What happens to text messages when your phone is disconnected?

What happens to text messages when your phone is disconnected?

Can You Still Receive Text Messages if Your Phone Is Disconnected? Unlike phone calls that are real-time, when a text message is sent, the source service provider stores that message and attempts to send it to the receiving provider. You cannot receive them while your phone is disconnected though.

Why don’t I get messages when my phone is off?

If the phone is off then the message will be stored on the server and the serve will try to send the message to the phone at a certain time interval.

What is YouMail?

YouMail develops visual voicemail apps for Android phones and iPhones. The app can deter callers by picking up the call, playing a recorded “out of service” message to the caller, and hang back up, making the caller think the line has been disconnected.

How can a phone number that just called me be disconnected?

When you call the number it’s usually a disconnected number, so that when you call back you don’t get a real person, you get the “that number has been disconnected” recording. You can’t block the real incoming number as the spoofing software keeps “caller ID” from identifying the originating number.

Do texts say delivered if blocked?

If you suspect you have indeed been blocked, first try to send a courteous text of some kind. If you get the “Delivered” notification underneath it, you weren’t blocked. If you get a notification like “Message Not Delivered” or you get no notification at all, that’s a sign of a potential block.

Can you still receive text messages if your phone is disconnected?

Beside this, can you still receive text messages if your phone is disconnected? One other option for retrieving SMS messages while your phone is disconnected is to use a secondary number. You can then access these messages from any device. Free secondary number apps include Google Voice, Textfree and Sidekick.

What happens when you call a disconnected phone number?

A disconnected number doesn’t ring. When you call a disconnected number, you’ll hear the announcement that your call cannot be completed or that the number you’re calling is incorrect or out of service. The intercept operator may also announce that the number has been disconnected.

Why am I getting a “iPhone disconnected” message?

In our experience with customers, we’ve found that too much background app activity (incoming messages, etc) can cause problems that result in the “iPhone Disconnected” message. (Don’t forget to turn back on Background App Refresh after the backup is done!)

What is an intercept message on my phone?

An intercept message is a telephone recording informing the caller that the call cannot be completed, for any of a number of reasons ranging from local congestion, to disconnection of the destination phone, number dial errors or network trouble along the route. Beside this, can you still receive text messages if your phone is disconnected?

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