The act of leaving should be enough. This isn't anything like transferring a web host. Consumers should not be expected to disable individual services before switching to another... especially one that's supposed to be a standard and always follow your number, not your phone. When you cancel cable TV you aren't expected to cancel your premium channels first.
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Lawsuit Against Apple Over Android-Switching iMessage Issue Fails to Gain Class-Action Status
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The act of leaving should be enough. This isn't anything like transferring a web host. Consumers should not be expected to disable individual services before switching to another... especially one that's supposed to be a standard and always follow your number, not your phone. When you cancel cable TV you aren't expected to cancel your premium channels first.
That's what I'm saying. The texts from your Android will go out as SMSs and be received by your sister's iPhone as SMSs so there shouldn't be a problem there. If you're having the problem described in the article, there should only be a problem when your sister tries to send a message to you (the former iPhone user).
I disabled imessage on all my Apple devices when I switched from iPhone to Android in late 2013. This didn't prevent me from missing messages from iPhone users for several days after the switch.
When you try to send a message to your sister is the text color blue or green? Blue means it’s sending via Messages. Green means it sending via SMS. You can force everything to SMS in the Settings app.
I have a feeling you both have a settings issue. Your problem is definitely NOT related to the topic at hand.
Good. Deal with it yourself. No need to wrangle in a class of people without their direct consent. This system where you have to opt-out of a class is inappropriate. It's a legal trick meant to maximize a pool of plaintiffs, thereby maximizing the payout to the lawyers, the real winners of class-action suits.
Did they delete your message history? My extended family switched and had them text people who had iPhones and they never had issues once they removed everything on their end and had friends remove conversation history.
Yet, customers want more and more technology on a single device and continue to be ignorant on how its to be used.
The act of leaving isn't that hard. Remove your icloud and email accounts, disable iMessage, and restore your phone. I mean if you can't do that, you shouldn't own a smart phone.
im an android user my self this lawsuit was a waste of taxpayers money
She sends messages to me but I never receive them.
There ya go! Now isn't that different than what you said before?
Not you? Either you only have 2 friends with an iPhone or you don't know when you're getting or sending SMS. You think that you're using an imessage and you actually sending SMS.
You're missing the point entirely. No one is talking about removing icloud or email accounts or restoring phones... this is about SMS, a feature that has always followed your number since the beginning. That is of course until iMessage came along. The sheer fact that some customers have difficulties with technology should be reason enough to make this as dead simple as possible... something that Apple has always touted as their reason for being. And just because they might not be as savvy as you or I doesn't negate their right to own these devices. In fact, the ones demanding more technology are probably the ones who didn't have any problems with iMessage and switching... those who don't quite understand it probably aren't asking for anything more than they currently have, yet are victims of the tech everyone else is screaming for and perhaps their peers or family members are pushing on them. How many non-tech-savvy individuals out there have upgraded to smartphones simply so they can video chat with their relatives (for an example)?
I think it's rather harsh for these people to be called ignorant while at the same time being pressured into keeping up.
But back to the point... SMS is SMS is SMS... it should always follow your number, plain and simple. Apple should never have been allowed to intercept this, or however it works.
And you don't think it could possibly be any issue with your perfect Android phone? It HAS to be Apple's fault? I have had multiple friends and even a few family members switch to Android, and we have ZERO problems with texting back and forth.
I don't think they are. I would assert the same conclusion, I believe this was either intentionally created by Apple, or at the very least, intentionally unaddressed once discovered.
I hope that even though this did not make class action, that the plaintiff wins. This may finally force apple to fix a clear issue (and no, a help page that shows steps for a work around solution is not up to Apple standards so lets not go there).
I like the positioning that this is a win for Apple. It's not a win (yet) - it's less of a loss if found guilty. The expanse of the case has been reduced.
But I love reading the comments at the top of the thread immediately reducing the plaintiff as (paraphrasing) an idiot or insane. Clearly only sane and smart people use iPhones. Although, ironically, this thread might prove otherwise.
But I love reading the comments at the top of the thread immediately reducing the plaintiff as (paraphrasing) an idiot or insane. Clearly only sane and smart people use iPhones. Although, ironically, this thread might prove otherwise.
Of course it is Apple's fault. The problems started right when I switched. I don't have problems messaging people with non iphones.