Basic phone question for the Sherbrains

[mjmj]

Wife's phone started acting up a few days ago. She insists she hasn't changed anything, but....
Anyways, I can't say exactly what phone it is, some older Android phone, nothing fancy. A few days ago her text messages started delaying before they go through. Stuff she sends me on her way to pick up our son after practice, doesn't come through my phone for over an hour after she's already home. When I mentioned it she said it happened to someone else she texted as well. Any idea of what setting I should check on her phone that she "didn't change"?

 

[Sonny Qc]

I think her phone got super AIDS
RIP wife's phone

(imo)

 

[chardog]

probably some app auto updated and killed it, get an iphone

 

[Milgrim]

I can tell you what the problem is if you take some photos of your wife on your phone and post them here.

 

[Slobodan]

Wife's phone started acting up a few days ago. She insists she hasn't changed anything, but....
Anyways, I can't say exactly what phone it is, some older Android phone, nothing fancy. A few days ago her text messages started delaying before they go through. Stuff she sends me on her way to pick up our son after practice, doesn't come through my phone for over an hour after she's already home. When I mentioned it she said it happened to someone else she texted as well. Any idea of what setting I should check on her phone that she "didn't change"?

Could be something with RCS messages?

It wilil be in Message settings, looks something like this

 

[Pliny Pete]

That same thing happened with me so I downloaded a different free messaging app from the Play Store and it fixed the problem, it wasnt Whats App or anything it was just a different standard text messaging app

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

I had the same problem before upgrading to 5 G...

 

[mb23100]

My wifes phone was doing that awhile ago. There was a solution but i cant remember what it was.

 

[SirRealKiller]

I had an issue with mine and fixed it as posted above with the RCS Chats settings. IDK why but sometimes when a phone gets an update that setting gets goofed.

 

[Renard]

Is it a 3G phone? The 3G towers are being slowly shut down.

 

[mjmj]

Could be something with RCS messages?

It wilil be in Message settings, looks something like this

Thanks, I'll check that.

 

[mjmj]

Is it a 3G phone? The 3G towers are being slowly shut down.

No, it's not that old. Only a couple years old I think.

 

[zuffazombee]

 

[mjmj]

 

[jx820]

Could be something with RCS messages?

It wilil be in Message settings, looks something like this

You definitely want auto resend as SMS/MMS enabled. That could be the entire problem. I've had an issue where it couldn't send RCS and so it would just hang until that was possible, or until you manually intervene to tell it to send SMS.

You also may want to try a different text app. It's annoying, but it may solve the problem.

also:

 

[Goon Dog]

When a phone is used to excessively send sexual pics and other explicit content, the carrier starts routing all messages through a screening program window to law enforcement for evaluation. That delays all texts. Hackers sometimes get access and post those pics all over the internet. Tell your wife to stop sending nudes, and if you aren't the one receiving those pics, well, she has some explaining to do.