning green when I sent a message. So first you go to settings and tap on messages then it says on the very top imessage and then there's this slider thingy it looks like this you turn it on and then you turn on the SMS thing and Then it will hopefully work🍀❤😝

If this is the only person with an iPhone/iPad/iPod touch that get free bubble then it's not your problem.

That person might have his/her iMessage switched off or having Internet connectivity issue.

You can tell him/her to switch iMessage off and then re-activate it.

Kenzie wrote:

Chaser5 so this is how I fixed it because mine was turning green when I sent a message. So first you go to settings and tap on messages then it says on the very top imessage and then there's this slider thingy it looks like this you turn it on and then you turn on the SMS thing and Then it will hopefully work.

I assume the "SMS thing" to which you're referring is the "Send as SMS..." feature. The only thing that slider does is tell the phone that, if it tries to send an iMessage (blue) and it fails, it should try to send it again as SMS (green).

Lisaann62 wrote:

If the message does turn green does that mean the person will receive it?

No, it only means it was sent.

joemcfann wrote:

That's what I thought too. We have unlimited data and iMessage is turned on on both phones. I don't know why but it's blue now and we didn't do anything. Thanks though 🙂

The fact that you have unlimited data on your account says nothing about whether the phone is connected to data at any given moment. I have a friend who texts me on his way home from work sometimes. Generally, I get his texts as iMessages (blue), but, sometimes, when the trolley he rides is underground, the messages come as SMS.

joemcfann wrote:

And he still gets your texts? Kind of makes since. My daughter has terrible signal at her house.

Yup. As long as you have "Send as SMS" checked, if a message fails to get sent as an iMessage, it will be sent as an SMS.

Does your daughter have WiFi? If so, iMessages should work.

Send as SMS is only relevant when iMessages is not available. Neither of you need to have it enabled if you are using iMessages and have active data connections. If it was sent as SMS, unless her phone is off or still in Airplane mode, the likelihood that she got it is almost 100%. SMS messages will go through when nothing else will.

However. iMessages is known to be a bit flaky if it the phone was disconnected from data for any significant period of time. You can try deleting the conversation between you and that person. Suggest to your friend that she turn iMessages off then back on again now that she's properly connected to data.

Mrk187 wrote:

Thats exactly what it could mean. Either the person is of imessage or you have been blocked, I just tested bkocking one of my numbers and after a while with no "delivered" the text goes green.

As it can also mean the person is not currently connected to data, it still doesn't tell you anything useful about whether or not you were blocked.

nrolando wrote:

I've been trying to text someone and it does the same thing. It starts out as blue but there's no indication that it's been delivered or read like it usually would say at the bottom, then after a few seconds it turns green. My daughter texted him(it's her dad) and it doesn't do that for her. Makes me wonder if he set his phone to block me or something. If anyone has an answer to this, I would appreciate it.

Have your daughter ask the person if they've blocked you.

She did but he won't say. I was wondering if that's what one would see if they were blocked.

I've never read any definitive statement that if someone has you blocked, the message shows as green instead of blue. And, even if it were true, it's only one possible explanation of why the message could show as green so it wouldn't really give you an answer.