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shurtugal-d Author

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iMessage: Sending a message via Text (SMS) instead of iMessage

Does anyone have this issue as well: I'm unable to force/choose for a message to be sent via text message (SMS) instead of iMessage. At times for any reason, I would like for my message to be sent via text rather than iMessage, but the message would go out too quickly before i can hold the blue bubble and select 'send via text message'.

Anyone knows how to go about doing this, other than switching off iMessage or mobile data temporarily? I personally dislike switching off iMessage as it messes things up and takes some time for it to be reactivated.

Thanks!

Posted on Aug 19, 2019 9:07 PM

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panchososa694

Level 7

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Posted on Aug 19, 2019 11:47 PM

This behavior is intended. When iMessage is enabled, it is the preferred method of sending messages and your iPhone will only send a message as an SMS message if iMessage is unavailable or the intended recipient either doesn't use, or isn't eligible for iMessage. So this is behaving as designed.

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