So will iMessage cope?

dfarrall · 2 Jan 2012 at 11:58

Works 100% of the time for me, obviously both having internet.
Worked perfectly at midnight too.

FreeStream · 3 Jan 2012 at 17:39

Can't say it's failed for me either.

hendrix · 3 Jan 2012 at 19:12

It's worked 90% of the time for me, the other 10 is i'm guessing from the receiver not having internet connection (mainly down to friends being on the tube). Worked with images too (unfortuntely) on NYE

scratch · 3 Jan 2012 at 19:35

I turned it off a week after installing IOS5 as it was far too flaky. Great idea, especially for sending pics, but if you can't rely on it then what's the point?!

bcjames · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:16

But if it won't send as an iMessage, doesn't it just send as a text? I've had no real issues with it sending, but sometimes it does change a few seconds later to 'sent as text message'. I assume thats when the other person doesn't have an internet signal.

TrUz · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:21

bcjames said:
But if it won't send as an iMessage, doesn't it just send as a text? I've had no real issues with it sending, but sometimes it does change a few seconds later to 'sent as text message'. I assume thats when the other person doesn't have an internet signal.

It does yes, but some people are reporting it doesn't and the message never gets sent.

bcjames · 4 Jan 2012 at 12:51

Right you are. Not sure how I missed RKOs post from when I read the thread initially. Interesting to see the different user experiences, it really has been faultless on my phone.

OzyOly · 7 Jan 2012 at 12:02

Worked great for me sending an iMessage to China.

Xee · 8 Jan 2012 at 14:54

Is there anyway to force iMessage only? I ask this becuase O2 charge me to send an image via SMS - but it free of course via iMessage. Which is really annoying when it switches without warning after I have sent it. I would rather it waiting until 3G etc was ok and then sent the message via iMessage.

Jay794 · 8 Jan 2012 at 15:08

iMessage is detected when you select a contacts name at the start of the message, if they have 3G or wifi switched iMessage will detect this, if they don't it will be sent as a normal sms and cost you.

iMessage waits for a predefined time before attempting to send as sms (I think there is an option to turn this off in the message app settings) so for example, if your friend has wifi on, you send an iMessage but they turn wifi off, iMessage will keep trying to send the iMessage a few times before finally sending it as a sms

Vertigo · 8 Jan 2012 at 16:08

Xee said:
Is there anyway to force iMessage only? I ask this becuase O2 charge me to send an image via SMS - but it free of course via iMessage. Which is really annoying when it switches without warning after I have sent it. I would rather it waiting until 3G etc was ok and then sent the message via iMessage.

SMS doesn't support images, it actually gets sent as an MMS which is why your network are charging you, since few contracts include MMS messages in your allowance.

Just go into Settings, then Messages and turn off the MMS Messaging option. This should prevent any MMS messages being sent at all, which should mean that, if an iMessage with a photo or video fails, it won't fall back to MMS.

Xee · 8 Jan 2012 at 19:33

Thx guys, just found the option in settings: "Send As SMS" ON/OFF - Send as SMS when iMessage is unavailable.
I guess turning MMS Messaging altogether is the full proof method.