Why aren't my iPhone 5, Version 7.1.2, text messages being delivered?

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iPhone 5, Version 7.1.2, text messages not being delivered

In the past couple of days I am having difficulty sending regular text messages (iMessage seems to be working fine). I get the red ! error message saying it wasn't delivered. So I try again, and it will usually go through on the second try. But it's happening with every text message. I haven't updated to 8.1.2, because I don't have enough space right now.

 

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Re: iPhone 5, Version 7.1.2, text messages not being delivered

It may be an issue you need to deal with your cellular provider to troubleshoot.