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Can’t iMessage myself
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Have you tried with a registered email address? Or with +1 in your number (if it isn't already)?
Just tried again a few moments ago and it's was blue 😊. Then tried a second time and it turned back to green 😝
EDIT : I sent feedback to Apple , please do the same.
Here is the link :
EDIT : I sent feedback to Apple , please do the same.
Here is the link :
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Send as SMS is turned off anyway. Yes I have the full number including +44 (Im in UK), also tried removing the +44
Have you tried "Reset all Network Settings" yet? It somehow fixes like 80% of problems like magic. lol. Keep us posted on what Apple Tech Support says!
Same issue.
With iOS16 and iPadOS16 the ability to Message yourself has gone whacked.
I used to do this all the time from either device. That ability is now gone.
Have reported via Feedback.
Now ... If you select the "+" for a message and select yourself, from Contacts, you can get it to work.
If I do it via my iPhone 13 ProMax to myself (phone number), it shows green
If I do it via my iPad Pro 11 2020 to myself (phone number), it shows blue.
It is a screwy situation.
With iOS16 and iPadOS16 the ability to Message yourself has gone whacked.
I used to do this all the time from either device. That ability is now gone.
Have reported via Feedback.
Now ... If you select the "+" for a message and select yourself, from Contacts, you can get it to work.
If I do it via my iPhone 13 ProMax to myself (phone number), it shows green
If I do it via my iPad Pro 11 2020 to myself (phone number), it shows blue.
It is a screwy situation.
I posted about this on this tread :
See answer #235
See answer #235
Ha ! I posted about the answer you gave me in the other tread just now ;-))
I'm not doing betas so didn't know it was the same with iPad OS16
My iPad Air 5 is still on 15.7
I was never on 15.7. But good to know.
Yeah, 16 and now 16.1 betas have the same issue for me.
Just in case I wasn't clear , I have no issue on iPad running iOS 15.7 . Or on my MBA which is too old to run Ventura 🥲
It's definitely a iOS 16 bug .
Just as a follow up. I had my iPhone 14 pro delivered this morning. I did a transfer of info from my previous phone and on the new phone iMessage is working correctly and I am in blue! Doesn’t really make sense as the data is a carbon copy of before but hey it works now
I’ve been reporting this bug since the first iteration of the iOS 16 Beta. It works fine in prior iOS versions, however suddenly couldn’t send self pics, docs, msgs without triggering the green bubble (which prevents most attachments). Even after going from 12 PM to 14 PM with 16.0.2 still does the same thing. Very irritating.
Mine is doing this as well. 13PM on iOS 16.0.2 Monday it was a regular sms, Wednesday it let it go through iMessage and now today back to sms.