Cannot text one contact

I cannot text one contact, my father, who is on the same account as me. I have Moto X, contact has iPhone 5. Have deleted contact and turned off/on phone. Texts from either end do not go through.

Does your father receive texts from other people? Could he possibly have you blocked (inadvertently or otherwise?). Call Verizon customer service and have them check the provisioning on his line to ensure texting is fully enabled.
Is he trying to send you an iMessage text? Have him turn off iMessages and send a regular text.

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Suddenly I cannot text one specific contact. They can text me and we can both call each other. My service provider shows no record of texts being sent, even though they appear to be sent from my iphone 4s. Can anyone help?

Try a reset: hold down the home button along with the sleep/wake button until you see the apple, then let go.

IPhone cannot text one specific number - help appreciated?

Hi everyone,
So the problem is that I cannot text one specific number (that I text on a daily basis); or rather the text is not getting through to that number... We can call each other and they can text me; but whenever I text them the SMS seems to go through fine on my phone but they never receive it. Texts to other numbers seem to be getting through fine and it happened pretty suddenly.
Any suggestions? I have already performed a Network Reset in the iPhone settings. Could this just be an issue with T-mobile? If so who should I contact about it to alert them - their 'customer care' team?
_Problem Details_
My info:
Phone - iPhone 3G with the latest software update that is commercially available through iTunes (I think that this is OS 3.1.3)
Network - O2
Location - Manchester, UK
Their info:
Phone - Nokia 2330
Network - T-mobile
Location - Manchester, UK
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
indierocklad

I can send the text, whether in reply or as a normal message; and it appears to go through. No problems or issues seem to exist according to my phone. Because of this I am very much in agreement with you on your point that it is likely to be their phone/network...
Not too sure about other T-mobile users as I'm not certain which of my contacts are with T-mobile (most people seem to use O2, Orange or Vodafone!)
I have reset my phone and this made no difference to my SMS attempts
I thought it might be a number block too, but phone calls get through fine and surely that would be prevented if my number was accidentally blocked?
Thanks for your help I'll get my friend to contact T-mobile tonight...

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Can't text one contact?

I have a verizon droid maxx my brother has a at&t iPhone we cannot text each other? When I text him it shows its sent but he does not receive anything? I do not have his number blocked. He has his imessager shut off and I do not receive his texts either? We can call each other? I got a new phone in May but it the same as my old one. This problem did not stat till about mid July. We each tried resisting our phones. We each deleted each other out of our contacts and tried that way did not help? His wife also has an iPhone on the same plan and carrier as him and i can text and receive texts from her? I need some help please. Thank you

scottbejou,
Thanks for the info. Have you tested in safe mode? http://vz.to/1z2K1Ql Let us know the results.
Also, please see if you're able to text through another application such as Verizon Messages. If it is not already on your phone, then you can download through the play store. More information here; http://vz.to/1loBVkj.
Hope this helps!
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Hello Paulmead65,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Take a look at the troubleshooting steps in the article below. Only follow the ones that pertain to your issue, depending on if you are trying to send via SMS or iMessage.
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
Take care,
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Cannot text one number

I can not text one number and it is driving me crazy!! I recieved a message that says "you can only send messages to fixed dialing numbers". I do not know what that means. I can send texts to Verizon, and T-Mobile phones. I can send and recieve calls from the number but I can not text.
This is recent that this has happened. I was able to send and recieve texts from this one numbers, but it seems as of OCtober, I can not.
Is anyone else having this issue?? It is truely driving me crazy!!

Try checking Menu / Settings / Call Settings / FDN and make sure fix dialing option isnt enabled, if this is on this can restrict in and out going items..
Another thing to check with Verizon and make sure no restrictions is setup on your accounts or you can check and make sure you havent added that number to the block list on the MyVerizon area of your account.

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I have one contact that I am unable to txt. I have deleted them several times did the whole take out the battery ect. This is such an odd problem any suggestions would be great

Hello and welcome to the forums;
Try opening the Messaging application and either typing their phone number in or searching for their contact from the New Message screen. I've seen some cases where that is needed for a first message, then it should work correctly after.
Hope this helps,
TreoAide

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I am only able to text individuals on the AT&T network form my contacts. If I try to text a friend it comes back saying "Error Invalid" and states that I need to use a 10 digit mobile number. I am able to text from the SMS Text App, but cannot reply.
I restored the iPhone. AT&T and Apple have not helped at all. Help!!!

FYI! I was on w/ tech support from 2pm-10pm fixing this issue of not being able to text from my contacts. I could text if I manually entered the number, but I could not reply once they replied to me.
We had to back up all of my contacts, pictures, etc and wipe out my phone. We started from a brand new phone. It worked! So if it happens to you, back everyhting up through outlook, windows address book, and right click on your phone icon to back everything up. I cant remember how he backed up my photos, but he did and then we cleaned it out, added everything back in and it works great now! What pain in the ___.

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HT3529 Unable to text one contact

Hi,
I have an iPhone 3
I can text all my contacts apart from my partner who has a Samsung Galaxy mini
Texts stopped from me to him in December.My number is not blocked on his phone and if i put my simm in another phone I can text him.
I receive his texts ok
I have turned off my imessaging
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Glad to help.
What happens when you send? Does it fail?
Do you get an error?
There are a couple things we can try.
First, quit all apps (Double tap the Home button and swipe the app preview page up for eack open app) and then Reset: Hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons and don’t let go until the screen goes dark and the Apple logo appears (no data will be lost)
You can also try deleting any old conversations with him
Try deleting him from your contacts and manually re-add him

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amyhs, thanks for those details. This is certainly quite odd that this has been going on so long and we definitely want to get to the bottom of this. Now, you stated that you have reached out to technical support and spoke with a tier two technical support representative. At this time, what actions or troubleshooting steps were taken? Are you aware if a ticket with our network technicians was ever created? As well, have you ever previously had an iPhone and are you aware if the users that are unable to message you are using iMessage?
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I have one contact that I can call but cannot text. A return text states it is an invalid number. I have erased and re-entered the contact, changed phone identification and tried resetting the network - none have worked. What else can I try?

What kind of phone is this person using? If this is an iPhone, are you logged into iMessage. If this is not an iMessage, then I suggest you both contact AT&T. SMS which is what is used between non-iPhone devices or between an iPhone and non-iPhone device are a carrier function. There is no setting in iOS or on the iPhone that deals with SMS. If you are able to send iMessage and/or SMS to other people, then AT&T needs to either look into your account to ensure SMS is configured, or they need to look at this other person's phone to see what it is reporting as its number since it is coming back invalid for you.

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