Something like this??
Likely means you have unsent messages.
You've been saying when you turn off iMessage you can't send anything.
So do you have unsent messages??
@Jovi If you turn off iMessage and you can't send a text or picture at all. Means your settings on your iPhone are not properly set.
Just another reason why i hate iPhones. So much hassles 😂.
Go through your settings and make sure SMS (which is text messages) and MMS (which is pictures) are turned on.
if still not working. Then go through your send and receive addresses. Maybe they are turned on for (Email and not phone number).
Might look something like below.
@Jovi Well sorry I don't know what other way to try to explain it to you.
iMessage has zero to do with the text system. Zip, Nada, nothing. Which means if you're not on wifi you will be charged data.
If you turn off Imessage. Your pictures will go through the text system. Which means. You can send unlimited amount of pictures. Doesn't matter. Send 300 tonight if you want. Data needs to be ON but it will NOT consume your plan data as it is included in your plan.
PM system picks up what you do.
If you look at your usage history you'd see different things.
When data is being used. You'd likely see two different things.
"Web" and far right will show how much data was used. That counts to your plan data.
Or it would show "Data Event" then far right shows "MMS" which MMS means picture and is included in your plan you pay.
Like this. This is what shows far right in your usage. Far left would be where it says "Web" or "Data Event"
So if you use just iMessage. When you're not on WiFi. You'd never see sms or MMS . All you would see is "Web" then the amount of data you used when talking to other people that have Iphones. Unless they have Immessage off, data off, airplane mode, etc then it would be sent through standard text system. If you send and it shows Blue. Means it went through iMessage. If it shows green means it was sent through standard text system.
If you send to a contact that has an Android or any other type of device that is not an Apple. It will always show green and go through the standard text system as only Apple has iMessage. So if you were texting or sending pictures to someone without an Apple they'd always show as "Data event". .
Data is not required to send MMS (Pictures). You could have ZERO data left available. Even a plan where you don't get any data at all. You'd still be able to send and receive pictures however data needs to be turned on.
It requires a connection for the text system to process the picture.
@Jovi FYI if the picture messages are going through iMessages you'll consume data if you're not on wifi. iMessage uses wifi or data and not the traditional text system.
To tell.
Blue messages are iMessage and Green are traditional text messages.
Ensure you turn on the settings for traditional text and MMS which is included in your plan. Might look like the below .
Turn iMessage off when not connected to WiFi. If you keep it on just know if the sms or MMS goes through iMessage it counts towards your data limit if not connected to wifi.
