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How to Fix It When iPhone Text Messages Are Not Sending
Connect to a online grid.
Messages go through your cell phone provider’s connection.
If you are instead connected to a Wi-Fi connection, your iPhone will use the Wi-Fi connection.
Turn Airplane Mode on and off.
Quit and restart the Messages app.
Sometimes apps encounter conflicts and need a helping hand (er, finger swipe).
Force-quit the messaging app, then loop back and try.
Restarting your gadget can remove any software conflicts that have stopped messages from coming or going.
Check the iMessage system status.
Check the Apple System Status page to see if there’s a problem with iMessage.
If there is, you’ll have to wait for Apple to resolve it.
Confirm the recipient’s phone number and email.
If your texts still don’t send, see to it you have the correct contact information.
Check the recipient’s phone number or, if you use the Messages app, their email address.
Confirm that your message pop in is supported.
Not every phone company supportsevery kind of text message.
There’s broad support for SMS (Short Message Service), the standard text-messaging protocol.
Turn on Group Messaging.
UnderSMS/MMS, toggleMMS MessagingandGroup Messagingto theOn(green) position.
Check the phone’s date and time controls.
Your iPhone must register the correct date and time prefs for web link-based services to work correctly.
SelectSettings>General>Date & Time, then move theSet AutomaticallyswitchtoOn(green).
If it is already on, turn it off and on again.
If you use iMessage to send texts, verify that iMessage is turned on.
The problem may be that the setting was accidentally turned off.
To turn it on, selectSettings>Messages, then toggle theiMessageswitch toOn(green).
Reset web connection parameters.
The iPhone online grid prefs are a group of preferences that control how the phone accesses cellular networks.
Errors in those controls could interfere with sending texts.
To solve these problems, reset your online grid prefs.
Wireless carriers periodically update these configs.
ensure you have the latest version by updating your carrier parameters.
The latest version of iOS always contains the most up-to-date feature enhancements and bug fixes.
Updating iOS when you run into problems is always a good idea.
You canfix the iMessage Android bug with a simple free tool.
You canschedule a text message on iPhoneusing the Shortcuts app.
Tap and hold your finger on the message bubble, then selectMore.
pick the messages or conversations you want to delete, then select thetrash canicon.
Keep in mind that deleting conversations is permanent; once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.
Unfortunately, a text message cannot be unsent.
If you’re quick enough, you may.
be able to cancel it before it sends.
If Do Not Disturb is on, all notifications from that conversation are silenced.
To unmute the conversation, swipe left on it and choose thebell icon.
