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iMessage vs SMS on command
I've got a really dumb question. I just got my new (to me) iPhone 4 on a plan and activated through a service provider. Yay! My iPhone was restored to a backup of my iPod so all the data and stuff ...
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Text Stuck in Message Field
Using an iPhone 4 and within Messages, a previously sent message text is stuck within the text box!
Whenever I open a new message window, the text box shows with the old message text pre-populated ...
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What are the reasons that an imessage would send as a text message instead?
I think my girlfriend is using facetime to talk to an ex-boyfriend so that it does not register as a call on our joint phone bill. (Or I'm the one worried about my secret relationships being spied ...
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How to send text messages to non apple devices from an iPad?
i just bought my iPad mini for 2 weeks or more which has been jail broken. So since I'm using a weekly prepaid data plan, I need to renew the data plan again and again for every week. Hence I wanna ...
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Selectively force Siri to send SMS instead of iMessage
I carry an iPhone. On occasion, I will use Siri to send a quick text message to a person, e.g. "Text Alice I'm on my way."
My problem is that Alice has a non-Apple phone and an iPad, and I've used ...
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Ensuring replies to group messages go to the whole group rather than just the individual who sent the original
When I send a group text - I get back replies as individual messages all in their individual conversations and no one else can see the reply - this is fine if I want them private.
But I have once ...
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Are group messages sent over iMessage when possible?
When I select multiple recipients, both iPhones and other phones, they are all marked with the green color, as if the message will be sent as an SMS.
Will the message be sent over iMessage to those ...
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iMessage User “is not registered with iMessage”
Recently bought an iPhone 5 & iPad Mini. Today tried to message a non-iphone user and got a red name icon in the addressee box that came up as "...is not registered with iMessage" that came up" ...
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Problems with Group SMS
I have an iPhone 4S. Whenever I try to send a group message to people who have iMessage and people who don't, I either get replies from 1 person but I recieve it as an individual text message or I ...
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iPhone 4S texting/iMessage conflict
All of my friends have iPhones with iMessage. When I compose an SMS message while they are using iMessage, it opens a new conversation and leaves the old one, also opening iMessage for me.
For my ...
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Unable to send text to another iPhone on same account
I'm having issues sending messages/texts to my to wife's iPhone but she can send them to my iPhone and they show up with my ID?
Can anyone tell me why and how I can fix it?
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SMS Message doesn't state it has been sent
I have an iPhone 4, sometimes I get the green sms bubble and sometimes an iMessage bubble. At times it states sent as text message and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't does that mean the ...
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Is there a way to save money by disabling SMS and routing to IM?
I.e., could I configure a client such as AIM, Jabber, Skype, etc. on my phone and completely switch off SMS altogether?
Would the sending party be alerted that their SMS won't go through?
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iMessage deleted by the other iphone removes it from my thread on my iPhone?
If someone I am iMessaging with on the iPhone-4S sends me a message and they delete it; will it also delete on my phone??
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Do multimedia messages sent with iMessage impact data?
When I send a pictures from my iPhone (which has a SMS/MMS plan), does it impact data if I'm on a 4G network, and send it through iMessage?
Similarly, if I disable iMessage, then send an MMS over 4G, ...
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How can I hide my texts when my screen is locked?
I had that option before and the recent update messed all my settings up:( now I can't hide my texts. I don't want people at work seeing my texts. I have my phone locked but everyone still can read ...
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How to send predefined/canned SMS/iMessages?
Is there a way to prepare predefined/canned messages in order to quickly send them by SMS/iMessage on the iPhone or iPad? I find myself quite often using the same 4-5 templates:
I'm in a meeting, I ...
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Send an address in a sms to map app
If a friend sends to me an address in a SMS or IMessage, for example "I am at 123 Main St" can I send that to the Map app to get directions there?
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Is it possible to determine the date a photo (received via text message) was taken?
Is it possible to download a photo received in a text message and determine the date that the photo was taken? I have an iPhone.
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How do I send someone a normal text if they also use iMessage?
My brother has a Windows Phone, and an iPad. Whenever I try to text him, it sends him an iMessage to his iPad, not a text message. Since he does not always have his iPad with him, he doesn't get my ...
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How can I tell whether my friend is using iMessage or Message to SMS me?
When I SMS my friend (iPhone 4 to iPhone 3), green messages mean that it's a Message and blue messages mean that it's an iMessage.
However the messages that my friend sends me (iPhone 3 to iPhone 4) ...
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What does “when iMessage is unavailable” mean?
In the settings for the iOS 5 Messages app there is an option to send messages as SMS "when iMessage is unavailable". Under what conditions is this the case? Is it merely the obvious (no data ...
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Has iMessage changed anything about how texts are forwarded from iChat to offline users?
For some time it has been possible to configure iChat accounts so that iChat messages sent when one is offline are forwarded to a mobile number. This conveniently allows iChat-to-moble conversations.
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