Imessage issues. Still! - Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Aplple just won't let me go. I recently switched back to Android (Should have never left!!!) and I'm still not recieving messages from iphones. This is mainly in the group messages. It's weird, because sometimes I do and other times I don't. The main problem seems to be getting pictures or links, but regular texts is a hit or miss. Again, this seems to be an issue in group messages, but I guess I wouldn't know If I am not getting some messages unless the person called me out for not responding. Yes, I have done the whole Apple website BS and had my phone # removed. Even when I did that it said that the number isn't registered with imessage. Anyone have any idea or suggestion? Thanks! Even with this issue I will not go back to Apple.

Do you still have the iphone ?

waco2hot33 said:
Do you still have the iphone ?
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No the iPhone is long gone. I did everything that needed to be done before turning it in...

Ok ? I don't know then sorry usually you have to turn imessages off before you switch but you said you did that ..I hope ? you get it fixed

I'm having the same problem. Some texts I receive and some I dont. My wife has an iphone and thinks I'm ignoring her. ... OK sometimes I am but it is a real problem.
I tried using Verizon's Messages + instead of Chomp . That did not fix the problem.
Dont know what to do next.
Al

I overheard a similar problem while browsing at a vzw store and they said they had to call Apple and tell them to disable ur imessage service. I've never really used apple products for the last 20 years but hope it helps.

Go here and fix the issue
https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage

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Missing SMS / text messages

Hello,
I've suspected for a while(and confirmed with friends) that relatively often, my sms don't get to them. It's shown as sent in my phone and in the sms threads, but they simply don't recieve them.
So I tested it out with another phone, sending 5 sms' to the other phone and it only recieved the first one. the other 4 never got there... Now could this be some sort of anti spam causing it? - I did send them in rapid succession. However when I send messages from the OTHER phone to me, regardless of how quick, I get them all. And we're on the same network/provider so that doesn't seem to be the problem.
During regular use, even SMS' sent with lots of time inbetween gets lost occassionally.
I've never had this problems with my old phone so does anyone else have a clue why this is happening? As you can imagine, it's frustrating thinking someone has gotten a message but it never reached there.
Thank you.
Sounds like this problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=522535
RMU said:
Sounds like this problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=522535
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Hey thanks for the reply, I saw that but doubt that's the same problem.. I usually list most of my numbers with +, and it shows the message is "sent". If it was the same problem as the link above, I guess it would b epossible to reproduce it everytime but mine is seemingly more random.
The specific number I tested it on was a number WITHOUT the +areacode, and even that produced 1/5 messages recieved by the other party.
Any other ideas?
I had that problem before with my touchPro. All I did was hard reset the phone, active sync my contacts and I sent out text messages. Everything worked fine after that.
aiaob said:
Hey thanks for the reply, I saw that but doubt that's the same problem.. I usually list most of my numbers with +, and it shows the message is "sent". If it was the same problem as the link above, I guess it would b epossible to reproduce it everytime but mine is seemingly more random.
The specific number I tested it on was a number WITHOUT the +areacode, and even that produced 1/5 messages recieved by the other party.
Any other ideas?
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Also checked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4016381&postcount=31 ? see if the number is still correct in windows mobile?
Also try to sent from the windows interface a couple of times (in the textmessage touchflo tab touch the new sms icon in the above right corner.) see if it does better then.
RMU said:
Also checked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4016381&postcount=31 ? see if the number is still correct in windows mobile?
Also try to sent from the windows interface a couple of times (in the textmessage touchflo tab touch the new sms icon in the above right corner.) see if it does better then.
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God you know what, you're right. Thanks. I did look through the WM sent folder before but not far down enough..
It does seem to drop the + after the first SMS then not reapply the + until I get a reply.
Annoyingly my phone still tells me "Message Sent" instead of invalid number though, so there's no way to tell if it sent the message without going to check the sent folder I assume?
Doesn't seem like there's a fix or even a confirmed cause for this yet?
I'm having a strange reversed problem: all SMS I send are regularly delivered, but I "miss" many incoming ones. the strage thing is that it happens (AFAIK) only with my girlfriend's ones!! nobody else still complained about me not anwering, so that should mean I received and answered all other mesages.
Please note that we have the same mobile operator (Vodafone Italy)
today she tried her SIM with her bro's phone, and guess what, the problem is still here BUT the difference is in lost messages: 4 out of five lost with her Moto v9, 2 out of 6 lost with her bro's nokia. that sounds really weird to me.
where do you think the problem might be? mine/her SIM, or phone?
I'll call Vodafone Italy later, but their assistance and support is really awful, they do not even know what they are talking about, and reply with the same pre-confectioned anwers every time.

TEXT Questions.....

OK, so my phone someitmes goes out of sleep mode and lights up as it looks like its about to recieve a text.
Some times is does, sometimes it doesnt.
Sometimes it lights up, and no text, so i open up my web browser and I recieve like 3 texts from earlier times...
anyone know whats up with that? I know its not the sprint network, its phone related...
Also, my friends say they are doing some group text? where they are all in a convo with each other via text i guess... anyone konw what this is about?
and they say they send me messages in this group chat via sms, but i dont receive ANY!
Thanks,
Zack
The wakeup without text might have nothing to do with the missing messages. I've seen WinMo pro2 light up after reception of silent provisioning data.
ImTuxy said:
The wakeup without text might have nothing to do with the missing messages. I've seen WinMo pro2 light up after reception of silent provisioning data.
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I swear mine used to light up just switching towers. Drove me crazy... <3 Android.
arrrghhh said:
I swear mine used to light up just switching towers. Drove me crazy... <3 Android.
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So if I skip the crazy step then effectively, WinMo drove you to Android. Good
well i know it wakes up everytime im sent a text message that is a group text.
I never get them though, i tested this out via my friends phone.
I guess there is this thing, where you can SMS multiple people at once, and its one big conversation!
Anyone ever hear of this?
My phone i guess doesnt support this since i get none of these, only reg. sms's
Is there an app or soemthing i can get on my winmo?
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well i know it wakes up everytime im sent a text message that is a group text.
I never get them though, i tested this out via my friends phone.
I guess there is this thing, where you can SMS multiple people at once, and its one big conversation!
Anyone ever hear of this?
My phone i guess doesnt support this since i get none of these, only reg. sms's
Is there an app or soemthing i can get on my winmo?
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I answered you here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/2169612-post4.html

[Q] unable to receive texts from iPhone users

My friend just got the Note 4 coming from the iPhone 5 and cannot receive texts from other iPhone users. She says it's something to do with imessage. She's not a techie and I don't know anything about apple.
Can anybody shed some light on this? What's going on and how can she resolve it. Thanks.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS5185
Yeah its a known issue with switching from iphone ? to android Tech support should be able to help her they have to deactivate the imessage account all together
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http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS5185
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Thanks I will have her try that. :good:
Apple released a new app that fixes this problem.
Just follow this link. They need to deregister their number with iMessage. https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage
Verizon N4 : Thank me if I helped ya
Just another reason I hate Apple. Took me a full day of deactivating, deleting accounts, opening new accounts, etc before I was able to get texts from my daughters with their iphones when I tried the 5S. What a pina!!!!
Basically imessage hijacks your number and they don't care if you go back to android, not their problem. Only took years for them to evidently come up with a fix.
#applesucks
Glenn
The issue is easy fix person with iPhone needs to go into setting and shut off imessage. As I phones have two methods of sending text. Message or imessage if you notice on the iPhone bubbles can be two different colors from sender.

Not receiving MMS... please help!

Hey everyone,
My girlfriend has a Note 4. She switched from iPhone to her Note 4 about 5 months ago. She did the whole thing where she had to disable her iMessages or whatever it is that needs to get done. Her phone is currently running Lollipop. Ever since she went to Android she has had a problem where she will sometimes (more often than not, actually) not receive group texts. We've tried everything.... different messaging app, cleared the cache, done a factory reset, called ATT multiple times (the issue has been escalated and we are currently on a 3 day waiting period to hear back from someone). The issue is only noticeable when she gets group texts from other iPhone users regardless of carrier. She is at her wits end and about to just go back to the iPhone. Is there anything else she can do? Thank you.
car_lost said:
Hey everyone,
My girlfriend has a Note 4. She switched from iPhone to her Note 4 about 5 months ago. She did the whole thing where she had to disable her iMessages or whatever it is that needs to get done. Her phone is currently running Lollipop. Ever since she went to Android she has had a problem where she will sometimes (more often than not, actually) not receive group texts. We've tried everything.... different messaging app, cleared the cache, done a factory reset, called ATT multiple times (the issue has been escalated and we are currently on a 3 day waiting period to hear back from someone). The issue is only noticeable when she gets group texts from other iPhone users regardless of carrier. She is at her wits end and about to just go back to the iPhone. Is there anything else she can do? Thank you.
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On their iPhones under messaging settings turn on SEND AS SMS. Also, GROUP MESSAGING and MMS MESSAGING need to be turned on. I know it kinda sucks, but all of her friends that have iPhones and send group messages need to do this. This will allow the iPhone users to continue to send via imessage and non-iPhone users should now be able to group text with them.
car_lost said:
Hey everyone,
My girlfriend has a Note 4. She switched from iPhone to her Note 4 about 5 months ago. She did the whole thing where she had to disable her iMessages or whatever it is that needs to get done. Her phone is currently running Lollipop. Ever since she went to Android she has had a problem where she will sometimes (more often than not, actually) not receive group texts. We've tried everything.... different messaging app, cleared the cache, done a factory reset, called ATT multiple times (the issue has been escalated and we are currently on a 3 day waiting period to hear back from someone). The issue is only noticeable when she gets group texts from other iPhone users regardless of carrier. She is at her wits end and about to just go back to the iPhone. Is there anything else she can do? Thank you.
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Friends on iPhones have to change in her contact to sent to phone not to iMessages.
car_lost said:
Hey everyone,
My girlfriend has a Note 4. She switched from iPhone to her Note 4 about 5 months ago. She did the whole thing where she had to disable her iMessages or whatever it is that needs to get done. Her phone is currently running Lollipop. Ever since she went to Android she has had a problem where she will sometimes (more often than not, actually) not receive group texts. We've tried everything.... different messaging app, cleared the cache, done a factory reset, called ATT multiple times (the issue has been escalated and we are currently on a 3 day waiting period to hear back from someone). The issue is only noticeable when she gets group texts from other iPhone users regardless of carrier. She is at her wits end and about to just go back to the iPhone. Is there anything else she can do? Thank you.
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204065 Pics of exactly what I was trying to say if it was kind of confusing :good:
Thank you for the info guys. She had done something similar to that in the beginning with her close friends. She had to add a bunch of people to her contacts because of school and she didn't realize until after a while that she wasn't getting group texts. I think she's fed up with the issue and just switching back to iPhone, unfortunately.
Thank you for the help though. This is good to know of for future reference.

Missing Some Texts on S9 - AT&T (Driving Me Crazy!)

I am having a problem that started a few months ago, although not when I first purchased my S9.
For some reason I started having a problem where I am not receiving all of my SMS texts. Its often MMS but also sometimes regular SMS. Its not only from iPhones. It seems to happen more when I am in bad service or the phone is off, and then when I turn it on or get service, the texts never come (although I think it may be happening in other circumstances as well - not sure).
I have been using Textra and Handcent. When I switch to the stock Samsung app, the missing messages are not there either.
I have read a lot online about people having this issue, but havent really heard anyone have an answer.
AT&T (of course) says everything is fine with the phone and the network.
I am hoping maybe some XDAers have encountered and solved this?
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
Well hate to break your bubble but AT&T is lying through their teeth about it not being their problem because it is. They're really good at doing that. On the plus side, your phone is 100% fine.
lirong said:
I am having a problem that started a few months ago, although not when I first purchased my S9.
For some reason I started having a problem where I am not receiving all of my SMS texts. Its often MMS but also sometimes regular SMS. Its not only from iPhones. It seems to happen more when I am in bad service or the phone is off, and then when I turn it on or get service, the texts never come (although I think it may be happening in other circumstances as well - not sure).
I have been using Textra and Handcent. When I switch to the stock Samsung app, the missing messages are not there either.
I have read a lot online about people having this issue, but havent really heard anyone have an answer.
AT&T (of course) says everything is fine with the phone and the network.
I am hoping maybe some XDAers have encountered and solved this?
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
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if its not in the stock app, its not your phone most likely. AT&T is historically known for lying through their teeth. Kinda shocked that they havent been forced to shut down by the FCC to be honest. They have a very pleasant and air tight outside appearance and they have accomplished some great things all while doing the right ting from time to time. They dont look so open and honest when you start reading reports on them. Funny part is that i recall reading hard copies of news bulletins about what wrongs they have committed and its not the easiest thing in the world to get that info online. Suppression tactics probably. Anyways, make a new APN and set it up with all the parameters, select it and see what happens. There are tons of threads on at&t apns spanning many device forums, and people have luck with differing, yet certain settings. Id check some of those out and make several APNs with that info. Youlll never have a problem caused by having eleventeen APNs on your device

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