iMessage won't let me send texts

nihicib2

Got a new iPhone 6, backed it up from my old phone, but have been having problems both sending and receiving texts, sometimes they deliver sometimes not, sometimes I receive them sometimes not.

I have switched off iMessage and back on, did the same with the phone, i have 'send as sms' activated on the phone, I have removed my iCloud and email addresses from the send and receive option and just kept my phone number, same problem, I added them back on, all to no avail.

One thing I noticed is that if I deactivate iMessage on the phone it also removes the send as sms option as well, I can't remember if that was the way with my old 4s.

its driving me bananas as Im not given the option to send a normal text and when delivered through iMessage Im not sure if it has been received or not, any ideas?

airuser

https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT204065

Try here

nihicib2

https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT204065

Try here

Thanks airier I have gone through those steps, updated the phone, restored it etc etc, I don't want to delete conversations as they provide timelines for certain events.


When I signed out of Apple ID and back in my phone number was ticked, but in the send and receive option its just my email address thats ticked, my phone number is grey, at the iMessage option its just saying waiting for activation, I went through all the Apple support options and still the same.

Looks like Ill have to ring support to find out what the hell is happening

airuser

Sorry to hear that. Only problem I have with iMessage is that when the receiving phone is off, have to revert to text.

airuser

Have you tried reset network settings.

You do not lose any content(i hope) and go from there once more

nihicib2

airuser wrote: »

Sorry to hear that. Only problem I have with iMessage is that when the receiving phone is off, have to revert to text.

Thanks for the help though

airuser

Cheers.

If all fails, try Apple Discussions on the Apple Site

Airuser

SpaceTime

A whole load of Apple online services are unavailable because of a DNS error.
They're just suddenly unreachable all morning.

It's not your device or account, looks like either a freak accident or a deliberate act to sabotage DNS records. It may take a few hours to fix.

nihicib2

SpaceTime wrote: »

A whole load of Apple online services are unavailable because of a DNS error.
They're just suddenly unreachable all morning.

It's not your device or account, looks like either a freak accident or a deliberate act to sabotage DNS records. It may take a few hours to fix.

Well its been happening for longer than today, but of course today is the day I ring support to get it sorted, and can't because of the problems with Apple ID and not being able to sign in, oh well wait another day I must

SpaceTime

I suspect it's a DOS attack

airuser

SpaceTime wrote: »

I suspect it's a DOS attack

I have been on MacRumors Forum Site. Apple sites still down.

same with me

SpaceTime

This is going on for a remarkably long time!

I've had no access since about 9 am

airuser

Still down