Passport and iphone group chat

I'm going to make this quick and simple. I have a passport and most of the people in my family have iphones. When they begin group chats, which they do every day for whatever reason, everything runs smoothly until I send a message. At that point, messages sent to the people in the group are also sent to them individually, and when I receive a response back, I receive the text messages independently from one another as if each person in the group is texting me in a different chat. What's up with this? I haven't found any fixes or help with searching. Anyone else have these issues?

UPDATE: By going to your hub and clicking settings>display and actions>display style>conversation the group messaging is now working from passport to iphone and android. Also go back to the hub settings>text messages>advanced(at the bottom of the screen)>send text only messages as 'automatic'. Thanks for everyone that gave their input. Because of this, a solution was found!!
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Maybe they're using group iMessage?


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Shouldn't I receive the messages as texts in the group though? Not everyone has an iphone. Most of them do. Some have android and they don't have the same issue that I'm having.

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Under text message settings, make sure it says 'notify if mms or sms' since group messages should be sent as 'mms'. This way you will know if it's working on your end. Also in advanced text messages settings, check to make sure 'send text only messages as sms' is set to automatic. This allows text only msgs to go as mms which is what you want for group texts.

It's the only thing I can think of that might be the cause of this. I know that this has happened despite the settings to my classmate who had a motoX and for some reason me and like 2 other friends of his would have this problem when texting him specifically.

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Originally Posted by Zetai

Under text message settings, make sure it says 'notify if mms or sms' since group messages should be sent as 'mms'. This way you will know if it's working on your end. Also in advanced text messages settings, check to make sure 'send text only messages as sms' is set to automatic. This allows text only msgs to go as mms which is what you want for group texts.

It's the only thing I can think of that might be the cause of this. I know that this has happened despite the settings to my classmate who had a motoX and for some reason me and like 2 other friends of his would have this problem when texting him specifically.

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I switched the settings. Thanks for the help! I'll post here if whether or not the change in settings makes a difference.

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Good info. Let us know if it works.


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It doesn't work. It was worth a try though. Thanks for the help

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Maybe u should ask all of them to jump the bandwagon by using BBM. :). Just another suggestion

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I group chat with iPhones all the time but guess I start the chat do you get the same problem if you start the chat?

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Originally Posted by djanti11

I group chat with iPhones all the time but guess I start the chat do you get the same problem if you start the chat?

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I don't believe I've tried that but it's not a bad idea. I'll try it and see what happens. Just wish there wouldn't HAVE TO BE a work-around. On the other hand I would like for them all to come to BlackBerry but they wont. They're too comfortable with their OS's. I have an iphone6+ myself but if BlackBerry offered just a little more, I could make my passport my daily driver.

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Use WeChat, WhatsApp or BBM instead. They are all cross-platform

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Just curious if you guys are all from same carrier?


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Originally Posted by krazyatom

Just curious if you guys are all from same carrier?


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No we're not. A few of us are on tmobile, some on att and verizon. I couldn't see that being a factor though.

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From the hub:

Settings > Text Messages > Advanced (bottom of the screen) > Send text only messages as MMS.

It wasn't until I upgraded to 10.3.2 that it would really switch automatically for group messages.

This could be an issue with your carrier. If you are on Tmobile I've seen this issue happen before where everyone was in the group text (iPhone and blackberry users) and the only person who's text did this was the person on Tmobile.

Did you have an iPhone at one point? This was happening to my girlfriend when she first switched over from an iphone. The problem was with imessage not realizing she didn't have an iPhone anymore.

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I'm on T-Mobile, if that helps.

If you open the Text application
Press the three dots on the bottom right and click on Settings
Select Display and Actions, what is the Display set at?
Single or Conversation... this setting should be set to conversation.

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If you start the group text, is there a checkbox that says 'enable group conversation'? If there is, check that box and see if that text stays as mms group text or reverts to a 'broadcast' text.

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Originally Posted by myboxerssayjoe

From the hub:

Settings > Text Messages > Advanced (bottom of the screen) > Send text only messages as MMS.

It wasn't until I upgraded to 10.3.2 that it would really switch automatically for group messages.

Tried this, didn't help. I'll try it again along with other new setting suggestions to see if it works.

Originally Posted by boody78

Did you have an iPhone at one point? This was happening to my girlfriend when she first switched over from an iphone. The problem was with imessage not realizing she didn't have an iPhone anymore.

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Yes I have an iphone 6+. I switch between the blackberry and the iphone when one of them dies since removable batteries aren't around for these bad boys. I could definitely see this being an issue, but then again, why wouldn't it just revert to text message when iMessage is no longer connected or read by the system?

Originally Posted by cdnynot

If you open the Text application
Press the three dots on the bottom right and click on Settings
Select Display and Actions, what is the Display set at?
Single or Conversation... this setting should be set to conversation.

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It was set as single. I just switched it. I'll post with an update.

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UPDATE: By going to your hub and clicking settings>display and actions>display style>conversation the group messaging is now working from passport to iphone and android. Also go back to the hub settings>text messages>advanced(at the bottom of the screen)>send text only messages as 'automatic'. Thanks for everyone that gave their input. Because of this, a solution was found!!

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