I’m having this issue since November last year and I’ve not managed to come across a solution. iMessage works perfectly fine on my Xs Max but whenever I try to respond to a few contacts via “quick reply” method, it seems to never work. Following are the behaviour I’m experiencing.
- lock screen - I can see the message when I 3D Touch on the notification but after typing in the response when I tap on the send button, nothing happens.
- notification centre - I can see the message but when I tap on the send button after typing the response, I see the error mentioned in the title.
I’m baffled at this point as this issue seems to happen with literally only a couple of contacts.
I’ve already tried the following with no success -
- restart the phone.
- hard reset the phone.
- signing out and back in to iMessage.
- signing out and back in to iCloud.
If anyone has any solution, please let me know. My Reddit post didn’t get a single response either.
- lock screen - I can see the message when I 3D Touch on the notification but after typing in the response when I tap on the send button, nothing happens.
- notification centre - I can see the message but when I tap on the send button after typing the response, I see the error mentioned in the title.
I’m baffled at this point as this issue seems to happen with literally only a couple of contacts.

I’ve already tried the following with no success -
- restart the phone.
- hard reset the phone.
- signing out and back in to iMessage.
- signing out and back in to iCloud.
If anyone has any solution, please let me know. My Reddit post didn’t get a single response either.