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Re: Can't text Android phones

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On 2018-08-22, MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> wrote:
> For reasons unknown, I'm unable to use iMessage to send texts to 
> Android phones. What the heck is the problem? It's happened a couple 
> times before but I managed to get it to work again but I forget how I 
> did it. (I probably just re-started the app.)
>
> It's been this way for a week or so now and it's really burning my 
> biscuits. In the message pane side, the person's name is in red. When 
> you drop it down, it says "<phone number> is not registered with 
> iMessage." Que? How do I fix this?

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204681#SMS>

Set up SMS and MMS messaging

Use this feature with any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that meets
the Continuity system requirements. Make sure that your devices are set
up as follows:

* Each device is signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID.
* On iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Make sure that
  the Apple ID at the top of the screen is the same Apple ID that you're
  using for iMessage on your other devices. Add a check to your phone
  number and email address, so that you can be reached by iMessage at
  both. Do the same on your iPad or iPod touch.

* On iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding, then
  choose which devices to allow to send and receive text messages from
  this iPhone. If you're not using two-factor authentication for your
  Apple ID, a verification code appears on each of your other devices:
  enter that code on your iPhone.

* On Mac, open Messages, then choose Messages > Preferences. Click
  Accounts, then select your iMessage account. Make sure that the Apple
  ID shown here is the same Apple ID that you're using on your other
  devices. Add a check to your phone number and email address.

Use SMS and MMS messaging

To use this feature, just start conversations as normal in the Messages
app on any of your devices. You can also start a conversation by
clicking a phone number in Safari, Contacts, Calendar, or other apps
that detect phone numbers. All of your incoming and outgoing messages
appear on all of your devices. Learn more about forwarding SMS/MMS
messages from your iPhone to an iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.

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Can't text Android phones MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2018-08-22 09:20 -0400
  Re: Can't text Android phones christian180801@ghanart.org (Christian) - 2018-08-22 15:41 +0200
    Re: Can't text Android phones Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-08-23 09:44 +1200
  Re: Can't text Android phones Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-22 17:49 +0000
    Re: Can't text Android phones MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2018-08-29 10:50 -0400
      Re: Can't text Android phones Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-08-29 17:15 +0000
  Re: Can't text Android phones Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-08-22 23:30 +0000

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