07-07-2015 12:53 PM
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  1. pappy53's Avatar
    pappy53
    Some of my iPhone text contacts are showing blue, and others are green. Any ideas?

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    07-06-2015 06:43 AM
  2. kch50428's Avatar
    kch50428
    Blue is Apple iMessage... Green is carrier SMS/text messages...
    07-06-2015 06:50 AM
  3. Bigeric23's Avatar
    Bigeric23
    Blue = iMessage

    Green = Not using iMessage

    Sometimes people who "do" use iMessage will show green if they are in a bad reception area, there are problems with iMessage, etc.
    07-06-2015 06:53 AM
  4. pappy53's Avatar
    pappy53
    Originally Posted by kch50428
    Blue is Apple iMessage... Green is carrier SMS/text messages...
    I should have been clearer. Several of my iMessage contacts are showing green. My wife is showing green, and her phone is in the same location as mine.


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    07-06-2015 07:07 AM
  5. Bigeric23's Avatar
    Bigeric23
    Originally Posted by pappy53
    I should have been clearer. Several of my iMessage contacts are showing green. My wife is showing green, and her phone is in the same location as mine.


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    Have you tried to logout of iMessage and then back in?
    07-06-2015 07:43 AM
  7. pappy53's Avatar
    pappy53
    I just tried, and same results.


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    07-06-2015 07:45 AM
  8. BreakingKayfabe's Avatar
    BreakingKayfabe
    Where exactly did you logout from?
    07-06-2015 09:56 AM
  9. Ledsteplin's Avatar
    Ledsteplin
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    Originally Posted by pappy53
    I just tried, and same results.


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    They may have their iMessage off or their phone is powered off.
    07-06-2015 09:59 AM
  10. bamf-hacker's Avatar
    bamf-hacker
    Originally Posted by BreakingKayfabe
    Where exactly did you logout from?
    Settings > Messaging > tap on your Apple ID and select sign out. Then sign back in. But, it could be your wife that needs to do that if you are able to send iMessages to others.

    Of course you could both sign out and back in
    07-06-2015 10:11 AM
  11. pappy53's Avatar
    pappy53
    Everything back to normal now. Weird. I say "weird " because it was about half of my iMessage contacts that were affected.


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    07-06-2015 10:25 AM
  12. BreakingKayfabe's Avatar
    BreakingKayfabe
    Originally Posted by bamf-hacker
    Settings > Messaging > tap on your Apple ID and select sign out. Then sign back in. But, it could be your wife that needs to do that if you are able to send iMessages to others.

    Of course you could both sign out and back in
    My trick has always been to turn off Wifi and be on cellular data, then, Settings - Messages - Send & Receive, log out of Apple ID at the top of the screen then log back in.
    07-06-2015 11:57 AM
  13. dchandler's Avatar
    dchandler
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    I had the same issue, once I signed out of iCloud and signed back in everything worked perfect.
    07-06-2015 12:02 PM
  14. Just_Me_D's Avatar
    Just_Me_D
    Originally Posted by pappy53
    Everything back to normal now. Weird. I say "weird " because it was about half of my iMessage contacts that were affected.


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    Apple has been experiencing issues with their iCloud service as of late and that could have been the culprit. If you're running iOS 9 beta then, I suspect the issue to be resolved in a future update.
    07-06-2015 01:49 PM
  15. dchandler's Avatar
    dchandler
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    Originally Posted by Just_Me_D
    Apple has been experiencing issues with their iCloud service as of late and that could have been the culprit. If you're running iOS 9 beta then, I suspect the issue to be resolved in a future update.
    I had this problem last week, just_Me_D are you running ios9?
    07-06-2015 01:55 PM
  16. pappy53's Avatar
    pappy53
    Originally Posted by Just_Me_D
    Apple has been experiencing issues with their iCloud service as of late and that could have been the culprit. If you're running iOS 9 beta then, I suspect the issue to be resolved in a future update.
    Yeah, I'm on beta 2. Thanks for the info!


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    07-06-2015 01:55 PM
  17. Just_Me_D's Avatar
    Just_Me_D
    Originally Posted by dchandler
    I had this problem last week, just_Me_D are you running ios9?
    Yes, I am. iOS 9 beta 2...
    07-06-2015 01:57 PM
  18. Just_Me_D's Avatar
    Just_Me_D
    Originally Posted by pappy53
    Yeah, I'm on beta 2. Thanks for the info!


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    You're very welcome...
    07-06-2015 01:57 PM
  19. pappy53's Avatar
    pappy53
    It must be beta 2. Now, only 1 contact shows as iMessage. But, if I launch "message(contact)" from Launcher app, it shows as an iMessage. Confusing........
    07-07-2015 12:53 PM
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