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Lawsuit Against Apple Over Android-Switching iMessage Issue Fails to Gain Class-Action Status

I was dealing with this a few times. What I did to remedy this was the following:

1. Turn off iMessage
2. Go to your accounts support page and remove your iPhone from your profile
3. Text STOP to the number 48369
4. Pop SIM out, and put into android
5. Text all your iPhone friends to close your current conversation that is open

Number 5 is a pain in the butt.
 
C DM said:
And there's the discrepancy that's underlying it all--that's not even close to what any of this is about.
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This is about someone upset because they switched from an iPhone to an Android and were unable to receive texts, so they figured they'd try and make a few extra bucks by suing due to being upset.
 
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To all those thinking this case is dumb, maybe it's not. iMessage can be quite bloody minded if you try to go outside the ecosystem. I don't even have to leave iOS to have iMessage prevent relatives receiving messages.
I have one who uses wifi most of the time and has a dirt-cheap phone plan with prohibitively high data charges. Their Mobile Data is turned off, and they don't receive any messages until they get back to wifi - no matter what you do with iMessage. They can send SMS, but not receive, even if I turn off iMessage. This used to work, but doesn't since iOS 8 at least, maybe 7. And you know how much fun turning iMessage on and off can be - every device alerts you to A NEW DEVICE being used, even if you've just flipped a switch.

If bbplayer5's example doesn't convince you iMessage is fundamentally flawed, you must be wearing applegoggles!
 
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dinggus said:
This is about someone upset because they switched from an iPhone to an Android and were unable to receive texts, so they figured they'd try and make a few extra bucks by suing due to being upset.
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I think competitors should be upset too that probably some people were afraid of switching away from iPhone or just buy products reported to fail to receive SMS.
 
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This thing makes me really sad - when I switched from an iPhone, I found out later that one of my good friends needed some counseling, and he thought I didn't care about his issues, as repeated messages to me were never answered (because I never got them)

It really upsets me to this day. I still cannot get some messages (group messages) from friends who have iPhones. It really ticks me off that Apple doesn't care.

They have lost me as a customer for a while because of iMessage. I am very upset with them. I followed all the instructions to the letter, and I still cannot recover my darn phone number.

Anyone who thinks this is no big deal hasn't had this happen to them, or miss out on important messages from friends, coworkers or loved ones.

Wingsnbeer said:
It was (perhaps still is) a real issue. I switched to Samsung/Android because Apple was dragging their feet in making a larger iPhone.

The iMessage debacle took several months to sort out and even today I suspect it's still hijacking messages from some of my iPhone peps...

iMessage is just another mechanism Apple uses to lock you into their ecosystem. Thing is, I'll probably never switch back to iPhone because of it.
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dinggus said:
This is about someone upset because they switched from an iPhone to an Android and were unable to receive texts, so they figured they'd try and make a few extra bucks by suing due to being upset.
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Like I said, that's the kind of misconception that's underlying various comments of this type.

It's about someone losing a fairly fundamental service they are paying for through their carrier due to an issue their former phone manufacturer has and had been ignoring for some time.
 
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I never used imessage for this reason. It's a big deal, yes when Apple can't get it right.
 
A few months back, I was debating whether I should get an iPhone 6+ or whether I should get a Note 4. This issue was one thing (but certainly not the only thing) that pushed me towards getting the Note. I was coming from a different Android phone, and I don't think it would be right for me to miss out on a fundamental service or even chance having those problems should I decide to switch back to Android.
 
Apple does a lot of things to be very competitive, but they don't do things to be sh*tty. This was probably just a side effect. It's not like Apple didn't probably foresee this, they probably just didn't care that much. Who switches from iOS to Android anyway? It's like switching from a Mac to a PC; unless you go broke and simultaneously need a new device, there's really no reason to.

For instance, they'll be competitive by buying up lots of components and disrupting the supply chain of competitors, but they won't try to explicitly limit the functionality of their competitors products once they're in the hands of consumers.
 
I don't get it, all SMS doesn't go through the iMessage service.
If you're an iPhone user, you'll be able to identify if your message got through, so a blue bubble with a delivered status at the bottom means your message has been sent, if not, well then, holding the bubble and opting to send as Text Message is your next option, this then turns to green bubble.
This is just a user error I think.
 
xotigu said:
I don't get it, all SMS doesn't go through the iMessage service.
If you're an iPhone user, you'll be able to identify if your message got through, so a blue bubble with a delivered status at the bottom means your message has been sent, if not, well then, holding the bubble and opting to send as Text Message is your next option, this then turns to green bubble.
This is just a user error I think.
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It's pretty simple. The user you are contacting no longer uses an iOS device yet your iOS device still thinks he/she does and sends an iMessage which never gets delivered instead of SMS.
 
C DM said:
It's pretty simple. The user you are contacting no longer uses an iOS device yet your iOS device still thinks he/she does and sends an iMessage which never gets delivered instead of SMS.
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That's what I'm saying if you read my statement. Why do people blame Apple for it when they are the ones at fault. They should just monitor whether their mesages are sent or not.
Then every time you do opt to send via text message to that person, iphone will think and send the message through SMS from then on.
 
xotigu said:
That's what I'm saying if you read my statement. Why do people blame Apple for it when they are the ones at fault. They should just monitor whether their mesages are sent or not.
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Because it's Apple that decides whether to send something as an iMessage or SMS not you. If the recipient no longer uses iMessage Apple shouldn't be trying to send it as one.
 
C DM said:
Because it's Apple that decides whether to send something as an iMessage or SMS not you. If the recipient no longer uses iMessage Apple shouldn't be trying to send it as one.
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In my experience the iMessage eventually times out and get it sent as a text message. Then messages to that person go out as text messages from now on.

Maybe it used to be broken and now it works, but this has been my experience.
 
zorinlynx said:
In my experience the iMessage eventually times out and get it sent as a text message. Then messages to that person go out as text messages from now on.

Maybe it used to be broken and now it works, but this has been my experience.
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It was one of the things that didn't work properly for quite a few.
 
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