How to switch from imessag to text message

Sometimes while in the middle of a conversation, I have moved out of wifi area but my phone does not notice the change and still tries to send my messages via imessage, which causes them to get hung up and won't go through. Is there a way to switch it to text message manualy? This imessage doesn't seem to working very well.

just go to settings-message and turn off iMessage mode..

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