text message forwarding not staying on

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text message forwarding not staying on

I have text forwarding set up on my iPhone 7 to my Mini, Macbook Pro, iPad Pro by going to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding then toggled green for the other devices.

It would work a day or two, then when I check on the iPhone 7 the Text Forwarding setting would toggle off on all devices.

I can see text forwarding option and I get the confirm codes. There's no issue setting up those devices. Once it's turned on, I can send/receive okay, but it just won't stay turned on.

Every devices are on 10.12 Sierra and iOS 10.0.2. I tried reset network, reset privacy, reset setting, deregister iMessage, and restore and start as new on the iPhone. I've logged out iCloud devices from iCloud.com and appleid.apple.com, and deleted the user profile and recreated a new one. Not sure what else to try, nobody seems to be having this issue.

Is there anything else to try, to see if I miss anything?

I'm not sure if the problem starts to show up after getting iOS 10, or iPhone 7, or after turning on two factor needed to unlock the Mac with the Watch.

iPhone 7, iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Oct 13, 2016 5:16 PM

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Answer 1

SAHM

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Nov 5, 2016 4:47 PM in response to gudel

I Have almost this same issue with my iPhone 7 Plus and IPad Pro 9.7

my phone continually loses the "option" to forward text messages. I restart my phone and the option repppears. Does anyone know of this is a known glitch? It's annoying!

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tianalei

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Dec 8, 2016 9:21 AM in response to gudel

This same thing has been happening to me. Very frustrating and annoying. No matter how many times I reset this option, it stops forwarding to my Mac. Also, group chats are messed up anytime there's an Android phone involved (especially when they send me pictures). For some reason, these steps worked for me (at least for now... Who knows, in a couple days, my settings might revert again.)

1. Turn off iMessage on your phone.

2. Turn off Facetime on your phone.

3. Turn your phone off and then back on.

4. Turn iMessage back on.

5. Turn Facetime back on.

I have no idea why that has worked, since I can't tell why Facetime would be related to this problem. But someone suggested it on another thread and so far it's been working for me for two days. Granted, that's about how long my other solutions seemed to work (I've tried everything else) before they reverted ...

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Answer 3

SAHM

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Dec 8, 2016 11:42 AM in response to tianalei

I will try your solution. I've even spent an hour on chat with support with no remedy. I, too, have issues with android messages using photos.

I'm sorry you are having issues but glad I'm not alone!

Thank you!

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