A problem with an iPhone isn’t sending text messages for Android phones can be solved fast by restarting your phone and turning on SMS, enabling the SMS feature, setting network settings, and updating your device to the latest firmware version, and other solutions that are simple which I’ll look at in depth in the next section.
Did you send a message believing it was delivered, only to discover that it’s stuck in your outbox? It’s occurred numerous times when I’ve sent messages via my iPhone to an Android recipient. It’s not a pleasant experience and that’s the reason I chose to come up with solutions.
If you’ve efforts making an try to send an SMS message to an Android user and it was not delivered This article is ideal for you. In the end you’ll be able to resolve your iPhone not sending messages to Android problem by yourself.
1. Restart the iPhone
Restarting your phone could be all you need to do if your issue is the result of a small glitch. The phone will be unable to perform background operation that causes problems to the phone when you attempt sending a message on the Android phone.
The process of restarting differs for each iPhone model.
To restart iPhone X, 11, 12, 13, 14 & SE 3rd generation:
- Hold and press any button, including the Volume buttons or the Side button simultaneously until you see the power offslider appears.
- Move the slider to turn off the phone.
- Wait 30 seconds. Then , press on and hold your sidebutton until you see the Apple logo is displayed.
To start iPhone 8, 7 or 6 and SE 2nd generation:
- Hold and press your button on the side button till you can see that the power off slider appear on your screen.
- Slide the slider until you turn the device off.
- After 30 seconds, Press and hold on your sidebutton until you can see Apple’s logo. Apple logo.
To start iPhone 5 and earlier:
- Long-press the topbutton until you can see that the power off slider appear on your screen.
- Use the slider to turn it off.
- After 30 seconds, press the topbutton for a second time. Release the button until you see the Apple logo.
After restarting After that, try sending the message one more time to see if the message goes through.
2. Allow and disable Airplane Mode
The process of switching into Airplane Mode and reverting is another method of disrupting wireless and cellular data connections. It also removes any glitch that could be preventing texts from getting delivered.
It is possible to quickly access this mode via your Control Center by tapping on the plane icon in order to activate it. After a short time then tap it again to disable. This should make it easier so that the messages can flow through.
3. Allow SMS
There could be a problem due to SMS. SMS option on your phone. iMessage manages the transfer of text messages among Apple devices. However, when you want to send SMS messages to Android or other users who aren’t iPhone users it is necessary to send them in SMS format.
To enable this:
- Open device Settings.
- Tap on the message.
- Select the opportunity to send as textand switch on the opportunity.
- You may also turn off MMS messaging in case you intend to send images.
It should start sending texts to Android phones immediately.
4. Make sure you know the Date and Time.
If you have the wrong date or time in your device can interfere with network-related functions. this includes internet access as well as text messaging. The iPhone must be registered with the correct date and time in order for sending out an SMS on an Android device.
To determine the correct date and time:
- Open iPhone Settings.
- Click on the General.
- Navigate to the Date and Time.
- Automatedly set to re-calibrate the values. It should be now possible send text messages to Android phones as soon as you get them.
5. Find the Recipient’s ID number
If you send the message to an unregistered number will give the error code. When you send a message from your iPhone on your Android device, you must warrant you know the correct number for the recipient in the correct sequence and format.
However it is important to make sure that the phone number you’re sending it to isn’t blocked. To confirm whether this is the case, follow these steps:
- Settings. Open Options.
- Visit the Messages.
- Go to “Blocked”and check whether the number that displays an error is in the list of blocked numbers. Take it off if it’s on there. This will allow you to use your iOS device to transmit messages via Android phones.
