One of my contacts, when I try to send him a message, it says message failed. When I am on message, it’s like it is thinking eating up data,

Message reads iMessage and it fails, then asks if I would like to send sms message

iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 16

Posted on Nov 3, 2022 05:34 PM

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Settings, Messages, turn on SMS and MMS

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One of my contacts, when I try to send him a message, it says message failed. When I am on message, it’s like it is thinking eating up data,

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