IOS forces use of iMessage
After "upgrade", I can no longer send plain old SMS text to other iPhones - disabling iMessage results in error message that iMessage must be enabled. I've tried network resets and toggling on/off iMessage and Facetime to no avail. If I toggle off cell data, however, the SMS goes through fine. But why the heck should I have to kill all cell data just to quit using iMessage.
What we've noticed is that iMessage delivery is slooooowwwwwww. Even messages labeled on sending device as "delivered" aren't showing up on the recipient's device with consistent regularity. We stopped using iMessage as a result sometime in iOS7 and want to kill it in iOS8, but can't.
BobbyD solution not the problem and not helpful at all. I understand the messaging technology and since disabling cell data does result in successful SMS transmission, I'm still left with the conclusion that Apple did something with iMessage in iOS8 that makes it hard (and maybe in some cases impossible) to disable. iMessage itself is awful - some of my iMessages are being delivered 24 hours after I send them, again even though they're marked as "delivered" when sent. Looking like I'm rolling back to iOS7.
Agreed about labels - must be a mis-directed post.
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Click on the link below to see more details and screenshots.
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Updated to iOS 6.1 recently & iMessage now only shows my email address with phone number greyed out, not even a tick next to it. As you can see from the screenshot.
From this you can also see that it uses my Apple ID for starting new convos, not the @me one (though thats not the issue)
Nice one Apple, now that i've updated to your new iOS its messed up my iMessage, and a lot of others from the looks of it
I shoulda just stayed on 5.1.1
oh and btw, its been left overnight to see if that helps. SIM card taken out and put back in again, imessage turned off and on again, region set properly, phone number set properly, Rebooted numerous times, Restored as backup twice, restored as NEW iPhone 3 times.
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