My iPhone SE is not receiving text messages

My phone is not receiving any text messages or iMessages. This is a new problem, I did not have this issue yesterday (to my knowledge). I have an iPhone SE.


I updated it to the new iOS to try to fix it, and that didn’t work. I also tried turning it off and back on again a few separate times, plugging it in, sticking it in the freezer, and nothing seems so work. I’m also having difficulty sending messages. They don’t want to go through as iMessages, and I have to resend them as text messages instead.


please help!


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iPhone SE, iOS 18

Posted on Jul 23, 2025 11:19 PM

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Jul 24, 2025 08:20 AM in response to ElizabethJoyce

ElizabethJoyce wrote:

My phone is not receiving any text messages or iMessages. This is a new problem, I did not have this issue yesterday (to my knowledge). I have an iPhone SE.

I updated it to the new iOS to try to fix it, and that didn’t work. I also tried turning it off and back on again a few separate times, plugging it in, sticking it in the freezer, and nothing seems so work. I’m also having difficulty sending messages. They don’t want to go through as iMessages, and I have to resend them as text messages instead.

please help!

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Original Title: Text Messages Aren’t Being Received

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