My phone won't use IMessage even when the person I'm txting has an iPhone why?
Why won't my phone use iMessage even when the person in txting has an iphone
I'm having same problem with sending to 3 people from a particular WiFi Network. For two people the iMessage i write is sending, but stops just before Delivery and then says not delivered. For the third person it immediately sends as text message.
Answered to questions above.
Can I send to others... Intermittent. Usually no, but then at some point a lot of iMessages comes at once.
Settings have been enabled.
Also other persons settings/Messages are enabling iMessage.
Enabled for WiFi + non roaming cellular ( at my end it should mean only wifi as I am in roaming area with wifi available).
Numbers are all enabled as we have used them a lot of times, an no changes or upgrades this month.
So: it seems to me to be a WiFi issue here, but the odd thing is that it sometimes lets iMessages through.
e-mail and browsing works fine.
Any suggestions?
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