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Texting Issue - Very Bizarre, no possible answer

Odinson

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Jul 28, 2017
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There is one person that I need to text to fairly routinely. When I send just words, I get an error "Text not sent, tap to resend'. This just repeats each time I try.

However, I can send this person GIFs. I can also send this person GIFs with text (words). Only cannot send words alone.

I feel like I'm in a bad skit where people can only communicate with gifs...

I am on Verizon, the other person is on AT&T.
 
Not sure what you've tried or not but...
Try clearing cache for your texting app: settings/apps/find the app/clear cache (and then force stop it just for fun).
Try another app if you are using stock, Textra is nice. Sometimes the stock/default SMS/MMS apps just don't play nice.
Thanks - just tried your suggestions but they didn't help. I'll try textra.

This is so strange, I text a lot of people and this is the only one I have trouble with...
 
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