PSA: So That’s Why I Didn’t Get Your Text.

[Midpack]

I’m stupid. I was home surfing the net and exchanging texts with lots of people yesterday on my iPad & iMac. But I didn’t get a text I expected last night, still nothing this morning. I texted the sender from my iPad, “not delivered” twice? Finally dawned on me my iPhone was off, and that means I don’t get texts from Android phones - I did not know that. Evidently WiFi enough between Apple devices, but not Android to Apple. Turned my iPhone on, and all good. Live and learn…too soon old, too late smart.

 

[COcheesehead]

Apple will use iMessenger to send Apple to Apple texts. Outside that network is done through your cell provider’s standard text service

 

[Jerry1]

I would never have come to that understanding because I never turn off my phone. The only time I can recall turning off my phone is when I’m basically doing a reboot. And that’s rare.

 

[folivier]

Yeah, DW, and the rest of my close family all have iphones. I have an android. Texting has always been a problem between us. They all can send pictures and videos at high resolution but if I'm included they come in at low resolutions and often pixelated. I wish apple and android would fix this problem. I really don't want to switch to an iphone.

 

[ArmchairMillionaire]

I would never have come to that understanding because I never turn off my phone. The only time I can recall turning off my phone is when I’m basically doing a reboot. And that’s rare.

We're just the opposite!
We only turn on our little flip phone when we're travelling and we need to make a call. As soon as the call is ended, we turn the phone back off again.
Of course, we've never sent text messages with it, either. We only use it like our little personal pay-phone since those are no longer available.

 

[Qs Laptop]

Yeah, DW, and the rest of my close family all have iphones. I have an android. Texting has always been a problem between us. They all can send pictures and videos at high resolution but if I'm included they come in at low resolutions and often pixelated. I wish apple and android would fix this problem. I really don't want to switch to an iphone.

The solution to the low resolution photos and videos that Apple users send via text to Android users is to have them send the content via email to you. I try not to be snarky when making these requests but it's difficult. I might say something like, "Apple only allow high resolution videos sent by text to be seen at full resolution by other Apple users. If you want the rest of the world to see them as intended, please email them to me at high resolution. Thanks."

The problem isn't you. The problem is Apple has created their own system that only caters to their users.

 

[frank05]

Yeah, DW, and the rest of my close family all have iphones. I have an android. Texting has always been a problem between us. They all can send pictures and videos at high resolution but if I'm included they come in at low resolutions and often pixelated. I wish apple and android would fix this problem. I really don't want to switch to an iphone.

Have you had all the Apple phone users enable RCS on their phones. Does your cellular provider support RCS?

 

[Qs Laptop]

Have you had all the Apple phone users enable RCS on their phones. Does your cellular provider support RCS?

Ye, this will work but only if the Apple user's device is on iOS 18 or greater.

 

[Midpack]

I would never have come to that understanding because I never turn off my phone. The only time I can recall turning off my phone is when I’m basically doing a reboot. And that’s rare.

I never used to, but I've gotten in the habit of shutting down my iPhone and iPad once a week to clear the cache and other system housekeeping. There are dozens of articles explaining why it's a good practice, here's just one.

NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users To Turn It Off And On Again

How often do you turn your iPhone or android smartphone off? Not often enough, says the NSA as it issues a security warning to all users about zero-click attacks.

www.forbes.com

 

[Jerry1]

I never used to, but I've gotten in the habit of shutting down my iPhone and iPad once a week to clear the cache and other system housekeeping. There are dozens of articles explaining why it's a good practice, here's just one.

NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users To Turn It Off And On Again

How often do you turn your iPhone or android smartphone off? Not often enough, says the NSA as it issues a security warning to all users about zero-click attacks.

www.forbes.com

Good reason to shut it down. I might start doing that rather than just doing a reboot. Still, I’d have it back on in a few minutes. I do the same thing with my iMac. I’ll shut it off a few times a month just to clear everything out but mostly, it’s on.

 

[statsman]

I never used to, but I've gotten in the habit of shutting down my iPhone and iPad once a week to clear the cache and other system housekeeping. There are dozens of articles explaining why it's a good practice, here's just one.

NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users To Turn It Off And On Again

How often do you turn your iPhone or android smartphone off? Not often enough, says the NSA as it issues a security warning to all users about zero-click attacks.

www.forbes.com

Battery life on our smartphones tends to last several days. I mostly use mine for text messaging. Occasionally a phone call, an Internet search, taking a photo, or looking at a map. No emails or any other accounts from my smartphone. Wi-Fi Calling at home (low bars from the towers). Definitely toward the lower end of smartphone usage.

Because I can get 5-7 days on a 100% charge down to 25-30% remaining, I will shut down the smartphone when I am about to plug it in to charge. Once I plug it in, the smartphone boots up. So, as a habit, I am getting a complete shutdown and boot up every 5-7 days.

 

[FIYes]

I have an android phone and an iPad. I have friends who occasionally send iMessages to me. They come in on my iPad, I don’t carry me iPad with me everywhere and it’s not connected to a cellular network. My friends then don’t understand why I’m slow to respond to iMessages. I find my friends that are iPhone users tend to be less tech savvy. It is not easy for them to understand that iMessage is not universal.

 

[Music Lover]

I never used to, but I've gotten in the habit of shutting down my iPhone and iPad once a week to clear the cache and other system housekeeping. There are dozens of articles explaining why it's a good practice, here's just one.

My Samsung phone has an option to automatically reboot on a schedule. I set it to do so once a week in the middle of the night.

 

[reneeh63]

I never used to, but I've gotten in the habit of shutting down my iPhone and iPad once a week to clear the cache and other system housekeeping. There are dozens of articles explaining why it's a good practice, here's just one.

NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users To Turn It Off And On Again

How often do you turn your iPhone or android smartphone off? Not often enough, says the NSA as it issues a security warning to all users about zero-click attacks.

www.forbes.com

Do you mean rebooting (restarting) or actually turning your phone off and then rebooting? I'd rather do a single step than two...and rebooting clears your RAM and shuts down open apps. Anyway, I never just turn my phone off and leave it off.

 

[Midpack]

Do you mean rebooting (restarting) or actually turning your phone off and then rebooting? I'd rather do a single step than two...and rebooting clears your RAM and shuts down open apps. Anyway, I never just turn my phone off and leave it off.

I actually shut my iPhone and iPad off on Saturday night before I go to bed, and leave it off all night. It doesn’t take that long to benefit, probably only a few minutes is necessary, I think I read an article that recommended 10 minutes was more than enough. From what I’ve read shutting it off completely is more beneficial than reboot/restart - but I’m no expert. It’s no bother, so why not.