Hi I'm currently abroad in Italy for three months so I suspended my cell phone plan back in the US. I have WiFi in my apartment so obviously I can send iMessages when I'm at home. If I get sent iMessages when I leave my apartment and I'm not longer connected to WiFi, will I still receive my iMessages when I reconnect to WiFi? This is the one concept I'm confused about. Thanks so much!
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Using iMessage while abroad
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Are you sure? I'm not. Assuming that you are using a phone number as your iMessage account, wouldn't iMessages sent from an iPhone failover to SMS?
If you have cell service in Italy (i.e. you are unlocked and using an Italian SIM) then you can - if you wish - send iMessages as SMS. If you are "roaming" onto an Italian network (like TIM or similar) then you can send iMessages as SMS.
From your post though, I read it as you don't have a "working" SIM in your phone?
If so, as you have no service, then the messages won't be sent, until you have a data connection again - in your case, WiFi.
From your post though, I read it as you don't have a "working" SIM in your phone?
If so, as you have no service, then the messages won't be sent, until you have a data connection again - in your case, WiFi.
If somebody tries to send you an iMessage while you don't have data, the sender's phone will always detect the situation and either switch to regular text messages, or notify the sender that the message could not be transmitted.
In any case, no message will not be transmitted without informing the sender that it was unable to be delivered. But it won't wait in queue until you have data again.
In any case, no message will not be transmitted without informing the sender that it was unable to be delivered. But it won't wait in queue until you have data again.