From Newsgroup: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Ant wrote:
Why does my iPhone (12 mini with updated iOS) keep wanting to send new
texts messages to the home's landline numbers from my Contacts?
Shouldn't my iPhone automatically default to the mobile number for
texting, instead of home's landline number, from my Contacts? I do have labels assigned for each number. Or at least, tell me that the texting
fail to send to this landline number?
Here's my scenario: I have contacts that multiple numbers like mobile, landline at home, fax line, etc. When I send a new SMS message to a
contact who has multiple numbers, my iPhone likes to pick the home
landline number. Shouldn't it be picking mobile number if it knows
landline numbers can't do texting? I was wondering why my contact didn't
get my texts because my iPhone sent it to the wrong number (a landline). Also, I wished the previous history told me which number I used. I
noticed it when I deleted the old text history and started a new one,
and saw Contact's number was wrong (landline instead of mobile).
Hi Ant,
Merry Christmas!
I'm not familiar with this problem set, but I ran a few searches for you
and found what might be some related information you might benefit from.
*iMessages defaulting to landline*
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255669853?sortBy=rank>
Normally you'd expect it to prefer the number you last used with that
person, or, at least prefer a mobile number for SMS by respecting the
labels you assign (mobile, home, work, fax, etc.). And, if, in the end, you try to text a landline, it should fail immediately or warn you if it can.
Apparently nobody yet has answered your question, but let's hope they do.
*Why does my iPhone keep wanting to send new texts messages*
*to the home's landline numbers from my Contacts?*
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256217643>
As far as I can ascertain, here are the recommendations you might try:
1. Edit the contact and move the mobile number to the top of the list.
Why?
iOS often picks the first number when starting a new text thread.
2. When starting a new message, tap the contact and manually choose
the mobile number.
Why?
This forces iOS to remember the correct number for future messages.
3. Do not delete old message threads for contacts with multiple numbers.
Why?
iOS uses the previous thread to remember which number you used last.
4. Make sure the mobile number is labeled "mobile" and the landline
is labeled "home" or "work".
Why?
Even though iOS sometimes ignores labels, it still might help a bit.
5. If the problem keeps happening, sign out of iMessage and sign back in.
Why?
It seems there are report that this resets number selection behavior.
Having found those suggestions, it's not clear that any of them reliably
work, but it's the best set of recommended workarounds that I could find.
The fundamental problem seems to be iOS does not reliably detect landline numbers and does not warn you before trying to send SMS to them. Sorry.
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