Can you save a text message on an iPhone?

Can you save a text message on an iPhone?

Apple saves your text messages in its iPhone backups—whether they’re saved locally on your PC or they’re part of an iCloud backup—which you should have. That’s good! Unfortunately, the file containing your messages doesn’t appear separately within the backup.

Why is iPhone sending text instead of iMessage?

If you have an iPhone and another iOS device, like an iPad, your iMessage settings might be set to receive and start messages from your Apple ID instead of your phone number. To check if your phone number is set to send and receive messages, go to Settings > Messages, and tap Send & Receive.

What’s the difference between iMessage and text message?

iMessages are in blue and text messages are green. iMessages only work between iPhones (and other Apple devices such as iPads). If you are using an iPhone and you send a message to a friend on Android, it will be sent as a SMS message and will be green.

What’s the advantage of iMessage?

iMessage comes preinstalled, and it achieves more than even the best messaging apps on Android. iMessage is end-to-end encrypted, it supports SMS, and it’s packed with features that range from gimmicky (Animoji) to can’t-live-without-it useful (Memoji).

What is SMS messaging on iPhone?

SMS stands for Short Message Service, which is the formal name for the technology used for text messaging. It’s a way to send short messages from one phone to another. These messages are usually sent over a cellular data network. Every iPhone model can send SMS text messages.

Do I need sms on my iPhone?

SMS/MMS messages aren’t encrypted and appear in green text bubbles on your device. To use SMS/MMS on an iPhone, you need a text-messaging plan. You can also set up your other Apple devices to send and receive messages from any Apple device. If Wi-Fi is unavailable, iMessages will be sent over cellular data.

What’s the difference between MMS and SMS on iPhone?

MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service. You can think of it as an enhancement to the standard SMS message. You’ve probably guessed it by now, but the main difference between SMS and MMS is that you can send, multimedia in your messages. This includes media such as videos, pictures, audio clips and GIFs and more.

Where is MMS messaging on my iPhone?

How to enable MMS on an iPhone

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap on Messages (it should be about halfway down the column that starts with “Passwords & Accounts”).
3. Scroll down to the column with the heading “SMS/MMS” and if necessary tap on “MMS Messaging” to turn the toggle green.

What does turning off MMS messaging on iPhone do?

If you disable MMS, you cannot send or receive pictures except by iMessage.

What happens if I turn off SMS on iPhone?

When you disable SMS, the iMessage system automatically takes over, and sends and receives messages using your cellular or Wi-Fi data connection. To ensure you don’t receive any text messages through SMS, you can also disable your cellular data connection to force your iPhone to use an available Wi-Fi network.

How do you block SMS on iPhone?

These instructions will help you block spam messages.

1. Open the spam text in the Messages app.
2. Tap the i icon on the top-right.
3. Tap the name of the sender at the top, located just below Details.
4. Tap Block this Caller.
5. Tap Block Contact.
6. This will block spam SMS from that sender.

Will I still get texts if I turn off iMessage?

2 Answers. You need to turn off iMessage on all the devices that have it on. Answering your question, the message will appear on the devices that has iMessage but not on the one you’ve disabled, however, if you turn off iMessage on all devices, then your friends will send you a normal text message.

Why do my texts go as MMS?

A text might turn into an MMS because: one or more of the recipients is being emailed. the message is too long. the message has a subject line.

What does MMS mean on iPhone?

Multimedia Messaging Service

Why are some of my texts green and some blue?

If your iPhone messages are green, it means that they’re being sent as SMS text messages rather than as iMessages, which appear in blue. iMessages only work between Apple users. You’ll always see green when writing to Android users, or when you’re not connected to the internet.

Why do my texts turn green?

A green background means that the message you sent or received was delivered by SMS through your cellular provider. It also typically went to a non-iOS device such as an Android or Windows phone.

How do I know if text message was received on Iphone?

Answer: A: If you’re sending an iMessage (they’re blue and they only go to other iOS/MacOS users), you will see a delivered indicator under the message once it has been delivered. If the person you’re sending the message to has the Read Receipt feature enabled, “Delivered” will change to “Read” once it’s been read.