Texting to Verizon, messages not recieved

[Fronkfronk]

Im having a problem sending text messages to Verizon customers. Some
of my messages are not being received. I have an Iphone 3gs, I never had this problem before I got an Iphone. I called AT&T and was told no problems could be found. They told me to call Apple, I exchanged my phone for new one, same problem. Now AT&T is telling me to contact Verizon. It's all very frustrating and I don't know what to do. Anyone else having a problem with some of your text messages not being recieved by Verizon users?

 

[Tallest Skil]

It wouldn't have been Apple's problem. Great job, AT&T, for making Apple do a meaningless exchange.

You can always e-mail the text.

 

[Jhanson09]

Im having a problem sending text messages to Verizon customers. Some
of my messages are not being received. I have an Iphone 3gs, I never had this problem before I got an Iphone. I called AT&T and was told no problems could be found. They told me to call Apple, I exchanged my phone for new one, same problem. Now AT&T is telling me to contact Verizon. It's all very frustrating and I don't know what to do. Anyone else having a problem with some of your text messages not being recieved by Verizon users?

my old girlfriend had verizion and i had a 3g and for a few months all of our text messages would always go through just really delayed like 4 or 5 hours at the least. Some days would be better but it always had atleast a 30 min delay then finally one day it started working normally and i never had a problem w/ it. did that w/ an iphone and a regular phone tho not just an iphone.

 

[Fronkfronk]

It wouldn't have been Apple's problem. Great job, AT&T, for making Apple do a meaningless exchange.

You can always e-mail the text.

A meaningless exchange is right and a big waste of time.
Unfortunately, my friends really can't receive emails on their phones.

 

[d21mike]

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No problem here. I have a couple family members on Verizon and several on AT&T iPhone. No problem reported by any of us.

 

[Tallest Skil]

A meaningless exchange is right and a big waste of time.
Unfortunately, my friends really can't receive emails on their phones.

No, that's not what I mean.

You can send a text message to a phone via e-mail by sending it to an "e-mail" address associated with the provider.

Hang on, let me find the right template...

Aha!

Okay, just send an e-mail message to number@vtext.com

T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com

Those are all the formats for sending SMS via e-mail. Enjoy!

 

[Superdrive]

I had this same issue when I replaced my fiancé's Verizon phone with an iPhone (new number). In order to tell her about her new iPhone, I texted her old (VZW) phone. It never came. So we did some restoring, testing, etc with no success.

Texts from my iPhone, T-Mobile, Alltel, and Sprint came through just fine. However, texts from Verizon including her VZW phone to the iPhone never arrived.

It took one call to ATT TECH SUPPORT (not Cust Service) to contact the 3rd party SMS administrator who said that the phone number was tied to a landline in Verizon's database. They issued a trouble ticket for that number and the issue was rectified a few days later.

Hope this solves your problem.

 

[tilmonabbott]

i have this problem constantly too. Whether it be to Verizon or sprint. Don't think i know anyone on t-mobile so that wouldn't matter. But my texts will either just not go through at all or they'll take like 5 hours or shutting off the phone for 5 minutes to reset its settings with the cellular network, but that's just a hassle constantly doing that.

 

[Fronkfronk]

It wouldn't have been Apple's problem. Great job, AT&T, for making Apple do a meaningless exchange.

You can always e-mail the text.

No, that's not what I mean.

You can send a text message to a phone via e-mail by sending it to an "e-mail" address associated with the provider.

Hang on, let me find the right template...

Aha!

Okay, just send an e-mail message to number@vtext.com

T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com

Those are all the formats for sending SMS via e-mail. Enjoy!

Thank you for this, I will defenitely give this a try!

 

[jmann]

Tell your friends with Verizon to dial *228 and select option two. That will update the roaming settings on the phone, and will ensure the best connection to the network. That might help with them receiving your messages.

 

[jrock2004]

To throw a twist I have the LG shine and when I text my sister she does not get it. I tried to text another VZW customer and they did not get it either. So I do not think this is an iPhone issue. This is a carrier related problem.