topic Re: From blue to green on iMessage! in Apple Devices

From blue to green on iMessage!

Lamead — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:20:35 GMT

I don’t know why but my messages are now green to my sister and she is definitely an iPhone user. I’ve only recently realised as I had extra charges for sending picture messages!

any idea why and how to resolve it?

Re: From blue to green on iMessage!

Chris_B — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:26:07 GMT

@Lamead is that when the connection via cellular or are you connected via WiFi ? If via cellular do you have any data allowance left ? iMessage will change to a sms when your device isn’t connected via cellular data or WiFi. Is cellular data enabled on your device? Open control centre and is this icon green?

Re: From blue to green on iMessage!

Fatboy71 — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:23:05 GMT

@Lamead wrote:
I don’t know why but my messages are now green to my sister and she is definitely an iPhone user. I’ve only recently realised as I had extra charges for sending picture messages!
any idea why and how to resolve it?

Could you ask your sister to go into Settings, scroll down to Messages select this and see if the iMessage option is turned on. Just in case this has been inadvertently turned off.

Also, do you send texts to other people who have an iPhone, and if so do these send as blue or green?

Re: From blue to green on iMessage!

Lamead — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:38:52 GMT

Thank you for your reply. I’m almost sure it was over wifi. But have just seen they were Digital Touch messages! Thanks to my nephew being told about ‘sending lasers’ by a mate. I assume they’re classed as pictures regardless of cell/wifi??

Re: From blue to green on iMessage!

Lamead — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:35:40 GMT

Thank you

Checked settings, all on.
But have just seen they were Digital Touch messages! Thanks to my nephew being told about ‘sending lasers’ by a mate. I assume they’re classed as pictures regardless of cell/wifi??

Re: From blue to green on iMessage!

Teeny3 — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:56:49 GMT

I had same and just fixed it. Go into settings, then messenger then down to RCS. Switch it off and it will go back to MMS messages. Then your messages turn blue again.

Re: From blue to green on iMessage!

Teeny3 — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:08:46 GMT

Another option (just sorted my partner who has an older iPhone). On his I had to activate iMessages by clicking into and ticking his phone number. It seems to have been cleared. So, same again, settings, then messages then click into send and receive, then tick the phone number and emails you want to use on iMessage.