It sounds like your Apple ID is activated with i. Message and your “Start new conversations from” is set to your email address, instead of your phone number. To resolve this, simply navigate to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive and configure the settings to start new conversations from your phone number.
If your friends and family are saying you’re sending them text messages from your email them something is wrong with your settings. This tends to occur when you purchase a new phone, or sometimes when you update your device. Luckily there is an easy fix.
However, the texts appear as i. Messages that came from the email address of the person instead of the phone number. The message may display the person’s Apple account. The Apple account shows up because of the email address registered on the i. Message or on the i, and cloud account.
Why do iMessages send as an email instead of a text?
IF YOU LOSE DATA SERVICE EVERY NOW AND THEN, THEN THIS PART WILL MAKE LOTS OF SENSE If you originally start an i. Message using an i. Phone users email and not phone number, then for whatever reason if you don’t have data at the time of your message it will send it as an email NOT A TEXT.
Why is my Apple account showing up on my iMessage?
The Apple account shows up because of the email address registered on the i. Message or on the i, and cloud account. Here are the steps that you can do in order to fix this problem.
Why are iMessages not returning to their default number on iPhone?
If you originally start an i. Message using an i. Phone users email and not phone number, then for whatever reason if you don’t have data at the time of your message it will send it as an email NOT A TEXT. It does not revert back to their default number even if it’s stored into your contacts.
Can people send text messages as iMessages?
There are instances where people will send a message as text. However, the texts appear as i. Messages that came from the email address of the person instead of the phone number. The message may display the person’s Apple account. The Apple account shows up because of the email address registered on the i. Message or on the i, and cloud account.