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TL;DR
I was on ATT for years and could text iPhone and Android users with the iMessage app on my Macs and the Messages app on my iPad. I switched to T-Mobile (and ported over the same phone number) and now I can no longer use iMessage or Messages to text Android users except on my iPhone itself. How can I send and receieve text messages with Android users once again?
Devices that I Own
- iPhone 6 running iOS 8.4 on T-Mobile Pre Paid with a ported phone number from ATT
- iPhone 5 running iOS 8.4, but no cell signal. Used as iPod.
- iPad Air WiFi running iOS 8.4
- MacBook Pro Late 2013 running Yosemite 10.10.4
- MacBook Air Mid 2012 running Yosemite 10.10.4
The Longer Story
I was on AT&T for years with multiple iPhones and I was able to use the iMessage app on my Mac laptops and the Messages app on my iPads to send text messages to people who used Android phones. Apple users received texts via the iMessage protocol and those messages showed up across all devices as blue. Android / non-iPhone users in general always used SMS/MMS and texts showed up as green across all devices. I could switch between devices and continue conversations with no problem. All devices were always aware of each conversation as they happened.
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I recently switched to T-Mobile and ported over my ATT number. I can no longer use the iMessage program on my Macs nor can I use the Messages app on my iPad / iPod (okay, iPhone 5 with no cell signal) to text message friends that are not themselves Apple iPhone users. I can only text message non-Apple users by directly using my iPhone 6 running iOS Also, all devices are logged in with the same Apple ID.
I'm uncertain if the change of carriers has anything to do with it, but that's the only significnat change that's taken place that I'm aware of, and correlation always implies causation.. right? Right.
How can I SMS/MMS non-iPhone people from my iPad / iPod / Macs?
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On your iPhone, I'd try going into Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding and then uncheck the switches by whatever is not receiving SMS messages and then check and then re-authenticate them individually, it should only take a couple of minutes.
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I had a similar problem when I changed SIM cards (though I also changed numbers).
To fix the problem I suggest:
- Signing out of iCloud on your devices and then (starting with your phone) signing back into all of them. This seemed to update my iMessage associated number (which doesn't seem to apply to your situation since you didn't change numbers - so perhaps you can skip this)
- Ensure that on all your devices iCloud accounts that your email AND (correct) phone number are listed. If your email isn't listed then add it (if your number isn't listed then repeat the above step)
- On your iPhone 6 go into settings -> messages -> text message forwarding and enable it on all of your devices (that should all be connected to the internet).
- Enter the relevant codes that pop up on your devices
Note:I think you'd really benefit from updating your iPad Air to iOS 8.whatever instead of trying to get it to work with iOS6
I'm also not sure if you're going to run into problems trying to get it to work on 2 phone devices. I'd try and get it working on all the other devices first and only then try and add your iPhone 5 into your ecosystem.
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Hopefully you get it working!
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I had the same issues after I restored my iPhone 6. Going into
Settings > Messages > Text message forwarding
did the trick. The only hangup was that the code took about 30 seconds to appear on my Mac's screen. And if you're impatient like I was you cancelled and tried it again some 5 times. So I'd suggest waiting at least 2 minutes before cancelling.
It works, afterall.
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When I send messages from my iPhone (A) to another iPhone (B), the responses from B keep coming to my Mac and do not appear on my phone (A), even when I have iMessages closed. This is maddening. How can I prevent this from happening?
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You have a couple of ways to configure this. https://heavenlyspecials789.weebly.com/sonos-app-for-mac-book-air.html. First off, make sure both the computer and iPhone have been set up to use the sameApple ID.
- You can disable Messages.app's ability to receive text messages on your Mac:
- Open the Messages application. Access your preferences by going to the menubar and clicking Messages -> Preferences..
- Under the 'Accounts' tab, you will see all the accounts you've set up to use with Messages, including iCloud. Selecting 'iCloud' from the options on the left side of that screen will show the email addresses you specified and your phone number.
- Unchecking these will disable the ability of Messages.app to receive those messages you wish to send only between mobile devices.
- On your iPhone:
- Tap 'Settings', then scroll down to 'Messages' and tap it.
- Scroll down to 'Send and Receive' and tap it. Look for the menu option heading that says 'You can be reached by iMessage at:', which has your phone number (checked by default) and the email account you configured when you initially set up your iPhone. This is probably your apple ID, but can be any other email address you've specified.
- Simply tap the email addresses that are checked to disable them. This should force messages to communicate with only your phone number.
It should work by disabling all but your phone number on iMessage, but you may need to disable everything on your Mac as well. A little experimentation and tweaking should get you set in just a couple of minutes.
Good luck!
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The best thing to do is just reset your setting and sign out of iCloud on your computer. once it's done reseting on your phone, sign back in on your Mac and every thing should be fine.
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You can also sign out in Messages on your Mac. https://heavenlyspecials789.weebly.com/temperature-app-for-mac-osx.html. Under Preferences, then click Accounts and click the Sign Out button. Then you will no longer receive messages on your Mac.
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