On 4/4/2014 5:06 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> A cogent, reasonable and well written exposition. Thank you.
Thanks.
> Now, for an iMystery. Joan and I have iPhones. My son Duncan and his wife
> Shiva have iPhones. We are having a lot of trouble with texting among our
> devices. Shiva gets Joan’s texts. Joan does not get either Shiva’s texts or
> replies. Duncan gets Joan’s texts. Joan does not get her replies. A few days
> ago, when we were all in the same room, I had Duncan call Joan, and her phone
> did not ring. We then did a reboot on her phone, and the next call came
> through, but texts did not.
>
> A while back, Duncan and I had trouble with our texts. He would get mine, I
> would not get his. That seems to somehow have resolved itself though no
> actions on our own (that we are aware of). Except:
>
> Both Joan and I have not received original texts from both of them. I didn’t
> know, and was about to castigate the kids for not occasionally passing along
> happy-snappies of the baby. Turns out they _have_ been passing along happy
> snappies of the baby, but we have not been receiving them.
>
> I am at a loss, though I am beginning to suspect it might have something to
> do with iMessaging, and settings in our phones.
Ya think? Could also be in Contacts, which iMessage uses to send stuff.
Go through Contacts on each phone and make sure all the family members have
only one entry and all the contact info is
correct. Somehow, we have multiple entries for various people in our shared
Contact list. At least some is the fault of
bringing in lists from elsewhere when we got iPhones. Some may be adding
contacts, auto or manually from calls, emails, etc.
Then, one each phone, iPad, etc., go into Settings=>Messages
First, make sure the AppleID at the top is the right one for this phone/user.
IF phones have been traded, it may not be.
When I gave my 5 to Carol and got a 5s, the phone folks said they transferred
everything, but this and a couple of other
personal account settings weren't changed.
Then, select the contact choice(s) at which you want to receive iMessages on
the individual device. Best is probably the
Apple ID above. IF Contact info includes both the ID and phone #, phone #
should work, too. These may be duplicated. For
example, I receive Messages on both my iPhone and my iPad Mini.
Once all phones have Contact and iMessage settings straight, each one should
send a new Message to each other one. Use
the New Message icon (empty square with pencil) link at the top right of the
Messages panel/column to start the message,
then the plus sign in a circle icon to select from the Contact lists, to assure
the correct, possibly new to iMessage,
address is used. For this step, don't send to multiple recipients, just one at
a time. Not that I know that won't work
right, but I don't know that it would, either.
Then each should reply. If you then use those threads, either old ones that are
OK, or new ones, everybody should be
connected.
This was right for us. Some may not be strictly necessary, but getting it all
straight is worthwhile to avoid future
problems. Hope it helps.
Connected Moose
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