Is iMessage completely reliable for you?

[Eug]

One problem for me is that some SMS and iMessages were going to different threads on the same phone, one associated with my phone number and one associated with my email.

Also, that meant my iPad wouldn't get the SMS, which would be confusing.

 

[TheStu]

One problem for me is that some SMS and iMessages were going to different threads on the same phone, one associated with my phone number and one associated with my email.

Also, that meant my iPad wouldn't get the SMS, which would be confusing.

I do wish there was a way, even if it was kludgy, to somehow merge threads, and just have it all under 1 name/ID. So I want to message my sister, who has an iPhone, iPad, and iMac. I don't want to have to care about email vs phone number, I just want to send the message. And if I have messages that I sent her from before we got iOS 4, just put those on the list too.

 

[l45k]

i occasionally have issues when it comes to sending pictures, other than that it's pretty good. i recently purchased a beefed up plan for my iphone 5 so i don't really need to use imessage all that often anyway.

 

[stlcardinals]

If I have it on, one daughter gets no message at all from me on her T-Mobile Android.

She would never receive an iMessage on an Android device.

 

[Eug]

She would never receive an iMessage on an Android device.

Yeah, but ideally she should get an SMS as a fallback.

 

[MrX8503]

Yeah, but ideally she should get an SMS as a fallback.

There's no fallback per-say. iMessage doesn't attempt to send iMessages to non iPhone users. When you open messages it defaults to SMS for everyone else. It already knows who's an iPhone user before the message is sent.

One problem for me is that some SMS and iMessages were going to different threads on the same phone, one associated with my phone number and one associated with my email.

Also, that meant my iPad wouldn't get the SMS, which would be confusing.

Set your iDevices' iMessage to use your phone number instead of your email. Disable your email in iMessage.

I have my iPhone, iPad, and MBP to use my phone number. It's pretty convenient to text people on my laptop.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

No issues for me, I dont have SMS since anyone i want to talk to has an idevice but using it as a my SMS replacement works very well.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I can't remember an actual issue with it myself.

 

[Kaido]

I can't remember an actual issue with it myself.

I've gotta ask...why did you dig up a 5-year-old thread to report that you don't have any issues with it?

 

[Kaido]

Well, speaking of iMessage, my 2 biggest annoyances right now are:

1. iMessages sometimes display out of order. I'll send one message, then another, and the second one will display first. Happens a lot when I send images as well. I recently switched to a new phone, fresh install, latest OS, didn't restore my old stuff, and it still does it.

2. When sending pictures from the camera roll, the first one will go through fine, then the second one will freeze up iMessage. Eventually it unlocks, if you wait long enough, and then half the time it has trouble sending it.

2a. Sometimes when I click on the camera icon from within iMessage itself & select a picture, it either lags, locks up, or doesn't actually send the picture, and I have to go & click on it again. This happens a lot less than #2 tho. #2 happens pretty consistently.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I've gotta ask...why did you dig up a 5-year-old thread to report that you don't have any issues with it?

didn't look at the date, it was on the front page of the subforum *shrug*

 

[Plar]

I didn't have problems with iMessage. All messages are always delivered and received. I like the new effects for sending messages. It's great. However, I can't say that I'm sure of the security of the transmission of such messages. I won't send a password from a credit card or access to a cryptoc wallet in this way.

 

[Kaido]

didn't look at the date, it was on the front page of the subforum *shrug*

Oh, hah. This sub-forum has pretty much died since Steve Jobs died...not really any major new products outside of the me-too iWatch, still no Mac Mini refresh. Not to say that their products aren't excellent, just not a lot to talk about. Even on their new product announcements today...not really any major new features or anything. I mean, an EKG on the iWatch...neat. Used to be a happening place with all of the cool stuff coming out from Apple all the time...they are extremely conservative now & not exactly what I would call the market leader in cutting-edge personal technology anymore, sadly.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Oh, hah. This sub-forum has pretty much died since Steve Jobs died...not really any major new products outside of the me-too iWatch, still no Mac Mini refresh. Not to say that their products aren't excellent, just not a lot to talk about. Even on their new product announcements today...not really any major new features or anything. I mean, an EKG on the iWatch...neat. Used to be a happening place with all of the cool stuff coming out from Apple all the time...they are extremely conservative now & not exactly what I would call the market leader in cutting-edge personal technology anymore, sadly.

Their stuff is still better built than any android device I’ve handled so there’s that. But truthfully I feel like phone tech has stagnated overall. There are now just incremental upgrades year to year and no major changes to the devices. It’s mostly going to be software support that makes the difference and for that you either like Apple’s ecosystem or you don’t.

 

[ultimatebob]

I get a lot of messages that fall back to being sent as a text message because of network issues. I blame AT&T's crummy data coverage more than I blame iMessage for that.

 

[Kaido]

I get a lot of messages that fall back to being sent as a text message because of network issues. I blame AT&T's crummy data coverage more than I blame iMessage for that.

During & after the Sept 12 Apple event, some of my iMessages were delayed getting into me by an hour...I got regular SMS messages from Android devices, but there was some crazy network lag for about an hour or two that day. It's rare, but it's super annoying when it does happen.

 

[x26]

Always reliable for me.