Re: [apple-iphone] Here’s How To Send an iMessage as a Text Message

This tip works. I had to use it a couple of times today when iMessage would
not go.


On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Tony <tdale@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

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> Subject: [apple-iphone] Here's How To Send an iMessage as a Text Message
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> http://isource.com/2012/11/19/heres-how-to-send-an-imessage-as-a-text-message/
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> Sent to you by Brent via Google Reader: Here's How To Send an iMessage
> as a Text Message via iSource by Thomas on 11/19/12
> Copyright © 2012 Thomas. Visit the original article at
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> http://isource.com/2012/11/19/heres-how-to-send-an-imessage-as-a-text-message/
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> Given yesterday's temporary iCloud outage, it's probably a good time
> for a refresh on how to send an iMessage as a text message. Apple
> colour codes messages in different ways: green for regular text (sent
> via your mobile carrier) and blue for iMessages (sent via the
> Internet), so it's easy to tell which is which.
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> Normally, all you'll need to do to send an iMessage is write out a text
> and press the blue Send button. During an iMessage outage, you may see
> a set of red exclamation marks next to the messages you've tried to
> send. These exclamation marks are telling you that messages were not
> sent, and you can tap on them to retry – it's worth trying this,
> because sometimes messages will go out on the second try.
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> However, during an iMessage outage, iOS isn't always intelligent enough
> to know that the service is down, so the messages you send will appear
> to take forever to send – after which point iMessage will tell you that
> it has failed you. You can bypass this by tapping and holding on a
> message that is still being sent and choosing to Send as Text Message,
> as in the screenshot above. The message you tap on will then be sent as
> a text, and will show up in green when delivered.
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> That's all there is to it. Hopefully this will help people out next
> time there's an outage (which could well be tomorrow).
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