To send an SMS message, you need cellular network connection.If you turn on Wi-Fi Calling, you can send SMS messages over Wi-Fi. iPhone Pro 12; iPhone 11 / 11 Pro / 11 Pro Max; iPhone X / Xr / Xs; iPhone 8; iPad; iPhone 7; iPhone 6; iPhone 5; iPhone SE; iPhone 4; Additional Products. May 19, 2014 2:48 PM Reply Helpful. To send a message as iMessage or MMS, you need a cellular data or Wi-Fi connection. You need to rely on SMS to send to Android devices, for example. The iPhone sends texts using the Apple iMessage network or through standard SMS texts to non-Apple devices. As an alternative to the SMS and MMS messaging for most iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users, iMessage allows to send texts, documents, photos, videos, contact information, and group messages over the Internet. If the person you're contacting doesn't have an Apple product, iMessage won't work. Send as Text Message Instead of iMessage. When i go to my message inbox, it states "message send failure". In these instances, your messages will read Sent as Text Message, not Delivered, and appears as green bubbles. Thread reply - more options. I had a similar problem with getting a "message send failure" when I tried to send photos from my iPhone 5. Additionally, when I use the Messages app on my Mac, attachments send without a problem. Same issue here, at first I used to get "message send failure" only on my iphone messages thread. With the release of iOS 14.2 last week, there's a rising trend of iOS 14.2 iMessage not working on iPhone or iPod touch problems. When I try to send a iPhone message to a non-iphone user, it comes up with 'message send failure'. Apple’s new iPhone 12 range is selling like hot cakes, but millions of potential upgraders should now hold fire. When I disconnect from my home network and use cell service, the attachments send without a problem. Member I can receive texts from them and I have MMS messaging on but it … Photos not taken in HDR mode, on the other hand, transmitted quickly. After trying several suggested fixes with no results, I noticed that all the photos I was trying to send were taken in HDR mode. Quite a few times, when i want to send a text message, it will not go through and a red exclamation mark is shown beside the message. The closest receiving cell tower acknowledges your message and adds a mark to your account to keep track of how many SMS you have sent for billing. I have only encountered this problem after upgrading to the OS 3.0, before then i never had this problem. Restart your device: iPhone; iPad; iPod touch; Check your network connection. If your iPhone can't send text messages, follow these simple tips to fix it. When sending a text message, you compose and send the message on your phone, the phone OS packages it up so the cell network can understand it, and then the message is sent. So the failure to send attachments seems to only be a problem when using the iPhone when it … More Less. Now I keep getting these errors on my mac as well. The tips in this article apply to both kinds of texting, and the procedures apply to … Text Message Send Failure Mark as New; Bookmark; Subscribe; Subscribe to RSS Feed; Permalink; Print; Email to a Friend; Report Inappropriate Content; swelch. I have recently encountered this problem.