Texting to other iphone users-sometimes green, sometimes blue

it used to always be blue. Now it shows up as my email address sometimes, and other times as my name. I want it to be under my name but when I go to iMessage, it is on, and I can't delete my email address from Recieve At or change it to my phone number. What am I doing wrong???

Not sure where I need to look in Messages for my number. It is in Messages/Preferences/Accounts
Yes. Messages > Preferences > Accounts > select your iMessage account.
Is your iPhone number listed in the You can be reached at section and the Start new conversations from dropdown?
Not sure about the relay setting. How do I go about setting that up?
After I set everything up when I opened Messages it asked if I wanted to relay SMS and sent a verification code to my iPhone that I then had to enter in the prompt on the Mac.

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Thanks for the help, Allan Sampson.
I updated itunes, shut the phone off and on, it still didn't give me blue bubbles. Kept following the suggestions on the page ... I didn't know there was an IMessaging switch, but, shoot, it was OFF. Anyway, I toggled it on and now the text bubbles are blue again.

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I am having trouble sending texts to other Iphone users

I am having trouble sending texts messages to other Iphone users. I have to turn my phone off and back on for it to work. I can text just fine to other types of phones.

assuming you mean "iMessages"
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Can't send texts to other iPhone users

Why don't my texts go through to other iPhone users? This just started a couple of days ago. iMessage is turned on, I've reset network connections, reset phone.....nothing works. It's very frustrating! I can't even text my husband who is on the same plan. My phone shows messages were delivered but he doesn't get them.

If your communications issues are limited strictly to Apple devices, ensure that they have iMessage turned ON in Settings-Messages-iMessage. Be sure that the 'Send & Receive' option includes your current phone number for iMessage - IF that's the desired method of contact - if they're using their AppleID for iMessaging and you're texting/iMessaging to a phone number (or vice versa), then messages won't be received because of the device settings. You may want to check your own device as well - to be certain you have properly selected either your phone number, Apple ID or other email address for iMessaging.
Second - be sure that Cellular Data is turned ON. Otherwise, all data is restricted unless you're connected to Wi-Fi. This includes texts - SMS, MMS and iMessage.
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* Open your Text Messages
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Oh my! Let's ensure these text messages are flying both in and out of your device. I would suggest completing the newest iOS 7.0.3 update. Once this has been completed I would suggest retesting. Settings > Software update
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When iMessage is off, I dont receive texts from other iPhone users.

I do not like iMessage because it uses data so I have it off.
BUT I do not receieve the Text messages from other iPhone users. BUT my mac does gets them.
What I am trying to say is that Person A sends me a text to my phone number from the Text Message app, but since they have iMessage on it goes to my MAC instead of my iPhone.. I dont get it.

khyronelric wrote:
I do not like iMessage because it uses data so I have it off.
BUT I do not receieve the Text messages from other iPhone users. BUT my mac does gets them.
What I am trying to say is that Person A sends me a text to my phone number from the Text Message app, but since they have iMessage on it goes to my MAC instead of my iPhone.. I dont get it.
Imessage doesn't use data. I would say SMS uses more data.
When you turn off imessage on your Mac what happens?

Texting to other iphone users-sometimes green, sometimes blue

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