Cannot send or receive text messages from others

I used to be able to get texts from anyone, for the past 4 months I am unable to send/receive texts from anyone without an i-phone. I also do not want to upgrade my operating system.

SMS/MMS are exchanged via a carrier's cellular network only. Contact your carrier.

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I cannot send or receive text messages from other iPhone users. I don't get an error I just don't receive any messages and the other users do not receive mine.

I cannot send or receive text messages from other iPhone users. I don't get an error I just don't receive any messages and the other users do not receive mine.

Reset the devices: Hold down the home button along with the sleep/wake button until you see the apple, then let go.

One contact (so far) cannot send or receive text messages from my iPhone. Can someone help?

How can I fix the problem that one contact -- so far -- cannot send me or receive text messages from me on my iphone 4s (ios 6.1.3)?

Thank you ChrisJ4203. I checked to be sure SMS was turned on. I found advice to restart phone and to delete history. I restarted the phone and deleted all previous messages from that contact. He then received my last three messages, I got his reply, and we seem up and running. Thanks again for your suggestions.

TS2755 How come I cannot send or receive text messages from one of my contacts yet I can call the person from teh same number?

I have tried to send a text message to one of my contacts but it is never received and I am told they have sent me texts that I have never received. We both have the correct tel numbers in the contact info. The message shows as sent in green. Any ideas why or how to fix this. I already have the most up to date iOS in the phone (iPhone 5).

Contact your carrier. SMS messaging is completely reliant on the carrier.

With the new upgrade, i cannot send or receive text messages from some contacts

It also does not matter if the person has an Iphone or not! Have checked everything I know to do....can anyone help?

Contact your carrier. SMS messaging is completely reliant on the carrier.

I can call out but all incoming calls are going directly to VM with no signal that I missed a call or have VM. I can send/receive text messages from other iPhone/iPad/iTouch users, I am assuming this is really "iMessage." Is it apple software?

I have spent hours on the phone with Apple and AT&T. I went thought reset, on/off, etc, etc with both companies to no avail. Each company pointed fingers at the other....as being the source of the problem.
Problems: Suddenly ALL incoming calls were going directly to VM with no signal I missed calls and/or had VM. I was also unable to receive all Text Messages...Oddly, I could send text messages to anyone (even non-apple users but I could not receive their responses)........then I when I got home I started receiving text messages from other apples users ONLY. I assume now - iMessage kicked in and I could text (send/receive) other iPhone/iPad/iTouch users ONLY. ....yes, I could still (send) text messages to my husband's blackberry (he received my messages fine) but my phone would NOT receive his text respones.
Finally, I googled the problem and found this community where other people have had the exact same problems! One person said he "turned off 3 G" which was the solution for him....so I did the same and VIOLA! My problem solved! Nevermind the fact that I pay for 3G and cannot use it....so here's my question, if 3G is the problem on my phone is this an APPLE issue or a NETWORK problem? Do I purchase a new phone and slip in my same SIM card and hope the same does not occur or do I get a whole new SIM card and phone? What is the long term resolution to this problem?
I am happy however to find that my problem is NOT an isolated incident and wish Apple or AT&T had told me this is not so uncommon because I thought (based on the baffled response from Apple) that this has never occurred before. Where is Steve Jobs when we need him?

jsavage9621,
It pains me to hear about your experience with the Home Phone Connect. This device usually works seamlessly and is a great alternative to a landline phone. It sounds like we've done our fair share of work on your account here. I'm going to go ahead and send you a Private Message so that we can access your account and review any open tickets for you. I look forward to speaking with you.
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TS1398 I have an AT&T iPhone but only use wifi. Since I updated my phone to iOS 6.0 I cannot receive text messages from other iPhone users outside wifi range. What is the issue?

I have an AT&T iPhone but only use wifi. Since I updated my phone to iOS 6.0 I cannot receive text messages from other iPhone users outside wifi range. What is the issue?

Check Settings>General>Cellular to be sure you have Cellular Data set to On.

TS2755 I cannot send or receive text messages to my family which all are connected to my bill. I was able to at first, but now it has stopped working.

I cannot send or receive text messages to my family which are all connected to my bill. We were are able to text and recieve before but now it has stopped working. We are able to text and recieve from other people outside our billing group. Please help.

Each of you needs a unique Apple ID for messaging, Facetime & iCloud.
Go to appleid.apple.com to create new Apple IDs.
Also:
How to change the Apple ID on my iOS Device
Settings > iTunes & App stores.
Tap your AppleID, sign out then sign back in with new AppleID.
Settings > Facetime.
Tap your AppleID, sign out then sign back in with new AppleID.
Settings > Messages.
Turn off iMessages then turn it back on with new AppleID.
Settings > iCloud.
Delete the account then turn it back on with new AppleID.

Cannot send or receive text messages on Pantech Breakout

I cannot send or receive text messages on my pantech breakout. Anyone know the solution

There could be many reasons - and you've given us no clues. Let me ask you some questions that may help us find a solution:
Is this a new phone, or a new account?
Did you recently port your number to Verizon from another carrier?
Did you recently change your plan?
Have you been able to send and receive text messages, with this phone or another Verizon phone?
A few background details will help.

After transferring my contacts on to my iPhone, I cannot send or receive text messages to some of them. Even if they text me, I cannot reply!

After transferring my contacts to my iPhone, I can no longer send or receive text messages from some of them. Even if they text me, I cannot send a reply!

Same problem persists also here. Have crosschecked with friend, all same settings, have deleted the contacted, created again, still that number does not receive my SMS (no question on iMessage). Can not even reply her message. This problem persists with few numbers, nothing common, different phones, different countries, different operators. All others, with different operators, in different coutries receive my messages. Even other people can send their SMS to her.

Why am I no longer able to send or receive text messages from my Droid RAZR MAXX HD?

Why am I no longer able to send or receive text messages from my Droid RAZR MAXX HD?

@slotjan49
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Please try removing and reinserting the SIM Card http://vz.to/1jxFQVZ and retesting. Please let me know so that I can further assist. Thanks!
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I can't send or receive text messages from non iphone users

I can't send or receive text messages from non iphone users

Under Settings - Messages, do it state Sens SMS ON? Should be (this applies to imessage but just in case).
Same area, MMS Messaging is on? Should be.
If all else fails, go into Settings General Reset - Reset Network Settings (this will lose WiFi info but fixes a lot of messaging errors).

Iphone 4 cannot send or receive text message

I just got my iphone 4 yeaterday. Everything works fine except for the text messages. I can make and receive call, but cannot send or receive text messages. Does anyone have this problam?
After I hit "send", it sounds message sent successfully, but my friend did not get it. Also I asked my friend to send one to me, nothing!

it's a software issue... a lot of customers are having all kinds of issues with their new iPhone 4. But, don't be dismayed, there may be a way to fix it.
some ideas is trying going to settings -> general -> rest -> then tap on "Rest Network Settings". This will then rest all the of network settings, and hopefully fix transmitting and recieving issues that you may have with your iPhone.

Why can't I receive text messages from other iphone users after upgrading to iOS 8?

Why can't I receive text messages from other iphone users after upgrading to iOS 8?

Hey DebC2001,
Thanks for the question. After reviewing your post, it sounds like you are having trouble with iMessage. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help you resolve or isolate the issue.
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
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Can't receive text messages from other iphone users but can receive them from non-iphone users

I had to recently reinstall mavericks to my MacBook and suddenly I haven't been able to receive text messages from iphone users on my iphone. I can send them but not receive them. Recently I was able to receive a text from an iphone user who turned off his imessages before he texted me. That came through. Of course, this would be difficult to ask every iphone user i know to turn off imessages in order text me. I've also tried to turn off my imessage on my macbook, iphone and ipad and still can't receive them. Lastly, I've also tried resetting my networking settings and that didn't help either. Any suggestions???

I am having the same problem minus the fact that I don't have a Mac computer I just can't receive any messages from iPhone users and I can't turn my iMessage back on at all it keeps just turning it off every time I try to turn it on. any help would be greatly appreciated.

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