[Ipg-smz] HELP! New Google Pixel 3a won't receive texts ...

[David Needle]

Just an update ... Signal actually didn't work out, he was still missing
texts. Got very frustrated and bought a new iPhone instead. So that's the
end of that.

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 3:47 PM David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom to the rescue ! Signal seems to be the solution. So far so good.
> Thanks!
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 5:37 AM Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com>
> wrote:
>
>> +1
>> On 6/27/19 4:09 AM, Richi Jennings wrote:
>>
>> Sadly, Apple has become Microsoft circa 1995. Or perhaps Hotel California
>> is a better simile?
>>
>> The Apple cloud still thinks son's endpoint is a an iMessage-capable
>> iPhone.
>>
>> Instructions to check out of Hotel Cupertino are here:
>> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204270
>>
>>
>> // @RiCHi <http://twitter.com/RiCHi> | +44.7789.200701 | 1.408.256.0084
>>  | richi.uk
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 3:27 AM David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
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