It's easy to be green
March 22, 2012 7:23 PM Subscribe
iPhone filter: Dad and I are on the same Verizon plan each with identical iPhone 4Ss (that was clumsy) purchased at the same time ... but our texts to one another are green, not blue. Now that I think of it, I think most of the texts of mine that should be blue are green.
That about sums it up. I don't know for certain which of my other friends/family have iOS5 or a 3GS or 4 or 4s. I do know what my dad has because we changed to Verizon on the same plan when we got our 4Ss together.
As I was typing this question, I realized I haven't seen a blue iMessage in months - so it must be me. What have I done? What can I do?
That about sums it up. I don't know for certain which of my other friends/family have iOS5 or a 3GS or 4 or 4s. I do know what my dad has because we changed to Verizon on the same plan when we got our 4Ss together.
As I was typing this question, I realized I haven't seen a blue iMessage in months - so it must be me. What have I done? What can I do?
Make sure the Settings > Messages shows iMessage is on and "send as SMS" is off.
Also, the one time this happened to me, a reboot fixed it right up.
posted by gazole at 7:45 PM on March 22, 2012
Also, the one time this happened to me, a reboot fixed it right up.
posted by gazole at 7:45 PM on March 22, 2012
Best answer: Settings -> Messages -> Receive At
Is your phone number listed there? If not, add it.
posted by bhayes82 at 7:46 PM on March 22, 2012
Is your phone number listed there? If not, add it.
posted by bhayes82 at 7:46 PM on March 22, 2012
You would have to jailbreak your phone - How to Change iPhone SMS Text Message Bubbles.
posted by unliteral at 7:47 PM on March 22, 2012
posted by unliteral at 7:47 PM on March 22, 2012
You need iOS 5.0, 5.0.1 or 5.1 to use iMessage. If you're still using some variant of iOS 4.x you won't get iMessage (and you'll still be paying the wireless companies for all your text messages).
posted by alms at 7:48 PM on March 22, 2012
posted by alms at 7:48 PM on March 22, 2012
Also - Why are some txt messages blue and some are green for my iPhone 4S?
posted by unliteral at 7:50 PM on March 22, 2012
posted by unliteral at 7:50 PM on March 22, 2012
it's also worth noting that you need to have data (either Verizon data or WiFi) to send iMessages. this shouldn't be that much of a concern - Verizon usually has pretty good coverage - but if you don't at least see the little "I'm in a really slow data zone!" circle icon next to the Verizon text, your message will go out via SMS.
additionally, you can turn cell data totally off (but still be able to receive calls). that's a setting under General -> Network. there's also a setting in there for disabling data while roaming too.
posted by mrg at 7:57 PM on March 22, 2012
additionally, you can turn cell data totally off (but still be able to receive calls). that's a setting under General -> Network. there's also a setting in there for disabling data while roaming too.
posted by mrg at 7:57 PM on March 22, 2012
You would have to jailbreak your phone - How to Change iPhone SMS Text Message Bubbles.
It's not the color that's important, but rather what the color indicates.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 8:28 PM on March 22, 2012
It's not the color that's important, but rather what the color indicates.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 8:28 PM on March 22, 2012
Best answer: I had this happen with a friend, where her iPhone would only send mine SMS instead of iMessage.
She fixed it by turning off iMessage, deleting any old message threads with me, turning on iMessage again, then using not the saved contact, but an actually typed in phone number to send the message. Once it had sent the first message, it then recognized that both phones were iPhones, and that the number matched a contact, and it worked like it should.
No sure if that will fix yours, but it did hers.
posted by gemmy at 10:41 PM on March 22, 2012
She fixed it by turning off iMessage, deleting any old message threads with me, turning on iMessage again, then using not the saved contact, but an actually typed in phone number to send the message. Once it had sent the first message, it then recognized that both phones were iPhones, and that the number matched a contact, and it worked like it should.
No sure if that will fix yours, but it did hers.
posted by gemmy at 10:41 PM on March 22, 2012
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posted by aubilenon at 7:45 PM on March 22, 2012