iPhone 8/Plus Only able to send messages to select people

[tonybarnaby]

My daughter just called me all flustered. She isn’t able to send messages to some people, while others she can. Most of her friends have iPhones, but some have android. She can text me and her mom, but not her sister (she texts on her iPad and an android phone).

She doesn’t get the “! Message not delivered” message. Nothing happens at all she says. I had her reboot her phone and nothing. She’s downloading the update now, but I’m at a loss. Any ideas?

 

[0128672]

Check to see if Settings > Messages > SMS/MMS > MMS Messaging is enabled. Is this an issue that began out of the blue, or with a new iPhone, or had she been making settings changes?

 

[tonybarnaby]

Check to see if Settings > Messages > SMS/MMS > MMS Messaging is enabled. Is this an issue that began out of the blue, or with a new iPhone, or had she been making settings changes?

That’s enabled. This happened out of the blue today. She’s had the phone for 2.5 years and never changed anything. As of an hour ago she can only text select people for no rhyme or reason

 

[Apple_Robert]

Sounds like a possible SIM card going bad scenario.

 

[tonybarnaby]

She can’t even send sms to the people in question

 

[tonybarnaby]

Little update. She deleted the group text and now she can actually send messages and not just receive them. Still can’t iMessage her sister, which is odd.

 

[C DM]

Little update. She deleted the group text and now she can actually send messages and not just receive them. Still can’t iMessage her sister, which is odd.

Might be worth trying to turn iMessage off and then back on to see if that might help, if that hasn't been tried yet.

 

[CTHarrryH]

In contacts is sister's phone listed as iPhone or ???
Also try restarting the phone. Sometimes I find it fixes weird things

 

[Apple_Robert]

In contacts is sister's phone listed as iPhone or ???
Also try restarting the phone. Sometimes I find it fixes weird things

Rebooting the phone has been tried several times.