when imessage says read then delivered?
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This is a bug in iMessage that was introduced in iOS 9.3 and still exists in 10.3. Anytime Messages falls out of memory the last message you receive can wrongly change back to delivered. This can happen if you close the messages app, or start a game on your phone, or even visit a website in safari.
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When they open the Messages app back up, their iMessages are in order! First, open the Settings and tap General -> Date & Time. ... Now, reopen the Messages app on your iPhone — your iMessages should be in the correct order! Now you can go back to Settings -> General -> Date & Time and turn Set Automatically back on.
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The obvious reason your message won't deliver is because the recipient has no service. iMessage relies on an internet connection, so if no Wi-Fi or cellular data is available, it won't appear until their phone gets a connection.
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iMessage makes things simple. It too enables read receipts by default but has the capacity to turn them off. ... If the bubble is green, it means the recipient isn't on the iPhone which means read receipts might not work. If both bubbles are blue and the status stays at Delivered, they may have turned it off.
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SENT means the message has been submitted to the cellular network for immediate delivery. DELIVERED means the message was delivered to the recipient's cell phone.
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Actually, iMessage not saying “Delivered” simply means the messages has not yet been successfully delivered to the recipient's device due to some reasons. Reasons could be: their phone not having available Wi-Fi or cellular data networks, they have their iPhone off or on Do Not Disturb mode, etc.
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Will iMessages Deliver to a Dead Phone? When the recipient's phone is turned off or dead, Apple holds the iMessages sent to that account on its servers and delivers them to the iPhone when the recipient turns it back on. However, this does not mean your contact won't be able to read your message if the phone is dead.
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If the message is blue, it is an Apple message. If it doesn't say "Delivered" or "Read" below the message it means the message has not yet been delivered. This could be due to the person to whom you are sending the message being offline, or maybe they have their iPhone off or on Do Not Disturb.
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iMessage normally queues such messages until they actually can be delivered. If you're using an iPhone and have "Send as SMS" turned on in your iPhone settings, it will fall back to trying to send the message via SMS after a few minutes. Otherwise, it will remain pending until it can actually be delivered.
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iOS iMessage for iPhones, Macs and iPads To turn Read Receipts on or off for all your text messages (meaning senders won't be notified when you read their iMessages, head over to Settings >> Messages then toggle “Send Read Receipts” to On or Off.
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Answer: A: If you're sending an iMessage (they're blue and they only go to other iOS/MacOS users), you will see a delivered indicator under the message once it has been delivered. If the person you're sending the message to has the Read Receipt feature enabled, "Delivered" will change to "Read" once it's been read.
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There are several reasons for this: The person that you sent the message to doesn't have an Apple device. iMessage is turned off on your device or on your recipient's device. To check if iMessage is turned on for your device, go to Settings > Messages > iMessage.
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['Open Settings.', 'Go to Messages (the green icon with a white text bubble inside it).', 'Turn on the Send Read Receipts toggle switch.', "Others now will see when you've read their iMessages."]
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Tap Messages (the green icon with a white text bubble inside it). Toggle on Send Read Receipts. Others will now be notified when you read their messages. If your recipient also has enabled read receipts, you'll see Read beneath your message along with the time it was read.
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Originally Answered: My iMessage was read and then it's turned into delivered. How is that possible? You're saying that the SAME message that previously said read later said delivered. This happens when the messages app reloads (or crashes) and fails to save the read receipt.
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The Answer: NO but there's a caveat! An iMessage will only show up as "Delivered" if it has been successfully delivered to at least one of the recipient's devices that are​ enabled for iMessage.
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You can tell if your message has been sent via iMessage in Apple's messaging app because it'll be blue. If it's green, it's an ordinary text message and doesn't offer the read/delivered receipts. iMessage only works when you're sending messages to other iPhone users.