To those that this is happening to. Are the messages that are failing all longer than 160 characters by any chance? All of mine are but this could just be a coincidence.
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Message failed to send - IPhone 7 Plus problem
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Im on an iPhone 6 Plus and I have to resend after getting the failed message and this is to non-iPhone people. My texts are usually a couple words or a sentence, so definitely less than 160 characters.
Iphone 7 Plus
IOS 10.1 updated 2 days ago
AT&T, NY and Miami
I got the iPhone 7 Plus as soon as it came out. It started exhibiting this behavior immediately.
I don't use iMessage. So I would send a text, and it says "Failed to Send" in red and an exclamation point.
This occurs on maybe 25% of the texts I attempt to send, in other words constantly.
Gives you the option to "Try Again" at the bottom. I would try again, 90% of the time when you try again immediately it goes thru. 10% of the time it takes 2 to 3 attempts for it to go thru. Everyone and then it takes 5-10 attempts.
This occurs when the signal is full bars and the data has "LTE", so it's not in marginal coverage.
I have reset all settings.
This never occurred on my iPhone 6S even once.
So I think it's clearly some issue of IOS 10 coupled with the iPhone 7.
Really annoying, sigh.
IOS 10.1 updated 2 days ago
AT&T, NY and Miami
I got the iPhone 7 Plus as soon as it came out. It started exhibiting this behavior immediately.
I don't use iMessage. So I would send a text, and it says "Failed to Send" in red and an exclamation point.
This occurs on maybe 25% of the texts I attempt to send, in other words constantly.
Gives you the option to "Try Again" at the bottom. I would try again, 90% of the time when you try again immediately it goes thru. 10% of the time it takes 2 to 3 attempts for it to go thru. Everyone and then it takes 5-10 attempts.
This occurs when the signal is full bars and the data has "LTE", so it's not in marginal coverage.
I have reset all settings.
This never occurred on my iPhone 6S even once.
So I think it's clearly some issue of IOS 10 coupled with the iPhone 7.
Really annoying, sigh.
It's especially annoying considering it's the most elementary of functions. Even more annoying is the fact that the messages are usually going through for me, even though I get the fail message. When I resend my friends ask me why I've sent the message twice.
I'm in Australia and I "think" my problem is fixed. A week ago I changed service providers. . So far I haven't had a single failed message. My wife switched three days ago. She hasn't had a problem either. If You don't hear from me again, my problem is fixed. Best of luck folks.
I'm in Australia. I just signed up for a 24 month Optus contract. I have the standard size iPhone 7, 32GB. This problem happens randomly, no matter the message size. A teammate has the same issue on his iPhone 7. Not only does it say message failed to deliver, but a lot of the time it will say message failed to deliver, and the message will actually get sent. I've sent the same message 3 times to people before because each time it's said message failed to deliver.
Sorry to hear it mate. That's exactly the problem I had. I switched to Woolworths mobile which uses Telstra and the problem has never happened again. Same thing for my wife. Doesn't help you I know. I can't explain it.
Hey guys,
In Australia here too on Optus, Iphone 7plus on ios 10.1.1,
Same problem with the failing to send, 8/10 times it will fail but actually send through and same as everyone, my mates receive 2-3 of the same message. This is kinda annoying seeing I came from a IPhone 5s which I never updated off ios 8.4 and it was jail broken and I never had a problem with ios 8.4 and that's why I never wanted to update because I know apple stuffs up with all their new softwares but I like the size of the screen and the cameras too much to change back to my little toy of a 5s now, locked in with Optus on a 24month plan, so if it keeps messing up I'm going to make a case to Optus and maybe replace the phone or get a different one all together seeing as the new Sony has double the megapixels per square inch than the 7plus and a 25mp camera with 4K resoulotion, only thing keeping me with apple is all my iCloud data and photos really,
Come on apple, fix your ****. From a loving customer
In Australia here too on Optus, Iphone 7plus on ios 10.1.1,
Same problem with the failing to send, 8/10 times it will fail but actually send through and same as everyone, my mates receive 2-3 of the same message. This is kinda annoying seeing I came from a IPhone 5s which I never updated off ios 8.4 and it was jail broken and I never had a problem with ios 8.4 and that's why I never wanted to update because I know apple stuffs up with all their new softwares but I like the size of the screen and the cameras too much to change back to my little toy of a 5s now, locked in with Optus on a 24month plan, so if it keeps messing up I'm going to make a case to Optus and maybe replace the phone or get a different one all together seeing as the new Sony has double the megapixels per square inch than the 7plus and a 25mp camera with 4K resoulotion, only thing keeping me with apple is all my iCloud data and photos really,
Come on apple, fix your ****. From a loving customer
Doe
Do you still experience this up until now? Or if not, how did you solve this problem? Please help im on iOS 10.3.3, iPhone 7.Hey guys,
In Australia here too on Optus, Iphone 7plus on ios 10.1.1,
Same problem with the failing to send, 8/10 times it will fail but actually send through and same as everyone, my mates receive 2-3 of the same message. This is kinda annoying seeing I came from a IPhone 5s which I never updated off ios 8.4 and it was jail broken and I never had a problem with ios 8.4 and that's why I never wanted to update because I know apple stuffs up with all their new softwares but I like the size of the screen and the cameras too much to change back to my little toy of a 5s now, locked in with Optus on a 24month plan, so if it keeps messing up I'm going to make a case to Optus and maybe replace the phone or get a different one all together seeing as the new Sony has double the megapixels per square inch than the 7plus and a 25mp camera with 4K resoulotion, only thing keeping me with apple is all my iCloud data and photos really,
Come on apple, fix your ****. From a loving customer
[doublepost=1548122814][/doublepost]i have the same issue with my Iphone 7 IOS 10