
This is an important step in all sorts of troubleshooting. Of course, the recipient has to have the same app installed. Major options like WhatsApp and Telegram work on all platforms and offer secure (and sometimes encrypted) messaging. Alternatively, switch to another popular messaging app. You can resend a message via SMS if it reads Not Delivered by tapping the exclamation point by the message. However, iMessage may fail to send if you've exceeded your cellular data limit. You can't disable iMessage on cellular data while keeping it enabled for Wi-Fi connections, so it's an all-or-nothing service. Messages will only send as traditional texts if there's no internet. IPhones default to iMessage when chatting between Apple devices. Go to Settings > Messages > Send as SMS to enable this. You can revert iMessages to SMS if your internet connection is weak. If your test isn’t successful, you may need to restore your iPhone to its factory settings, and repeat the steps above.But texts aren't just useful when sending between different operating systems. Press or pull the Voice button and say, “Listen to text message,” and SYNC will read your text aloud.

(Help me check my SYNC software version.)Ģ. Only more recent iOS releases (6.1.3 and above) allow SYNC to support text messaging. Check the version of software for both SYNC and your iPhone.* If you have an iPhone, and SYNC® isn’t notifying you of your text messages, try these steps: 27, 43ġ. We know how frustrating it is when you can’t get important messages while driving.
