Text messages take long to send

My text message are taking a long time to send and many times do not send out or has an error, what is happening? I have service through AT&T for and iphone4S.

What is telling you that it takes a long time? Do you have a good cellular signal when trying to send a text. Text messages are controlled by the carrier. What troubleshooting have you done on the phone?

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        Kjacunski,
    This is very strange behavior for any phone connected to our network, but we'll help get them sending and receiving much quicker! Which make/model phone do you have and what zip code are you in? Also, have you tried turning the phone off for at least 1 minute? Let us know and we'll be happy to continue trouble shooting!
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    I have had the 3g, 3gs, 4 and little if any problems. I made a major mistake buying the 4s. What a horrible phone. I must say, apple service is at best, BAD. Here are the basics. I am on the same network, I call the same people, I use the same text messages as I did with the 4. With the 4s, I will call someone and they will not be able to hear me. I have to hang up and recall. Or the phone just does nothing when I press call. Text messages acts like they send but when I go back the have been sent. Sometimes the calls go direct to voice mail.
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    So anyone know a good andriod phone.
    PS I got a email asking about the service each time and each time I told them what a horrible phone it was and how bad service was. I have yet to hear back. I guess they do not read them!

    You're not speaking to Apple on in this forum, nor will someone from Apple see this post.   We are just users like you and I.
    Have you tried to restore or reset your phone?
    Or contact your carrier in re: to your sim card

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    Message Colors
    Blue is iMessage (Apple service)
    Green is SMS (Carrier service)
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    As a last resort*, Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings - Apple Support - *this document tells that all your data will be lost but provides steps to back-up (Before section) then restore your data (Restore section #4)

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    How come sometimes it takes a long time to send a text message?

    No my iPhone does not freez it just say sending then takes along time could it be because I have sprint, I have 3 or 4 bars

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    Since the most recent update, my IPhone 5c no longer permits me to send text messages to more that two people at a time. How can I resolve this to send text messages to more than two people in a group message.

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    the early N series had a problem like this, the solution was to download a programme from Nokia support pages for the appropriate handset
    sms accelerator i think it was called, maybe there is the same for E70, i cant look as for some reason the only nokia web pages i can look at are the discussion pages, anyone else having a problem getting into nokia.co.uk etc?
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  • Text messages taking long time to send

    Hi iPhone support community!
    Can someone please share with me.. why my iPhone's messages are suddenly taking a LONNNGGG time to send?  (Like we are talking 20 minutes here?)  I use this feature for work so it's a real pain! Plus it used to say "Read" when other person recieved text message, now it does not. Any insight would be welcome!
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    Yea I understand Kit Kat the OS has not been the Tasty treat to many of us cellphone users that the candy is.. and to me as before with problem OS's one's whom are in charge to fix the issue are not doing enough Quickly.. which make using the Device harder each Day..
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  • After I upgraded my iphone 4 with the ios 7.1.1 it locks up sending text messages.  It will send a few, then mid conversation I will have to turn my phone off and back on, sometimes a few times, before it will allow me to send or receive messages again.

    After I upgraded my Iphone 4 with the ios 7.1.1 it locks up while sending text messages.  I can usually send a few then will have to restart my phone(often more than once) to get it to send and receive messages again.  I have done a back up and complete reset and that has not fixed the problem.    Have been told that the ios 7.1.1 just isn't compatible with the Iphone 4 so that's why it is locking up so often, but I am hoping someone else may have a better answer since it can't be undone.  Thanks!

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