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<p>There are two over-the-air upgrades to the Pixel phone available.
Sometimes automatic upgrades are turned off. Getting the upgrade
might solve the problem. "He" refers to your son. <br>
</p>
<p>See
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.payetteforward.com/difference-between-imessage-text-messages-iphone/">https://www.payetteforward.com/difference-between-imessage-text-messages-iphone/</a>
to understand the differences. The iMessage is not, I repeat NOT,
SMS (actual text messages. From this link:</p>
<p>iMessage only works between Apple devices. You can send and
receive iMessages from iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Macs, but not
from Android phones, PCs, or other devices. If you’re in a group
text with 8 people and 1 person has an Android phone, the entire
conversation will use SMS or MMS messages – the type of message
that <em>everyone’s</em> phone is capable of having. <br>
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<p>This means, using actual, real, heterogeneous applications, e.g.
SMS to communicate will be successful. The iMessage app is not a
heterogeneous, cross-platform application, and is captive to only
APPLE. Sorry. Send him messages using non-proprietary
applications, and he'll get the message. It's on your phone.</p>
<p>Tom</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/27/19 12:26 AM, David Needle
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">hmmm ... thanks Tom, I'll certainly suggest Signal,
that might be the way to go.
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<div>Here where you say: </div>
<div><i>If you just want to solve the Message app on the phone,
try permitting upgrades; there should be no carrier blocking
plain SMS text messages. MMS is data, and so a data plan
quirk might prevent them. </i> <b><br>
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<div><i>My suspicion is that <b>he</b>'s confusing Facetime and
other Apple-specific message transports for actual text
messages/SMS. </i></div>
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<div> By "he" I assume you mean his phone. When I send a text to
him from my iPhone it doesn't turn green which would mean it's
text, it stays blue (imessage) so he doesn't get it even
though I get a "Delivered" message back. On you're other
point, sorry, I'm not sure what upgrades he's not permitting
and how to enable them. <br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 7:49
PM Tom Henderson <<a
href="mailto:thenderson@extremelabs.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">thenderson@extremelabs.com</a>>
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<p>Suggest to him to change to Signal, free in the Play
Store. It's encrypted and perhaps safer than using texts.
It's available for iOS and Android. See also possible
confusion between Apple-specific products and texts/SMS,
below.<br>
</p>
<p>After obtaining Signal he needs to make Signal his
default Message app; from there, it will be the principal
app for both texts and Signal communications. <br>
</p>
<p>Signal is carrier agnostic; it's a data app.</p>
<p>If you just want to solve the Message app on the phone,
try permitting upgrades; there should be no carrier
blocking plain SMS text messages. MMS is data, and so a
data plan quirk might prevent them. <br>
</p>
<p>My suspicion is that he's confusing Facetime and other
Apple-specific message transports for actual text
messages/SMS. <br>
</p>
<p>Tom</p>
<p><br>
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<div class="gmail-m_-1287605846158476794moz-cite-prefix">On
6/26/19 10:26 PM, David Needle wrote:<br>
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<div>My son bought a new Google Pixel 3a XL that he's
thrilled with (moving on from an iPhone 6), except he
can't get texts from anyone sending from an iPhone
(like his Dad, and many others). At one point I seemed
to be able to at least press and highlight my messages
and convert them to text, but now that's no longer
working. He's had the phone a few weeks. </div>
<div><br>
Is this a carrier or an Android or an iPhone issue? Is
there a setting he can change? We're on Sprint. He's
calling them tomorrow so hopefully they'll have an
answer, but if anyone has any suggestions would
appreciate it. </div>
<div><br>
Thanks,<br>
David</div>
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