iMessage Issue with One Contact? (iPhone 5 iOS 6)

[mrsneakahead]

Hey Everyone,

There is one contact in which my iMessage will sporadically "die" and will fail to send as an iMessage. Whether I'm on WiFi, LTE or 3G (even with 3+ bars of WiFi), the message bar at the top after I click send will zoom past and then the message will stay blue for about 5 minutes, after which I check back and it ended up going through as an SMS.

I have tried resetting all network settings, resetting all settings, and even restoring my iPhone as a new iPhone. None of these worked.

I have also turned On/Off iMessage, WiFi, and Airplane mode. These are all temporary solutions. I made sure that in my iMessage settings only my number is selected as a send/receive option, and completely turned off iMessage on my computer (Mac OS X Lion).

I did not have these issues running iOS 6 (betas) on my iPhone 4S.

Have you guys faced any similar problems? Come up with any solutions?

 

[Tiptizzle]

Perhaps the problem is on their end?

 

[mrsneakahead]

I thought that may be the case, but I've had her (my girlfriend) perform all the same "fixes." On her end, the issue only occurs when texting me as well.

 

[mrsneakahead]

Anyone have any idea? We have both swapped out and got new iPhone 5's from Apple now.

 

[thedeejay]

Try Settings > Messages > iMessage
Turn iMessage off and then turn it back on and ask for her to do the same. Had a similar issue and that fixed it. Lat me know how it goes

 

[Rickity Rick]

Actually I'm having the same issue with my friend. It seems as if his iMessage is down, but mine is working fine.

This is so weird.

 

[Hawtin]

I'm also having this issue with one particular contact. I'm on iPhone 5 with iOS6.0.1 and they have a 4 on iOS6. The issue sorts itself out after about 30 mins but its only ever with that one contact.

 

[violence]

Try sending the iMessage to her Apple ID instead of her phone number. This fixed the issue for me.

 

[Rickity Rick]

I'm also having this issue with one particular contact. I'm on iPhone 5 with iOS6.0.1 and they have a 4 on iOS6. The issue sorts itself out after about 30 mins but its only ever with that one contact.

Yeah. My friend is on the iPhone 5 running iOS 6.0.1 and I'm on the iPhone 4 running iOS 6.0.1.

It's rather annoying.