When do not disturb is turned on for a particular message thread, you wont be notified when that persons replies via text or imessage. If you own an iphone, chances are youve seen a weird shape or a strange symbol on the display. When the persons profile picture appears in a tiny circle below the message, youll know the message has been read. The blue circle with the radio inside is for airdrop. If youve been an iphone users for long enough, you probably know that imessages are in blue bubbles, while standard sms text messages are in green bubbles.
Some iphone icons are more commonly known, such as the wifi signal icon, but some, like the orientation lock icon, mystify many. The app store within imessage allows you to browse and install imessage compatible games. How to tell imessages from text messages the mac observer. Phantom imessages showing, please help macrumors forums. A new text message screen appears with all the message, messages, or photos you selected. Message with blue bubbles are sent via the imessage instant messaging protocola messaging platform specific to apple devices. Does a blue circle with a blue check mark mean im blocked. I have a blue dot in the top left corner of my iphone screen i have no idea where it came from and i cant get rid of it. Once a message has been deleted the only way to uncover it would be to manually sort through and read sms backups, which isnt the most userfriendly task in the world, and thus extremely unlikely to occur note. The iphone 2g, 3g and 3gs use sim cards, the iphone 4 and 4s use a micro sim card, and the iphone 5 uses a nano sim card.
What does a crescent moon symbol next to the time on an iphone. What are these moon icons next to contacts in messages on ios8. When youre done composing your text, instead of just poking at the blue send button, use 3d touch if you have an iphone 6s or newer or press and hold with an iphone 6 or older to pull up. Jul 05, 2017 you may have noticed that some messages in iphones message app are green, while some are blue. I like the look of the iphone 5c especially the blue one and was wondering if theres any point in upgrading to it. Do you want to save your iphone text messages instead. Or some of your messages are too sensitive and personal, you dont want to others to see it, and plan to remove them permanently. Jan 09, 2015 17 handy and cool imessage tips and tricks. If youre communicating between two apple devices with imessage enabled, youll see blue messages. If theyre blue, that means it is an imessage going from one apple device iphone, ipad, ipod, or mac to another. If youre communicating with any device that doesnt use imessage like an android phone, or an iphone that doesnt have imessage turned onyoull see green messages. Read this post to know why the messagesimessage gone, and how to get back your missing message conversations from iphone with ease in minutes. Tap on the arrow in the bottom right corner of the screen.
So without any further ado lets get started with listing the awesome imessage tricks for iphone 11, iphone 11 pro, iphone xs, iphone xs max, iphone xr, iphone x, iphone 8, iphone 7, iphone 6s and more. As i stated above, you may see blue or gray crescent moon icons. Why some imessage texts are blue and some are green cnet. Pinebeetle explains how to add and hide alerts in a. Open the messages app tap on the three dots in the circle in the top right of your display tap on edit name and photo select your preferences. The blue dot means you have a new message, the blue dot with the crescent moon in it means that you have a new message on a do not disturb thread. What the halfmoon icons mean on your iphone business insider. I figured he must have 2 phones, but as it turns out, he doesnt. A sim is required to activate an iphone, but you can choose to take it out afterwards. Youve always been able to send sketches and drawings to other apple watch users with apple watch. Sep, 2016 today we announced the availability of circle for imessage, which enables anyone using ios 10 to send and receive social and personal payments without fees to anyone in the world directly within apples imessage. Why is there a crescent moon next to a text message in ios 9. In a gray bubble on the iphone message screen, and message color.
Apr 23, 2019 how do you know your imessage is free or not before sending it. This does not delete the message from the imessage server, and it does not remove it from the other individuals iphone. These messages are sent through your cellular providers data network or via wifi no cell service needed, and text message rates dont apply. Messages with green bubbles are normal sms text messages. We text each other but when we use imessage, his number shows up a completely different number. How to get and play games in imessage on ios 121110 imobie. Why apples imessage isn t a home run for businesses cult. After you have read the message, the moon turns gray which means the text has been read or opened. You may have noticed that some of your iphone text messages have either a blue or green background.
Tap the forward buttonthe curved arrow at the right bottom of your screen. I believe it means either theyre typing a text to me or it is being delivered by them to me. Anyway, at some point you may have turned off the ability to receive message alerts from one or more of your contacts from within the messages app. My girlfriends iphone 5 is showing 11 messages in the red bubble on the homescreen. A blue circle with a checkmark meaning is that your message has been sent.
Before you begin text entry, you should see imessage in faint grey letters in the text entry box. Nov 05, 2019 imessage may be the most used app on your iphone, ipad or ipod touch, so it only makes sense to get yourself familiar with all the tips and neat tricks it has got up its sleeves. If youve ever wondered what some of the symbols on the top of your iphone are trying to tell you, then youve come to the right spot. Jan 07, 2016 how to turn off do not disturb for a text message on an iphone. Aug 20, 2012 why apples imessage isn t a home run for businesses. The texts you send and receive are no longer blue theyre all green. Jun 22, 2018 some of the queries mentioned below are also answered by this video. You can send sketches, fireballs, and even your heartbeat in imessages to other iphone users. The iphone will still be able to connect via wifi, and cannot place calls or use text messaging unless using imessage. What are these moon icons next to contacts in messages on.
Sep 17, 2018 since ios 10 adds a set of new features and tricks to message imessage, you are able to play games in imessage with friends. No this article does not describe how to get rid of a recent email address in ios 6 because i have ios 6 and theres no such thing as a blue circle that takes you to some recents list. Therefore, anyone with an ipad or a mac computer can send imessages. Jan 31, 2012 this feature is not available right now. Also, why are some of my texters texts blue and some green.
Use ios 11s new automatic setup tool with your iphone 8. These pages are reproduced from apples iphone users guide. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you. Mooning when you put someone or a group of people in do not disturb mode is the new texting trend you need to try. When you open messages, none of the messages have a blue circle in front of them indicating an unread message. Customers who want to send money can use the builtin imessage app store to grab the circle for imessage app if you already have the circle ios app, it will appear automatically within your installed imessage apps, create an account, and link a debit card and send payments using dollars, euros, pounds and bitcoin to any other imessage or sms. A message will appear in blue for an imessage and green for an sms text message. Meaning of light gray crescent moon next to someones name in text in ios what is the meaning of gray crescent moon in iphone imessage. This is because its a great way to keep in touch with friends and family, while being able to access messages across all of your apple. Last updated on october 9, 2017 by serhat kurt 19 comments you may see a crescent moon gray or blue symbol next to your contacts in messages. What is the crescent moon next to the name on iphone messages coversation in ios 1112. Tap the contacts name or phone number at the top of the screen. Open the messages app tap on the three dots in the circle in the top. A do not disturb symbol half moon will appear on the left of the message.
Mar 30, 2020 iphone text messages, imessages disappeared by accident. A blue circle with a check means that your message has been sent. Besides, this post also gives you methods to avoid this happen again. Jan 20, 2018 the crescent moon icon is the same symbol used for apples do not disturb feature, which can mute alerts during scheduled hours of the day or temporarily when turned on and off manually. How to forward or share messages from your iphone in. Follow the rest part to learn how to get games in imessage and how to play imessage games on ios 1011 and the newest ios 12. I text the number i have saved for him, he got the message. Cell reception at my desk is terrible and the phone spends half the time searching for network coverage. Youll still receive text messages but you wont see any notifications when new ones come in. How to make iphone texts and imessages appear across all your. With modern lcd and oled screens, there are millions of incredibly small dots pixels that make up all of the contents of your displayand within these pixels, there is a set of red, green and blue subpixels.
Some of the queries mentioned below are also answered by this video. Screenshottech insider if you use apples imessage, then you know about the typing awareness indicator the three dots that appear on your screen to show you when someone on the other end of. If youve noticed a tiny discolored spot on your computer screen that just doesnt seem to go away, chances are you have a stuck pixel. May 08, 2018 above all are troubleshooting steps and fixes for imessage wont turn on or imessage waiting for activation on iphone x, iphone 8, 8 plus.
Go into messages and swipe left on the persons last message that they sent. There are many occasions when iphone users ask questions like the microphone is not working on their iphone or how to stop apps accessing the microphone on the iphone but none has asked to remove microphone icon from the keyboard on iphone. This person doesnt even have an iphone and the icons change every few minutes. If youre ditching your iphone, whether permanently or temporarily, youre going to need to deactivate imessage. On the iphone text message screen, only when i text another iphone, occasionally a gray bubble comes up saying i know its probably obvious yet i just have never been told. Why is my iphones battery charging symbol turning on and off rapidly. The bubble that contains your sent message will also be blue again, as opposed to green for text messages.
These are free communication, be it text or image, and dont count against your. Mar 07, 2014 so you get a seriously racy imessage from someone incredibly inappropriate, and you want to send it along to one of your close confidants. However, because the ipad or mac computer does not have access to a cell phone control channel, it can not send regular sms text messages. You may have to turn the show notifications on and off a couple times if it doesnt work right away. These messages are sent through your cellular providers data netwo. Apple made it simple to recognize a free imessage and text message before sending the text. The crescent moon next to someones name in text can be gray or blue. Customers can send dollars, euro, pound sterling and bitcoin to anyone directly inside of imessage. Select the conversation with the crescent moon to the left of it. How to forward or share messages from your iphone in ios 7. How you can tell when someone is seeing your text messages.
When this is visible, you are not receiving notifications for a message conversation. If the half moon icon only appears in the status bar at the top of the homescreen, it means youve turned on do not disturb mode. The send button will be light blue when sending an imessage as opposed to green for text messages. I cant for the life of me figure out how to get rid of the red bubble showing 11. Why are some iphone messages green and others are blue. The steps in this article were performed on an iphone 6 plus, in ios 9. You may have noticed that some messages in iphone s message app are green, while some are blue. Jun 19, 2019 the blue circle with the radio inside is for airdrop. In this tutorial, we will provide you with three methods to delete messages on iphone 66s78xxsxr11 for all of your. To turn imessage on or off, go to settings messages. Why there is moon icon in front of the contact in your iphone. How to fix stuck or dead pixels on almost any screen. Oct 23, 2019 messages is apples messaging app available for iphone, ipad, ipod touch and mac, but it isnt just for sms messages and imessages, there are a multitude of features within the app messages can. You can also choose a photo and write your digital touch message over it before sending your iphone.
All your phone calls will go straight to voicemail. A white check mark in a blue circle means the person has opened messenger since youve sent the message, but they havent read it. Why is there a crescent moon next to a text message in ios. Its always a pleasure to revisit my iphone 5 with ios 6 from time to time to see that almost everything is still working. When you see that symbol in messages, it means alerts to new messages from that individual are hidden. Tap the circle to select the messages, images, and anything else you want to forward a blue circle with a white checkmark appears next to each selected message or image. Neither, then, should the attention given to it in ios 8.
Now those same text message drawing options come to iphone and ipad with digital touch on ios 10. Select the conversation with the crescent moon icon. These messages are always encrypted and appear in blue text bubbles. Before getting into why imessage isnt working on your iphone 7 plus, we think its important to talk about the distinction between imessages and standard text messages. How to remove the crescent moon icon from your contacts in. If you still have the iphone that you need to disable imessage on, the process is super.
There are a number of different icons and images that appear on your iphone. In the iphone messaging app, what does the grey halfmoon. Each selected message will have a white checkmark inside of a blue circle as shown below. Jan 10, 2018 when you see that symbol in messages, it means alerts to new messages from that individual are hidden. If its not on the list youre probably holding an android phone.
You can immediately recognize a phone number whether it is an iphone number or not. How to remove microphone icon from keyboard on iphone and. The green circle with the intertwined rings is a hotspot. This is due to an issue apple had to solve a while ago, wherein users who switched to an android, or other noniphone smartphone, were missing texts from friends who were sending imessages. Neither of us has do not disturb on and all other imessages come through without the symbol. Different number showing up on imessage text on iphone. Your new iphone will display a funky swirling circle graphic, and your old iphone will instruct you to scan that circle its the same process used to pair an apple watch with an iphone. A filledin blue circle with a checkmark meaning is that your message has been delivered. Why are some of my iphone text messages green and some blue. I logged her out of imessage thinking that might help but no.
Once thats done, go back to the messages app, open the conversation in the question and now under the latest message youll see the blue text replay. A blue background means that the message exchange is happening via imessage with another ios device an iphone, ipad, ipod touch, mac, etc. Given the enormous demand for instant messaging, and the integration apples provided with traditional carrier sms simple messaging service and mms multimedia messaging service, that should come as no surprise. I just tried mine and after i turned show notifications off, i had to turn the show notifications on and off on the iphone several times before it would notify me of an incoming. Press the blue circle and ensure show notifications is on green. Aug 16, 2018 how to send imessages on iphone or ipad imessage lets you send text, photo, video, audio, and more. Aug 06, 2014 messages is the most popular app on the iphone and ipad, according to apple. The iphone uses status icons to show a lot of information in a very small space on the screen. Or your iphone has received too many advertisements and junk messages. One of the apps most used by iphone owners is imessage. The green circle with the transmitter icon is for cellular data.
They are unaware of the gray crescent moons meaning and they dont know how it appeared next to a contact. Why some imessage texts are blue and some are green sign in to comment. Here in this post, we will tell what the moon mean and give a simple. If its the latter, it means that you are on a really slow cellular network gprs. To see for yourself, or turn that off, simply to the message that has the half moon symbol shown, and once you have it open, click on the infor. Why are some imessages green and some blue on my iphone. Often these can include icons in the status bar at the top of the screen, such as the little arrow icon, or they can include symbols that appear within individual apps one such icon is a crescent moon that can display to the left of a text message conversation. Messages is apples messaging app available for iphone, ipad, ipod. So many new features have been added to imessage since i first wrote about it that its time to take another look. Thats pretty much it for the standard iphone icons. Sep 19, 2019 imessages are texts, photos, or videos that you send to another iphone, ipad, ipod touch, or mac over wifi or cellulardata networks. Jul 20, 2018 half moon next to iphone text message in ios 12. Meaning of light gray crescent moon next to someones name in.
If for some reason an imessage hangs and fails to be delivered, you can arrange for it to be sent as a text message as long as the person youre chatting with is on imessage via a phone number. The halfmoon icon may also appear in your messages app this means that youve muted a specific conversation, and its possible to unmute it. The halfmoon icon on your iphone means youve enabled do not disturb, or muted a specific conversation in messages. The blue circle with the bluetooth icon is for bluetooth. This guide assumes that you currently have a text message conversation that has a crescent moon appearing to the left of it. Now, every imessage she gets from me has a moon symbol next to it.
Read receipts have always been a feature for imessage to imessage text messages signified by the text bubbles blue color and it lets a sender know if a text message has been read. How to turn off do not disturb for a text message on an iphone. Howto forward text messages, images, or attachments to. The steps in this section were performed on an iphone 7 plus in ios 12. Messages is the most popular app on the iphone and ipad, according to apple. Apple is expanding the iphone s photo editing abilities in ios 10 with a new feature called markup that lets you doodle, magnify, and place text on any picture you have within the photos app. With imessage, iphones, macs, ipads and ipod touches can receive messages when they are connected to a wifi wireless internet or 3g4g network.
In this article we will share with you 14 awesome imessage tricks that we think everyone should know about. If you are running ios 11, then toggle off hide alerts. How to make iphone texts and imessages appear across all your apple devices. Sometimes the moon is a gray crescent and sometimes it is a blue circle with a crescent moon inside it. In this article, ill explain why your iphone 7 is not sending or receiving imessages and how to fix the problem for good. To turn on or off swipe from the bottom of the screen and select us half moon symbol. Meaning of light gray crescent moon next to someones name. Why is there a crescent moon next to a text message in ios 11.