Cannot send SMS only imessages?

I updated my iPhone 4 to the new iOS 6 and I cannot send SMS only imessages

Sending as SMS to a non-iOS phone is enabled by default as long as SMS is provisioned by your carrier.
Settings > Messages > Send as SMS > ON is required if you want to SMS to an iOS device which has iMessage enabled but fails to connect.
Settings > Messages > Show Subject Field > irrelevant to whether SMS or iMessage is used, ony if you want a subject field sent with the message.

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Hi guys...
I can not send sms or imessage from my iphone 5... before i had an iphone 4s and both sms and imessage worked perfectly but now when i restored my new iphone 5 from iphone 4s back up... i can not send sms and imessage. please help me asap.
Thanks

I tried to make the steps but i got the below underlined error..
my iPhone is not active now
We’re unable to complete your activation.
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I just got my 8350i (BB with Nextel). I love it, but I am unable to send SMS. My understanding is that SMS is the same as a text message. When I send text messages to people, it appears as something that they have to go to the internet to download the text. Even if I say HI as the text, it makes them download the message. My guess is that the BB is chaning my message to a MMS, instead of a SMS. I called Nextel and they said that blackberrys don't support sms. Is this true?
If so what in the !$%@ are they thinking?

Hello everyone ! I really hope that this information is good and I hope to save you time and a bad time, since I went thru this whole bad situation. I want to let Sprint PCS know that in order to have a good phone such as this BB 8350i they need to train their representatives about this phone, nobody seems to know what is going on about their new phones. I spent almost 1 hour in the phone with a Sprint PCS/Nextel representative trying to work my 8350i and he end up telling me that this phone WAS NOT SMS CAPABLE WHEN IT IS !!!
Anyway I had the same problem, I couldn't send SMS here is what I did; I called 611 from another nextel phone to get technical support, once one of them pick up ask them to tranfer you to Blackberry support. I am guessing Sprint has a special BB tech support or they transfer you to the BB Tech support center, which by the way if you call without being transfered from Sprint they will charge you $45 to TRY to fix the problem, solution may not be guarantee. Once I got tranfered to the BB tech support from sprint I has to make a couple of configuration changes such as the Firewall options, then options/advanced options/Browser push and finally somehow my BB was able to send and recieve SMS without no problem. Here are the Sprint tech support numbers :
Dial *2, press Talk
or
888-211-4727 (Sprint phones)
800-639-6111 (Nextel phones)
800-877-4646 (Wireline services)
So basically the 8350i IS CAPABLE OF SMS, if your nextel respresentative says it is not, hang up and call again a lot of the sprint/nextel representative are not good at all, I has so many bad incidents with sprint that I can even remember one time this ladie started yelling at me ! anyway call them and they should be able to fix the problem for you

How do I send SMS only at ALL TIMES with an iPhone to ALL contacts? My family shares iPads under my ID and now my teenager gets all my business texts!

How do I send SMS only at ALL TIMES with an iPhone to ALL contacts? iOS 8 now forces all Apple users to use iMessage all the time with all other iOS users. The option to send as SMS only is subordinate to iMessage in iOS 8 settings and CANNOT be turned off to send only SMS texts to another iOS device! This is a serious privacy issue for all households using iOS and doing family sharing, including over a number of iOS devices, under one member's Apple ID. Why should business conversations or financial conversations between parents be readable on an iPad in the hands of a teenager or a seven year old? The answer is not as simple as "Just don't enable iMessage on your other devices," because amy family that shares the Apple ID password is vulnerable to teenagers particularly hacking into iMessage to monitor, for example, what their parents are saying. If I were Samsung or Google I would hammer this issue immediately and continually until it is fixed by Apple (and I'm not sure why they haven't yet). iMessage is a convenience but it has this serious limitation given the architecture of the Apple universe. Apple simply cannot force all its users to conduct text messaging in arbitrarily limited way, any more than it was able to force all its users to switch from Google Maps. When will Apple fix this?

Trademann wrote:
Fox, that does not work, because then you are blocked from sending any form of message to another Apple user. iMessage MUST be activated to text any other iOS device. And then Apple defaults by ALWAYS using iMessage between iOS devices.There is simply no way, within iOS 8, to send SMS only to another Apple user. Apple has made that impossible.
The SMS-only choice used to be on the same menu level as iMessage, but now it is locked WITHIN iMessage, and is not available as a choice unless iMessage is activated. Then it is limited solely to being used if iMessage is not available.
I'm sure their argument is that they are saving their customers money because iMessage is free, but they are imposing an opportunity cost on 100 percent of their user base in the guise of saving that money. What they are really doing is entrapping faithful users such as myself further within the Apple ecosystem. If I hadn't already spent thousands of dollars on my iTunes library I might consider a Galaxy ... Samsung does not deserve to regain any momentum if they can't figure out how to exploit this.
Turning off iMessage does not prevent you from sending messages to other Apple users. You can send an SMS to any iPhone without your own iMessage turned on, even if it is turned on on their iPhone.
The SMS-only option is: Turn off iMessage. Literally. That's it.

HT201407 My iPhone from SPRINT cannot send SMS and 3G when Outside US

Subject: My iPhone from SPRINT cannot send SMS and 3G when Outside US
I buy a Sprint iPhone in the U.S. price No-Contract (Full Price -> 649 + taxes)
I asked the seller that uses outside of the United States ? The seller confirmed using ok
I am unable to use the message SMS and 3G at VIET NAM with carrier VN MOBIFONE
I am is not activated is FaceTime anh IMessage with phone number +84906646492
Use the normal Voice, 3G, iMessage, Facetime when using APPLE ID
Model : MD667LL/A
Serial Number : F17JF5VCF8GM
IMEI / MEID : 99000226901335

Well yes, you probably will have problems with your phone because a 'contract free' phone is NOT the same as a fully unlocked iPhone.
This is a user forum, so nobody here can really help you. As Sprint is your carrier in the US, then you need to contact them first. They are the only ones who can help you.

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Hi everyone.
I had the same issue. I am using a international unlocked Sprint phone on Etisalat in Dubai. I saw this post https://discussions.apple.com/message/20602020#20602020 from FernandezJay and tried it. He fixed my sms in the time it took to restore and restart the phone. Also now my FaceTime and Imessage both work through my Apple ID and my Dubai Phone Number.
Seriously guys. IT WORKS!

Cannot send texts from iMessage to sprint users (from Verizon)

For some reason I cannot send messages via iMessage to any of my contacts who use Sprint. I'm on Verizon if that matters. I talked to an Apple Rep on the phone and they thought maybe sprint users had to have use an email address instead of a phone number, but I cannot find any such thing online.
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Cannot SEND SMS messages on 8130

Here's my story:
1. I upgraded to a Blackberry Pearl 8130 in pink earlier this year. My carrier is Verizon.
2. Recently (say a month ago), a friend sent a text message to me from her new phone. I attempted to text her back, but received a big fat red X indicating that my message did not go through. Specifically, when I open my message, the error says, "Mobile equipment status failed."
3. I went to Verizon. They did something where I think they took me off the network and then put me back on. This did nothing. She wanted to do a hard set on the phone, but I had not backed up my data yet.
4. I went home and backed up my data and went back to Verizone about a week later. I spend over an hour in the store. The gentleman that was helping me was on the phone with someone (presumably technical support) to no avail. He was ready to order me a replacement phone, but after further discussion with tech support, they thought there was an issue with the network, not my phone. I went home with a case number.
5. The very next day Verizon called me. They indicated that it wasn't a network issue and that it was my phone. They were going to send me a replacement.
6. I received my replacement phone a couple of days later. I was anxious to get it set up, but the results have been the same. I have not yet returned to Verizon. I thought I'd try here first to see if anyone had any ideas.
The bottom line:
I CAN send/receive e-mails.
I CAN send a MMS message.
I CAN receive SMS messages.
I CANNOT send SMS messages.
Thank you for any advice you may have.
-Sandra
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Two months later and I finally ..yes FINALLY figured out the SMS issue I previously mentioned on my own out of sheer frustration. I have a Pearl 8130. First ..thanks to everyone for the previous suggestions for resolution here on this board, Google and other areas I've searched many times over however ..none of the suggetions or options worked ..ie, battery pull, *228, calling Alltel tech support many times, going to the Alltel store etc.. you name it I tried it. Guess what? And this is for anyone else who may have had the same problem.. sad to say it was a very simple change in the settings that resolved the "X SMS error 0, Message ID 99" response on every single text (sms) I tried to send.
1.) Click the Call Log icon
2.) Select the menu button (immediate right of the track ball)
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From this list..
4.) Select Smart Dialing
From here you will see an option for "Use "1" for National Dialing"
If it on the default setting of "no" change it to "yes"
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The funny thing in all of this ..I was recently in Southern California (I live in Arizona) and while there I had absolutely no trouble whatsoever sending or receiving. Upon my return to AZ the problem resurfaced and I have to admit that after 7yrs with Alltel (soon to be Verizon) I am truly disappointed with tech support for the very first time. A simple default setting needed to be changed ~sigh~
Hope this works for anyone else who is having issues ..specifically Alltel/Verizon.

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You are not missing something here and no one here can help you. This is not an included Bluetooth profile with the iPhone at the present time anyway.
If you purchased your iPhone within the last 14 days, you can return it for credit less a 10% restocking fee and if not, here is Apple's feedback link for the iPhone.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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