Apple's iMessage is a great way to get around text messaging fees and send messages to other Apple users for free, but it's not without its problems. Unfortunately, unlike traditional SMS, the problems don't seem to magically work themselves out on their own, so here's how to fix some of the more common issues you might come across.
Messages Aren't Syncing Between Your Desktop and iOS Device
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Setting up iMessage to receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac shouldn't be rocket science, but it's not exactly the easiest thing to get working properly. First things first, follow this guide for the initial set up. If everything is working properly, you're good to go. If not, it's time to check on a few of the settings.
Navigate to Messages and turn iMessage and FaceTime on If prompt add your Apple ID Open Notification center and disable Airplane mode, or go to Settings and disable it from there.
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On your iOS device, head into Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Here, you should see your phone number and an email address. That email address is where you should receive messages on your iPad or Mac. Now, open up Messages on your Mac, and open up your Preferences. Under accounts, you should see the same phone number and email address. If they aren't the same, add the email address that's missing. From here on out, iMessage should sync up.
If things aren't working properly, it's time to try the old 'turn it off and back on again' tip. Head into Settings > Messages and turn iMessage off. Wait a few moments, then turn it back on again and wait for it to activate. That should get everything syncing again.
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Messages Aren't Sending or Receiving After You Lose Service
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One of iMessage's stranger problems seems to come when your attempt to send a message when you don't have service and iMessage gets stuck in a loop where it can't send and receive messages anymore. Worse, sometimes those messages are still marked at delivered.
The fix is to either delete the messages you attempted to send without service, or delete the thread entirely. To delete individual messages, open up Messages on your iPhone, tap and hold the message you want to delete, select 'More' and check the box. Tap the trash can in the corner to delete the message. If that doesn't do the trick, you can try to delete the entire message thread. Just swipe left on the thread and tap delete. If you're worried about losing those message threads, you can back them up first.
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Messages Aren't Sent Even with Service
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Sometimes, iMessage just decides that it's not going to work even if you have good service. This can be because of all kinds of things, but the first place to check is Apple's System Status site to make sure iMessage isn't down.
If iMessage is working, then it's time to try a few different solutions. First off, make sure 'Send as SMS' is enabled in Settings > Messages. This makes it so a message will be send as a regular text message if iMessage doesn't work. If it still won't send, try turning iMessage off and on again.
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If that doesn't work, the problem might be with your network, so it's time to try starting over from scratch. Head into Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. That'll wipe your network settings, including Wi-Fi preferences, and can help reset iMessage so it works again.
Messages Are Marked as Delivered but Never Received After Switching to Android
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The internet exploded this week when our former Editor in Chief Adam Pash discovered that switching from an iPhone to Android can cause some serious problems. Namely, when iPhone users who used to have your iMessage account try to send a message to your new phone, those messages never get to you because they get stuck in iMessage. How you fix it depends on whether or not your still have your old iPhone.
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If you still have your old devices, you just need to disassociate your iMessage account before switching to Android. On iOS head into Settings > Messages and turn iMessage. Do the same thing on your iPad if you have one. On your Mac, head into Messages > Preferences > Accounts, and do the same thing. Do this before you activate that new Android phone and you shouldn't have problems.
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Even after deactivating his account, Pash still had problems. Here's what he eventually got to work:
I was able to fix the problem on a per-phone basis by doing the following:
Of course, the only phone I have access to is Ellen's, and I'm not about to ask all of my contacts to do this. At least now Ellen can text me, but that's nothing close to a solution.
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It's not a perfect solution by any means, but it appears to be the only way to fix the problem if you don't have your old iOS device handy. It's either that, or wait 45 days for iMessage to reset itself.
iMessage Isn't Working on Your Hackintosh
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By default, you can't get Messages running on a Hackintosh without some tinkering. The problem, outlined in this massive forum post, is that Hackintoshs tend to cause problems with Apple's servers.
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To fix this, you'll just need to make sure you have the newest version of the Chimera bootloader installed. This includes a fix from last year that took care of an issue that prevented Hackintoshs from logging into iMessage. This guide includes the full installation instructions. Once you're set up, you can use iMessages just like you would on a Mac.
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