iPhone 14 Pro Max SMS to Android devices constantly failing

[thecautioners]

I’m so exhausted. I can’t text anyone, basically. iMessage to other Apple devices works fine but texting an android device almost always results in a failure, especially if I am sending a photo. Sometimes it’ll go through if I “try again” but I tried to text my stepmom pictures of my downed electrical line and I gave up after 8 failures and decided to send an email instead. My daughter has an s23 since android is more friendly toward parental monitoring, but half the time I can’t even text her. I pay way too much for this phone to not be able to send texts. What could I be missing?

 

[verito81]

Now that I read you I tried myself and same thing my sister has an android s21 fe and myself iPhone 11 and i can’t send or receive mms photos or anything only text , in my country we use whatsapp for that

 

[naturalguy]

It has happened to me pretty frequently recently, doesn’t happen all the time but it does it enough to be really annoying, makes me consider switching back to Android

 

[thecautioners]

It’s good but unfortunate that I’m not alone. This is driving me absolutely insane. I can use apps to message people but not my daughter, as I do not want to provide her with social media/an unmonitorable way to contact strangers. I’ve had an iPhone since day 2 of the first release in 2007 and this makes me incredibly angry. I know it would work just fine if I got an s23 ultra.

 

[maxrest]

Could this be a carrier issue? I have zero issues sending text messages to android users when I have good signal. In the rare areas where I get poor signal, I’ve noticed the obvious issues of messages not sending.

 

[ab2c4]

Verizon is having major issues nationwide (United States) right now so that might be the issue.

 

[naturalguy]

I am on T-Mobile

 

[rambo47]

Go to Settings > Messages and make sure "Send as SMS" is toggled on.

 

[naturalguy]

Go to Settings > Messages and make sure "Send as SMS" is toggled on.

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Mine is on. It failed again yesterday on Wi-Fi in my home with a very strong signal

 

[WP31]

Been happening to me the last couple of days specifically. Not sure why. I thought about logging out and back in to messages, iCloud, phone, etc. but that's too much for right now.

 

[verito81]

It’s good but unfortunate that I’m not alone. This is driving me absolutely insane. I can use apps to message people but not my daughter, as I do not want to provide her with social media/an unmonitorable way to contact strangers. I’ve had an iPhone since day 2 of the first release in 2007 and this makes me incredibly angry. I know it would work just fine if I got an s23 ultra.

Rambo47 posted a solution maybe it helps