When trying to send a message to someone, using good old SMS can be helpful. An ideal solution to avoid connection problems. We explain how to force the sending of SMS instead of an iMessage.
The native iMessage application, on iPhone, offers its users to send text or multimedia messages to other iPhone owners through an Internet connection. A feature that accelerates exchanges, unless the recipient is not connected to wifi. In this case, sending may take longer. Therefore, it can be interesting to force the sending of a traditional SMS, history that things go faster.
Note that to distinguish SMS from iMessages, just look at the color of the bubble in which the text appears. If it is green, then you are dealing with text messages, if it is blue, then these are iMessages.
Forcing your iPhone to send your message as an SMS can really help you in an emergency. No need to wait for your correspondent to connect to the Internet, like other online messaging services.
So, to force the SMS format, after writing your message, you will need to do the following:
- Press "send"
- Immediately click on the bubble of the message that appeared in the conversation
- In the menu that appeared, select "Send by SMS" (or MMS)
And voila. No need to worry that your correspondent is not connected to the Internet to contact him quickly. You can also deactivate the iMessage option by going to your phone's settings, “Message” tab, then “iMessage” and deactivating the option.
