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Apple cloud
Posted on 12/10/14 at 7:56 am
Posted on 12/10/14 at 7:56 am
How do you stop text messages from going through the Apple cloud?
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Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:09 am to stat19
Settings>messages>iMessage ON [OFF]
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:22 am to colorchangintiger
Just want to have it said, you'll no longer basically be getting free texts. Everything you send now will count as one instead of some imessages that dont count against your allotment.
That said if you have unlimited texting, doesn't really matter.
That said if you have unlimited texting, doesn't really matter.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:23 am to colorchangintiger
Was walking upstairs behind a woman yesterday who was bitching she had her new android phone for over a week and had not received a single text from her friends in that time. Not. One. She was pissed.
I shook my head.. Can't believe this is still going on.
I shook my head.. Can't believe this is still going on.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:25 am to stat19
Settings>messages>IdontwantmySOreadingmytexts>off
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:31 am to TigerGman
quote:
Settings>messages>IdontwantmySOreadingmytexts>off
lol...
It's not me - I wouldn't own an Apple device if you put a gun to my head. I was asked the question and didn't know the answer so I thought I'd ask here.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:48 am to CAD703X
quote:
Was walking upstairs behind a woman yesterday who was bitching she had her new android phone for over a week and had not received a single text from her friends in that time. Not. One. She was pissed.
I shook my head.. Can't believe this is still going on.
What steps do you propose that Apple should take in order to stop this? When she signed up for iMessage, she was setting it up so that text messages sent to her phone number from iOS and Mac users would be forwarded through iMessage. And now that she doesn't have a device capable of receiving iMessages, she's pissed. All she had to do is disable that text message forwarding on the iPhone before getting rid of it, or if she was unable to do that, use Apple's online deregistering tool to do so.
Yes, that tool wasn't always available and it was more difficult of a headache. But the problem is solved now. It's no different than if I lost my cell phone, and had my cell phone # forward to my home phone in the mean time, and then when I get a new cell phone I start bitching because I'm not receiving any calls. Well, I have to turn off the damn forwarding, duh.
So if you think there's something more that Apple should be doing, what is it?
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 8:49 am
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:49 am to stat19
quote:
I wouldn't own an Apple device if you put a gun to my head
and they say the pro-Apple crowd are religious nuts.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:52 am to efrad
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But the problem is solved now.
tell that to the poor woman who's not technical and just assumed she would get texts when she bought a new phone.
easy for us 'techies' to laugh at her because we know of all these workarounds but are you really arguing she's the one at fault here?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:24 am to CAD703X
quote:
easy for us 'techies' to laugh at her because we know of all these workarounds but are you really arguing she's the one at fault here?
Is she the one that turned iMessage on in the first place? then yes. completely her fault.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:31 am to efrad
quote:
So if you think there's something more that Apple should be doing, what is it?
1. They need to totally rethink the way iMessage works. The current implementation is broken.
2. They need to send an SMS to the user asking if iMessage should be turned off, probably after it's been no more than 24 hours since the device last retrieved messages. They shouldn't hold undelivered messages for a week, much less over a fricking month as they've been doing.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:35 am to CAD703X
quote:
easy for us 'techies' to laugh at her because we know of all these workarounds but are you really arguing she's the one at fault here?
Of course. She bought an Apple product and used Apple software to run it. Then she dropped Apple and moved to the competition. Are all her Apple software and programs supposed to work on her new phone? Does Window Mobile and Android software work on Apple phone for someone that switches?
Tough shite...
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:36 am to colorchangintiger
quote:
Is she the one that turned iMessage on in the first place? then yes. completely her fault.
Absolutely, totally, 100% wrong. Apple designed iMessage to work 'seamlessly' with regular SMS, right? They want the user to forget what's going on behind the scenes, right? And at what point in the process of turning on iMessage is the user informed that their text messages will be hijacked?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:36 am to TigerGman
quote:
Settings>messages>IdontwantmySOreadingmytexts>off
exactly. Or just uncheck all options except phone #.. No emails Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:40 am to Korkstand
You got one thing right--
And they designed it to work on Apple products.
Show me anywhere where they claimed iMessage would work on competition products...
quote:
Apple designed iMessage
And they designed it to work on Apple products.
Show me anywhere where they claimed iMessage would work on competition products...
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:40 am to TigerGman
quote:Uh, no, but there's no piece of software in the Android or Windows world that PREVENTS SOFTWARE/SERVICES FROM WORKING ON ANOTHER PLATFORM. It is absolutely indefensible, so stop trying.
Of course. She bought an Apple product and used Apple software to run it. Then she dropped Apple and moved to the competition. Are all her Apple software and programs supposed to work on her new phone? Does Window Mobile and Android software work on Apple phone for someone that switches?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:40 am to Korkstand
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And at what point in the process of turning on iMessage is the user informed that their text messages will be hijacked?
you mean it doesn't say "WARNING TURNING ON THIS FEATURE WILL RESULT IN MISSING TEXT MESSAGES IF YOU BUY A NEW PHONE.....PROCEED??"
I thought that's what it says when you enable the feature.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:41 am to TigerGman
quote:Show me where they inform the user that using iMessage will prevent totally unrelated services from functioning...
Show me anywhere where they claimed iMessage would work on competition products...
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:44 am to Korkstand
quote:
Uh, no, but there's no piece of software in the Android or Windows world that PREVENTS SOFTWARE/SERVICES FROM WORKING ON ANOTHER PLATFORM. It is absolutely indefensible, so stop trying.
Ugh know. It was designed to work on Apple products. When does it become Apple's issue to work on other platforms? Last time I checked the internets were chocked full of proprietary software.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:49 am to TigerGman
quote:They don't have to make software that works on other platforms, but do they not have a duty to deliver messages that were entrusted to them to deliver? People expect text messages to be delivered, and Apple is absolutely failing here. They could send the user a text, or an email, or even a fricking robo-call, they could do SOMETHING to let the user know that they have messages waiting.
Ugh know. It was designed to work on Apple products. When does it become Apple's issue to work on other platforms?
But I take back the 'failing' part. They know exactly what they're doing, and they're succeeding.
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