Possible message bug?

[vegastime]

I have a contact that just switched to Android. I cannot send him a text using Beta 5, as it appears to be trying to send an iMessage, instead of a text message. I can receive his texts fine. No problem sending texts with IOS6. I even tried deleting him as a contact.

Anybody else experience this?

 

[adamgbiggs]

This has happened to me in the past with one contact, think it was when iOS 5 just went public so not sure if it's a iOS 7 bug or if it's just one of those things that happens, can't remember how I sorted it but it did finally revert to text instead if iMessage.

Adam.

 

[SakuraSuki]

I have a contact that just switched to Android. I cannot send him a text using Beta 5, as it appears to be trying to send an iMessage, instead of a text message. I can receive his texts fine. No problem sending texts with IOS6. I even tried deleting him as a contact.

Anybody else experience this?

Go to the contact of this person, change iPhone beside this person's phone number to mobile. This will stop iMessage trying to send him through iMessage

 

[Gav2k]

Your friend didn't turn iMessage off before swapping phones. Ios6 defaults to text after a certain amount of time or failed attempts. Ios7 does not as you have the option to enable this in settings > messages.

 

[C DM]

Has your friend disabled iMessage on his iPhone before moving over to Android?

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Your friend didn't turn iMessage off before swapping phones. Ios6 defaults to text after a certain amount of time or failed attempts. Ios7 does not as you have the option to enable this in settings > messages.

Now that would seem like a bug, or an oversight of some sort.

 

[Gav2k]

Has your friend disabled iMessage on his iPhone before moving over to Android?

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Now that would seem like a bug, or an oversight of some sort.

How's it a bug? You still get the option to send as text as well as warning it's not sent.

 

[Kohkane]

Your friend didn't turn iMessage off before swapping phones. Ios6 defaults to text after a certain amount of time or failed attempts. Ios7 does not as you have the option to enable this in settings > messages.

In iOS7 after a certain amount of attempts it still sends at sms, they didn't remove this.

 

[C DM]

How's it a bug? You still get the option to send as text as well as warning it's not sent.

What if you don't want it to be sent as a text message automatically if iMessage fails? I've had that happen a few times already, but have no way to turn it off now it seems.

 

[Gav2k]

What if you don't want it to be sent as a text message automatically if iMessage fails? I've had that happen a few times already, but have no way to turn it off now it seems.

Your both miss understanding what I am saying. In ios6 the option to auto send as text was enabled by default. In ios7 the default is off.

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In iOS7 after a certain amount of attempts it still sends at sms, they didn't remove this.

Clearly not what I said

 

[C DM]

Your both miss understanding what I am saying. In ios6 the option to auto send as text was enabled by default. In ios7 the default is off.

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Clearly not what I said

You are correct, it seems that I misread/misunderstood your original reply.

 

[vegastime]

Go to the contact of this person, change iPhone beside this person's phone number to mobile. This will stop iMessage trying to send him through iMessage

Thanks, but I already have mobile next to his name, so that is not it.

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Your friend didn't turn iMessage off before swapping phones. Ios6 defaults to text after a certain amount of time or failed attempts. Ios7 does not as you have the option to enable this in settings > messages.

Thanks!

That was the problem. Was not aware of this change/setting.

No bug, after all.

 

[dictoresno]

i dont think its an iOS 7 bug, but more of an iMessage/Android issue. i think it stems from the apple network/servers recognizing his number as an iMessage number and is attempting to continue to send it as such. i had a similar issue with my iMessage reactivating on my verizon SIM after i got home from Iceland and was using a prepaid SIM over there. I think he should reactivate his iPhone, confirm iMessage works from his number, then deactivate iMessage properly and remove his phone number from the list.

 

[Gav2k]

i dont think its an iOS 7 bug, but more of an iMessage/Android issue. i think it stems from the apple network/servers recognizing his number as an iMessage number and is attempting to continue to send it as such. i had a similar issue with my iMessage reactivating on my verizon SIM after i got home from Iceland and was using a prepaid SIM over there. I think he should reactivate his iPhone, confirm iMessage works from his number, then deactivate iMessage properly and remove his phone number from the list.

The work around has always been to turn iMessage off before removing your sim or swapping phones. If this step is missed then the servers will just assume your phone is switched off and poll the iMessages.

 

[dictoresno]

The work around has always been to turn iMessage off before removing your sim or swapping phones. If this step is missed then the servers will just assume your phone is switched off and poll the iMessages.

Good to know. Thanks.