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Only sure fire way is to call the recipient I suspect. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Explaining the semiconductor shortage, and how it might end. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Related 7. Hot Network Questions. Question feed. Ask Different works best with JavaScript enabled. Accept all cookies Customize settings. My question is it is originally sent as blue iMessage, is it possible they received it and blocked you after they got it?

As soon as I send the message, the read receipt indicator for the individual is gone very coincidental. However, my assumption is they got the message and blocked me. The message indicates iMessage with date and time at the top and the message ends green with sent as text message at the bottom lighter gray color. Also, there seems to be a slightly darker gray almost bold font color sent as text message that you know definitively when you were blocked.

Hey Corrine, thanks for joining the conversation. As you said, it appears that your ex has been blocking and unblocking you.

I hope that helps, let me know if you have further question. From one iPhone to another, when I send a text it is green, when I call it goes into voicemail after or during the first ring. Would the phone being off trigger a green message and not a blue one? If the phone was off at the time you sent the message it will not be delivered and would revert to sending it as an SMS green bubble.

Keep in mind if that person has multiple Apple devices activated with the same Apple ID, the message will be delivered to whichever is turned on and with an internet connection. I do… The text message at the top says iMessage with date and time and at the bottom of the text message, it indicates sent as a text message. The message was blue when sent and then turned to green. Unknown if it was received. I have heard that when you are unblocked the read receipt toggle bar under info disappears.

I sent the message when the read receipt toggle bar was present and the little arrow in the text message circle was blue when I started to send the message. I am wondering if Apple has a new algorithm that mixes up how blocked text messages look and if the algorithm at times shows the read receipt toggle bar under info.

I tested this feature with a friend of mine and had her block me for he entire day. When she initially blocked me within 15 minutes of the block the read receipt toggle indicator under info disappeared. I tested this with two other friends and again within 15 minutes of being blocked the read receipt indicator disappeared.

However, several hours later while still blocked the read receipt toggle indicator reappeared and I sent a message that was blue and turned to green. I was blocked but the message had imessage at top of text without a date or time and at the bottom said sent as text message. It appears from my blocking text test Apple has some privacy programming. The blocked text messages change in appearance and how they appear to the blocked sender. Some texts appear as text message with date and time at the top of the text message with nothing at the bottom.

Some texts will appear with a date and time only at the time with nothing at the bottom. Some text message when initially blocked will say sent as text message at the bottom, nothing at the top. Apple has made it so you cant really tell and some messages on the newer models will change from blue to green and you are still blocked.

I do wonder if this is a message where you have been unblocked for a small amount of time and the individual is using a Mac and the imessage is sent to the Mac but the Iphone is off and therefore, the bottom says sent as a text message because the Iphone was not on to receive it as an imessage.

The contact is blue unless you are an Adroid user or you have been blocked, but once unblocked they have to text you for it to change. You could be unblocked and it will still show green in your contacts. I read all above questions and responses. My question is: I sent a text to someone who I think may have blocked me because he did once before when we broke up.

It said nothing underneath at all. What is the difference here? There has to be one. Thank you. To expand, he has an iPhone and I know he has internet connection and that is phone is in fact on.

Do Not Disturb mode has nothing to do with the delivery of iMessages, it just silences incoming alerts and notifications. Hi there. I tried to send a iMessage text today but nothing went through. I had my friend send a test message to him and it went through. Have you ever seen blocking like this or is this some other technical issue that somehow is only happening between me and this one person who also has an iPhone?

Hi Wintyr, Thanks for stopping by. Try to restart your phone or delete the iMessage thread with that person and start a new one. If none of these work, check to see if Messages in iCloud is enabled, or you may run out of iCloud storage. Either way, let me know how it goes. I did try to call just to make sure everything was OK and that was what was going on is that somebody was just back around and it did go straight to voicemail which once again matches the things that you have listed as somebody has blocked you but then again Sunday night the messages went through and everything appears the same as it does now and it did before.

Or does straight to voicemail without a ring in the phone is dead and possibly broken again. But doing that should give me my answer? Hello- great stuff here. Just to be sure, if I send a text to another iPhone, the bubble will be blue and say delivered if everything is normal no blocking, phone receiving service, phone on.

If it says Delivered and the bubble is blue, I can assume that the message went to their phone-correct? Also, I sent a text to my other iPhone, but the history of that message does not show on the original phone. Any ideas? Hi Rich, Can you elaborate more on your question so I can better help you?

After a while, it stopped showing whether it was delivered or not but still on green. Hi Tobi, thanks for dropping by. Did you have a good internet connection at the time you sent that message? Tried to text someone who has iPhone. The last message was blue with delivered.

The next time I send a message it said not delivered with the red exclamation mark so of course, u can choose to retry or send as text. I pressed retry and it automatically sent as a text with green bubble.

On top of the bubble, it says text message with the time. Hey Katt, It could be service issues. If the bubbles are blue, they probably have blocked you. Hi there, what does it mean if the text message is a blue bubble but does not say Delivered, and when I call it goes straight to voicemail without ringing at all?

Hey Jessica! That person is likely using iMessage on multiple Apple devices such as a Mac or an iPad. Hello, Thank you for giving such thoughtful responses to everyone!. Does it sound like I have been blocked? And would you suggest that I try again in a day or two to check? Hey Lena! Thanks for dropping by. Two things may have happened. What you can do is to have both your iPhone and iPad connected to the same Wi-Fi and send a message from your iPhone, and see what happens. If you are blocked, do you reach an automated voice mail message immediately or do you reach the persons own personal vm immediately?

Hey Justine, thanks for joining the conversation. I sent a very long text message that carried over to the next page because it was very long. The bubble is blue. Am I blocked? Hi Anne! Thanks for joining the conversation. If the bubble is blue, you may have been blocked — but not always. The person to whom you sent the message was offline. I missed a call from an ex today who blocked me three years ago. I called back and it went straight to voicemail. Later texted from iPhone and it turned green and says sent as text message.

When I check iMessage on my MacBook it is blue and says delivered. Did they block me again? Mobile data is now more popular than ever as it lets you communicate worldwide using iMessage, WhatsApp, Skype and FaceTime without having to pay roaming fees for calls and texts. View all posts by Chloe Acland. Skip to content May 18, February 12, Chloe Acland. Why would I want to send as a text message? Can I use iMessage abroad? Share this: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn.

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