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iPhone user WhatsApp ok on Wi-Fi but no texts will send and not receive texts

PJ55155
Visitor

WhatsApp send and receive all ok

Text not so

use wifi only, not data. Use pay as you go SIM

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XRaySpeX
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

You need to send & receive texts over the mobile network, not WiFi.

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Leanne_T
EE Community Support Team

Hi @PJ55155

Thanks for coming here. 

If you turn WiFi off, can you send a message to non-iPhone users? 

Leanne.