I'm hoping this is the right section, since it's directly related to iMessage and iOS 7. If it needs to be put somewhere else, mods can help me out.
On Saturday I switched from my iPhone 5 to a Moto X. Before the phone was deactivated I turned off iMessage and restored the phone entirely. However, people with iPhones (aka the majority of everyone I text) were still having my iMessages appear as "delivered".
I checked both the Messages app on my Mac and iPad and my phone number has disappeared from the "send and receive" box, but i'm still having some major issues.
Most users have told me that when they try to text my #, it will attempt to send an iMessage first, only for it to say "not delivered" and kick back into standard text messaging. After a while, however, it will go back to trying to send an iMessage.
However, in some cases, it will send as an iMessage AND say delivered, even though I no longer have an iPhone, and the messages do not appear on my computer or my iPad.
This is a serious issue, considering I have to message some people daily and now their iMessages are saying they are "delivered" without actually appearing on any device.
I've called Apple to have my number removed directly from the system, but they said it already had been. In addition, I did text the number with the word STOP and it confirmed my # would be unregistered from the iMessage system in 12-24 hours, except it's been WELL over 24 hours since then and some devices are still sending as an iMessage with the "delivered" receipt.
Like I said, this is a serious issue. The device I'm testing, my mom's phone (16GB iPhone 5C, 7.1) is showing iMessages as delivered but I have no device associated with my #. What am I supposed to do? Is there any definite fix? Am I going to have to end up changing my #?
On Saturday I switched from my iPhone 5 to a Moto X. Before the phone was deactivated I turned off iMessage and restored the phone entirely. However, people with iPhones (aka the majority of everyone I text) were still having my iMessages appear as "delivered".
I checked both the Messages app on my Mac and iPad and my phone number has disappeared from the "send and receive" box, but i'm still having some major issues.
Most users have told me that when they try to text my #, it will attempt to send an iMessage first, only for it to say "not delivered" and kick back into standard text messaging. After a while, however, it will go back to trying to send an iMessage.
However, in some cases, it will send as an iMessage AND say delivered, even though I no longer have an iPhone, and the messages do not appear on my computer or my iPad.
This is a serious issue, considering I have to message some people daily and now their iMessages are saying they are "delivered" without actually appearing on any device.
I've called Apple to have my number removed directly from the system, but they said it already had been. In addition, I did text the number with the word STOP and it confirmed my # would be unregistered from the iMessage system in 12-24 hours, except it's been WELL over 24 hours since then and some devices are still sending as an iMessage with the "delivered" receipt.
Like I said, this is a serious issue. The device I'm testing, my mom's phone (16GB iPhone 5C, 7.1) is showing iMessages as delivered but I have no device associated with my #. What am I supposed to do? Is there any definite fix? Am I going to have to end up changing my #?
