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My,friend,and,I,both,have,iphones,and,when,and,Have,imessage,enabled,but,we,still,come,up,as,green,to,each,other

We Both Have iPhones and iMessage enabled in Settings>Message>iMessage, but we still seem to come up as green when we text. Please Help it's Driving Me Nuts

iPhone 7, iOS 11.2.2

Posted on Jan 22, 2018 3:06 PM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2018 9:39 AM

Hello Lazerrock090,


Thanks for that info and choosing the Apple Support Communities. If I understand correctly, you are unable to send iMessages to a specific contact in the Messages app on your iPhone. To help with this issue, please follow each of these steps from this resource on your situation:
  1. Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
  2. Check your network connection. To send a message as iMessage or MMS, you need a cellular data or Wi-Fi connection. To send an SMS message, you need to have a cellular network connection. If you turn on Wi-Fi Calling, you can send SMS messages over Wi-Fi.
  3. Check with your carrier to see if the type of message you’re trying to send, like MMS or SMS, is supported.
  4. If you’re trying to send group MMS messages on an iPhone, go to Settings > Messages and turn on MMS Messaging. If you don't see an option to turn on MMS Messaging or Group Messaging on your iPhone, then your carrier might not support this feature.
  5. Make sure that you entered the correct phone number or email address for the contact.

If you see a green message bubble instead of a blue one, then that message was sent using MMS/SMS instead of iMessage. There are several reasons for this:

  • The person that you sent the message to doesn't have an Apple device.
  • iMessage is turned off on your device or on your recipient’s device. To check if iMessage is turned on for your device, go to Settings > Messages > iMessage.
  • iMessage is temporarily unavailable on your device or on your recipient’s device.

Learn the difference between iMessage and MMS/SMS messages.



If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


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Jan 23, 2018 9:39 AM in response to Lazerrock090

Hello Lazerrock090,


Thanks for that info and choosing the Apple Support Communities. If I understand correctly, you are unable to send iMessages to a specific contact in the Messages app on your iPhone. To help with this issue, please follow each of these steps from this resource on your situation:
  1. Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
  2. Check your network connection. To send a message as iMessage or MMS, you need a cellular data or Wi-Fi connection. To send an SMS message, you need to have a cellular network connection. If you turn on Wi-Fi Calling, you can send SMS messages over Wi-Fi.
  3. Check with your carrier to see if the type of message you’re trying to send, like MMS or SMS, is supported.
  4. If you’re trying to send group MMS messages on an iPhone, go to Settings > Messages and turn on MMS Messaging. If you don't see an option to turn on MMS Messaging or Group Messaging on your iPhone, then your carrier might not support this feature.
  5. Make sure that you entered the correct phone number or email address for the contact.

If you see a green message bubble instead of a blue one, then that message was sent using MMS/SMS instead of iMessage. There are several reasons for this:

  • The person that you sent the message to doesn't have an Apple device.
  • iMessage is turned off on your device or on your recipient’s device. To check if iMessage is turned on for your device, go to Settings > Messages > iMessage.
  • iMessage is temporarily unavailable on your device or on your recipient’s device.

Learn the difference between iMessage and MMS/SMS messages.



If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


Cheers!
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