Help Moto e5 Cruise not getting text messages

[Patrickpbme]

Still learning on this android phone. Latest problem is with text messages. I send a text to folks with IPhones. They get it. They respond and I get nothing.

I have been told this has something to do with WiFi versus SMS. Is there a setting somewhere on my phone I need to change so an IPhone cane send me messages?

Thank you.

 

[n0tall0wed]

Still learning on this android phone. Latest problem is with text messages. I send a text to folks with IPhones. They get it. They respond and I get nothing.

I have been told this has something to do with WiFi versus SMS. Is there a setting somewhere on my phone I need to change so an IPhone cane send me messages?

Thank you.

I am one of only 2 Androids in a household with 3 I phones. My other half has the same phone as you and it always takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 5 hours before she receives any texts. Where as I get them instantly. So as far as I can tell it's just your model phone just has an issue with texts in general.

 

[Patrickpbme]

I am one of only 2 Androids in a household with 3 I phones. My other half has the same phone as you and it always takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 5 hours before she receives any texts. Where as I get them instantly. So as far as I can tell it's just your model phone just has an issue with texts in general.

Wow! That's not what I hoped to hear and I never get the text messages. May be time to rethink switching from the IPhone ... Thanks!

 

[svim]

Still learning on this android phone. Latest problem is with text messages. I send a text to folks with IPhones. They get it. They respond and I get nothing.

I have been told this has something to do with WiFi versus SMS. Is there a setting somewhere on my phone I need to change so an IPhone cane send me messages?

No SMS is not dependent on WiFi connectivity, with some carriers there is an issue with MMS requiring cellular (mobile data) connectivity but that not SMS. The issue you're having has to do with Apple's iMessage protocol being proprietary and closed off to any other platform. Apple refuses to allow other platforms to include support for the iMessage protocol so it's only usable by other iMessage users. The iMessage app does include support for SMS/MMS so in your case the iMessage users you send a text message to can readily receive them, but it's still a matter of them intentionally sending/replying to you specifically using SMS/MMS, since by default their iMessage apps use the iMessage protocol as the default.

 

[Patrickpbme]

No SMS is not dependent on WiFi connectivity, with some carriers there is an issue with MMS requiring cellular (mobile data) connectivity but that not SMS. The issue you're having has to do with Apple's iMessage protocol being proprietary and closed off to any other platform. Apple refuses to allow other platforms to include support for the iMessage protocol so it's only usable by other iMessage users. The iMessage app does include support for SMS/MMS so in your case the iMessage users you send a text message to can readily receive them, but it's still a matter of them intentionally sending/replying to you specifically using SMS/MMS, since by default their iMessage apps use the iMessage protocol as the default.

Thanks so much. A friend with an IPhone showed me how it had to work on his end and how easy if was for him to send a message as a text so it would get to me. Now, I guess the "challenge" is to let my IPhone friends know they need to do this if they expect me to get their messages. Very irritating!