iPhone does not send SMS. What to do?

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How to understand that SMS is not sent?

Open the Messages and Conversation application with the person you want. If a red circle with an exclamation mark is visible to the right of the SMS, then everything is bad – the “SMS” has not been sent.

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How to fix?

First, make sure that we do not interfere with common reasons like:

• No signal. If the smartphone does not catch the network, there’s nothing to be done – you need to look for a place where there are no problems with the reception.
• Poor reception – one “circle” or the inscription “Search”. The advice here is the same as above – find a place where the network “catches” better.
• SIM card not working – for example, you have not used the SIM card for too long, and the operator blocked it or did it fail at all.
• Subscriber (SMS recipient) number is disabled. This happens if the addressee has recently changed the phone number, and you have not yet been notified about this. Alternatively, you have many phone numbers for this person, and you send SMS to an outdated one. Check the number!
• Active mode “In the airplane»(Airplane mode) – it disables the “telephone” part of the iPhone, including the SMS service. To disable it, open Command centre (drag your finger from the bottom of the screen to the center). If the icon with the airplane pictured on it is lit, touch it with your finger.
• Sometimes a simple reboot of the iPhone helps. To do this, simultaneously press and hold the power button and the Home button until the Apple logo appears on the iPhone display. After rebooting, try sending SMS again.

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Is sending as SMS enabled?

There are cases when iPhone users who often communicate via iMessage accidentally uncheck the checkbox in the Message settings. As a result, sending something via iMessage to Android and Windows Phone users is simply not possible! To test yourself, open Settings, Choose a section Messages and find the item Sending as SMS. Is the switch to the right of this label active? If not, turn it on. If yes, deactivate, wait 30 seconds and turn it on again. Try sending the message again.

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Reset Network Settings

Another option is Reset Network Settings. The procedure is unpleasant – you will lose the password from Wi-Fi and custom DNS – but useful: it often “cures” network problems on the iPhone, including problems with the SMS service. To reset them, go to Settingsselect The main → Reset (at the very end), Reset the network settings and then confirm the operation. The iPhone will reboot.

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other methods

Sometimes you just need to delete the message and re-create it. It really works! Why, it is not clear, but the fact remains. To do this, open the iPhone app Messages. Swipe your finger from right to left over the conversation you’re interested in. Button will appear Delete. After deleting, create a new conversation and send the person what you wanted.

Try to close the application. Messages. To do this, go into multitasking mode and swipe the message card up. Next open Messages again and try sending SMS again.

Or maybe they are to blame for the problems with SMS … Android and iMessage? A very “vital” situation: your friend switched from iPhone to a “robot”, they send him SMS, but he doesn’t receive them, because I did not untie my (same as before) phone number from iMessage.

If the iPhone is in his hands, it’s easy to “get rid of” – just rearrange the SIM-card in the iPhone, go to Settings → Messages and deactivate the iMessage switch. If you don’t have the device (it is sold / under repair / lost / stolen, etc.), use the instructions in this article.

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