IMessage to SMS (text), contact no longer on iOS device. (Android, etc.)

I just ran into this problem when my wife recently switched from an iPhone to an Android phone. My messages to her were showing up on my iPhone as "Not Delivered" via iMessage. After reading through many discussions about many different methods and attempts that were either unfruitful, or ridiculously complicated, I decided to look at the problem from a different perspective.
The facts are: Our iPhones are completely capable of regular text messages. iMessage exchanges occur after we identify the other person's phone in our contacts as an "iPhone". Also, new numbers we add are not automatically forced into an iMessage format. So... I did the following.
1. On my iPhone, I edited the contact and deleted the "iPhone" number.
2. While the mobile number had no association to anyone in my contact list, I composed a test message, manually entered the mobile number and sent it. (It sent as text)
3. I edited the contact again, and added the number as "mobile" instead of "iPhone". Then I sent another message. (It also sent as text)
     Our conversation threads and history remained intact, and included the two test messages. Also, all other iMessage functions with other people continued as normal. In the conversation thread there is a header between messages when the messaging format changes.
     As I see it, all that really needed to happen was for my phone to no longer associate her number as an iMessage capable device. All this stuff with resetting my AppleID, calling AppleCare, or even shutting down iMessage seemed to be trying to kill a fly with a sledgehammer. What I did here was at most a small annoyance, and took about a minute to do.
     So, if you are the individual that is no longer using iMessage, tell your iMessage contacts how to "reset" your number in their iOS devices, because they can still get messages from you.
     I hope this helps.
-Michael

finally figured it out. can not have VZMessage app on the phone uninstalled it and popup notifications are back. tested 3 times and it works fine.

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