When a Wi-Fi network is available, the i. Message is sent over the Wi-Fi connection. When a Wi-Fi network is not available, the i. Message is sent using cellular data. If you regularly approach the monthly limit of your data plan, you may try turning off i. Message to save some cellular data usage.
What happens when you turn off iMessage on iPhone?
When you get a message with his email and not his name, it means that for some reason it failed to send via his phone number and instead used his email. Turning off i. Message will change to the default SMS protocol. It definitely has it’s downsides but won’t use.
What are iMessage iMessages?
These messages are always encrypted and appear in blue text bubbles. To turn i. Message on or off, go to Settings > Messages.
One of the next things we wanted the answer to was; what can you do with an iMessage App?
, with i Message apps, you can collaborate with others in a conversation, decorate messages with stickers, share a song, and more—without leaving Messages., with i Message apps, you can collaborate with others in a conversation, decorate messages with stickers, share a song, and more—without leaving Messages.
Also, how do I send iMessages on my iPhone?
You can use the Messages app on your i, phone, i Pad, or i. Pod touch to send messages. Those messages are sent as i. Message or SMS/MMS. Learn more about the difference between the message types., i Messages are texts, photos, or videos that you send to i. OS devices and Macs over Wi-Fi or cellular-data networks.
Is everyone missing the point of iMessage?
Imessage is always set at default if turned on, if it is able to delivery as imessage, then it will, if it doesnt, then it will send as regular SMS. If you’re talking on the phone with CDMA, then obviously it doesnt delivery as imessage and will come through as SMS.
No simultaneous voice & data. , i Message uses data, standard text messages do not., with i Message enabled and on a call, I do not receive messages for 5-6 minutes (tested this exhaustively with my sister), as the phone will eventually revert to automatically sending the message as an SMS after what appears to be a 5 minute timeout.
Why are my iMessage text messages being sent as text messages?
If they still have an i. Phone but have switched off i. Message, it will be sent as text (the green bubbles ). If they have another phone such as Android, Black. Berry or Windows phone, they must deregiater their i. Message with Apple to receive texts from previous i, and message contacts. It is easy to do.
Are iMessage text messages encrypted on iPhone?
For security, messages sent using i. Message are encrypted before they’re sent. , i Message texts appear in blue bubbles, and SMS/MMS texts appear in green bubbles. See the Apple Support article About i. Message and SMS/MMS.