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Hi all,
I've had a Google Pixel 8 Pro (bought new and unlocked from Best Buy) for a few months now and I'm mostly getting used to it but there are a few things I still haven't figured out. One of those is my total inability to send SMS/MMS messages to certain people. This issue has gone through a few iterations but seems to have gotten worse just recently, and I didn't change anything at all except regular OS updates. Initially, using the stock messenger app, my texts would mostly be sent, but I had trouble replying to group chats. Some chats would let me respond, others would not. My messages would just be stuck in a never ending "Sending..." status to those particular group chats, but they would never actually send. Eventually that began to include seemingly random contacts. Some people get my messages just fine, others my message wouldn't send, it would just get stuck in that loop. Then, the "Sending..." message started to go away and was replaced with "Not Sent. Tap to try again." At this point it was still only some contacts that I couldn't text, but it seemed to begin to encompass all MMS/group chats. Also I couldn't send image files to many people, same message.
A few days ago, the problem changed. Now when I try to text some people, (and that group now includes some people I could text before but can't anymore) I get the "Not sent. Tap to try again." message three or four times in rapid succession and I have no way to send anything to those people unless I want to use Facebook Messenger.
I tried some other apps, Handcent and Chomp, neither one made any difference at all. Same failures, like the phone itself is getting in the way and saying "absolutely not, you can not send anything to that number." I thought the number might be a problem, so I selected one of the contacts and edited their information to ensure there was only one number available and it didn't have a +1 in front of it or anything. Same exact result. Nothing seems to be working.
Again, I can receive SMS/MMS messages. That's a little buggy too, but I do receive them all (as far as I know). I can also text some people with no trouble, but not others. Some of the people I can't text have Androids, some have iPhones. I have tried three different apps, setting each to the "default messenger app" and ensuring the apps had all the permissions they requested. Nothing.
Unfortunately I'm not the world's most tech savvy guy, so beyond the handful of basic changes I knew to try I'm out of ideas. Most information I find in a Google search is about not receiving texts, or them all going out at once. Neither of those seem to be my problem.
My business is paralyzed. Please help!