Cannot get data to work on iPhone?
                
                    ken P. #24335                
                
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                    We have a talk and text plan.  When not on wifi, we cannot send or receive text messages.                
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            Not iMessage, regular text7
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            me too. I have data and yet my phone won't connect to the g4 (it used to), only on wifi.8
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            Yes Ken regular texts sometimes can’t go through because of IMessage. Did you try to disable Imessage to check if it’s the case for you?7
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            What is the type of iPhone? If it is lower than 5c, it won’t work7
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            This is strange, only iMessage needs data. Regular texts should work, check your settings to make sure sms is enabled.8
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            Hi Ken!
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I’m assuming you did your research and are aware that you must have an iPhone 5c or later to use this network service.
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Afterwards, if it is an issue with iMessage and your iPhone is not sending a message as an SMS, go into settings> messages and activate the the “send as SMS” feature.
That will ensure your iPhone sends it as SMS when WiFi/Data is unavailable.
Also, if you’re not receiving a message from from another iphone user, it might be because they don’t have the “send as sms” feature activated on their side and have a connection to the internet so the messages get delivered with iMessage instead and then you’ll get them only once you connect to the internet as well.
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If none of that works,
Contact Support!2 
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