Texts being sent as iMessages

For some strange reason, some of my texts are being sent as iMessages. Anyone know why?

Imessages are sent to other iphone owners. Text messages are sent to non-iphone owners.

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Some of my texts are being sent as SMS (green) instead of iMessages (blue) even though I know these people have iPhones. It's only certain people it happens to as I have other friends who have iPhones and messages are being sent as iMessages like they should be. Is there any way to fix this?
Thanks!

Hello kaeilli
Thanks for the question. Since the issue is isolated to a few contacts, have you confirmed that these contacts are indeed using iMessage (is it enabled on their iPhone?). If so, see this article:
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
If you still can't send or receive iMessages
1. Ensure that iMessage is turned on in Settings > Messages.
2. To send and receive iMessages, your device must have a valid cellular or Wi-Fi data connection.
- iPhone: Troubleshooting Cellular data
- iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
3. iMessage registration validates your Apple ID for use with iMessage. If you are unable to activate iMessage, follow this article.
4; If an iMessage cannot be sent, it will be resent using SMS or MMS, depending on the content. You can turn this behavior on or off in Settings > Messages > Send As SMS. Carrier messaging rates may apply.
5. Verify that the Apple ID or phone number is listed in Settings > Messages > Send & Receive.
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So, looking for a change, I switched from an iPhone to a Samsung Galaxy S3. I still have my iPhone (without a carrier, I only use it for group iMessages and FaceTime and such) and I'm having a problem when texting friends where their messages are sending as iMessages to my iPhone, which is off, with WiFi turned off and iMessage turned off (I turn both WiFi and iMessage off, as well as the actual iPhone, when I'm not using it to try and avoid this issue, but it's not working so far). I wouldn't have as much of a problem with this if it was consistent, but sometimes I'll be in the middle of a conversation with a friend on my Galaxy S3 and out of nowhere they'll stop responding. I won't think anything of it until the next time I turn my iPhone on and see that they did respond, it just sent as an iMessage even though my iPhone was off and they were texting me only minutes before.
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Sonia: Hey Jesse do you have the group code?
Sonia: Haha he didn't! Thanks
Sonia: Thanks Jesse
I talked to her afterwards and she said she didn't know her messages had sent as iMessages because they also sent as texts. However sometimes the messages will only send as iMessages (like the last message she sent) and I won't get them at all until I turn my iPhone on. Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this? I want my number completely removed from iMessage but when trying to remove it on my iPhone it's grayed out, unlike the emails. The emails are fine because I still want to talk in group chats and FaceTime and stuff.
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OverLook2011 wrote:
Cal AppleCare and have them revoke the certificae is the fastest and easiest, and as far as i see, the only way to resolve this issue
No certificate is involved when using iMessage. Where you get that idea I have no idea cuz all one has to do is disable / sign out of iMessage on the iPhone.

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Hi folks, My wife and I have a strange problem with our iPhone 5's where our SMS messages occasionally get sent as iMessages and as a result we never get them on our phones.
Background - We both have iPhone 5's, I have an iPad 3, she has an iPad 4. All software is the latest updates available. We live in a rural area so wifi is only really available at home and the occasional McDonald's, so the only time iMessage is of any real use is when we are at home and want to iMessage friends. This results in both the iPhone and the iPad informing us that we have an iMessage and quickly becomes annoying during an extended conversation so we have turned off iMessage on our phones and use it exclusively on our iPads.
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Hi,
My other half never gets my texts as my iphone is sending them via iMessage to here 80's Nokia.
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I have seen lots of posts with the opposite problem.
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It might not litterally be an 80's phone, but I guess I didn't intent for the comment to taken litterally.

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