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Hi,
I am hoping someone can help me as I have searched quite a bit and not ever had my question answered.
I grabbed a Lumia 800 to test WP7.5 (& 7.8 when it is released) as I have an eye on the Lumia 920 and want to test the waters before committing. I understand that 7.8 is not going to be the same as 8 but I can only assume it is going to be better so if I like the 7.8 OS I should in theory like WP8.
I currently am using an iPhone 5 as my main phone but I also have a GS3 too that I use from time to time. My issue is that when I swap sims from the 5 to the Lumia 800 I cannot get group messaging to work and I think it is due to iMessage on the iPhone 5. Even though I turn off iMessage before swapping sim cards it will not allow me to do a group message. iPhone users who text me have it show up as an iMessage at first before it going as a normal text.
Group texting is one feature I extensively use on IOS and would not want to forgo it so I was hoping someone had gone through the same issues but had it work for them.
I have turned on group messaging in the settings on the Lumia but that makes no difference as all responses do not go to the thread but individually.
One last question as well, if I can get it to work are all recipients able to reply to all like the iPhone version of group messaging or will they only see the message from me?
Thanks and sorry for the long post.
Cell phones forum: Group Messaging not working - WP7.5 Lumia 800
by: Mattycee October 14, 2012 3:03 PM PDT
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Let's boil this down fast.
by R. Proffitt 
- 10/14/12 3:12 PM
In Reply to: Group Messaging not working - WP7.5 Lumia 800 by Mattycee
iMessage is not SMS. Once you understand that, you begin to understand the issues.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57436368-285/three-imessage-tips-you-need-to-know/ REPEATS THIS INFORMATION.
Now, with that ugly bit out of the way and the fact WP7.x must use SMS then it comes done to a new question (or many.)
Bob
Other Ideas
by Mattycee - 10/15/12 3:50 AM
In Reply to: Let's boil this down fast. by R. Proffitt
Thanks Bob, I apologise if my thread made me unsure of how the iMessage service works.
I realise that it is not a text message as such as uses data much like an email. But I have turned off iMessage so in theory it should then now show as an iMessage at all and act as a normal SMS.
It is not currently doing that and I am not too sure why that is. People have been able to get Group Messaging to work on their Windows Phone, I havent been able to get it to work and I am not too sure why that is.
Anyone have any other pointers?
And then we get to consider
by R. Proffitt - 10/15/12 7:35 AM
In Reply to: Other Ideas by Mattycee
That Apple software has always been a bit nicer than MSFT's efforts. I can only guess you never noticed this.
Bob
I think that's an understatement ;)
by Pepe7 - 10/15/12 9:42 AM
In Reply to: And then we get to consider by R. Proffitt
AFAIK
by Pepe7 - 10/15/12 9:41 AM
In Reply to: Other Ideas by Mattycee
On a Lumia a group SMS is actually sent often as an MMS by the carrier. Whether or not this is significant in your particular case, I do not know. Sometimes provisioning gets dorked up on an account.
Two places for you to ask besides here:
http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php/608-Windows-Phone
http://forums.att.com/t5/Windows-Discussion-and-Support/bd-p/WindowsOS
Also, don't forget about basic carrier technical support. Every once and awhile they can actually help us .
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