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Satellite Messaging Failure During Verizon Outage
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Where are you located? Maybe the thing is overloaded with the combination of Verizon going down the same time as the floods in the southeast?
Pretty sure Satellite messages is intended for emergency situations and not placing your door dash order.
Hmm, were you outside? Clear line of sight to the satellite? I think it only works if you’re outside a cell coverage area, so if you’re in let’s say downtown LA it’s not gonna work if you lose cell service, probably gotta be out in the mountains or some place like that.
Or maybe like the poster above me brought up, it’s possible when you’re message was about to be relayed the operator in the satellite was like “wtf, this dude ordered 4 extra spicy cheesy gorditas from Taco Bell? Nope!”.
No one is placing DoorDash orders lol
iOS 18 allows normal texting over satellite now, not just emergencies.
I have an iPhone 16 Pro with Verizon. I’m on the east coast and was also affected by the outage. I was able to get satellite messaging to work. I sent and received messages with two people.
However, I lost connection from the satellite a few times. Not every attempt at connecting was successful either.
However, I lost connection from the satellite a few times. Not every attempt at connecting was successful either.
😂😂. Not at Taco Bell, but I was outside and the phone indicated I had a good connection to the satellite. So, a bit of a mystery.
Do you have multiple SIMs in your phone or another device that uses the same number? I had issues with sending iMessages via Satellite on a secondary device.
Regular text or iMessage? I read on a support page that sms texting is dependent on carrier support. That support might be tied to network being up and running.
I actually tried both. One to another iPhone and one to an android phone.