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Problems Texting on In-Flight WiFi
I flew a domestic round trip on American Airlines recently, and for the first time on both flights I was able to get free WiFi with AA with my Go5G plus plan. However, the texting didn't work on eit...
jauntz wrote:
Thank you for your reply. I was only using the default Android (messages by Google) texting app and sending messages through short, simple SMS. No MMS or RCS.
I recall sometimes having trouble with SMS if my phone (OnePlus 8T 5G) was in airplane mode with WiFi turned back on. To get it to work I had to turn airplane mode off. While this is not kosher on an airline, you might give it a try next time.
jauntz wrote:Thank you for your reply. I was only using the default Android (messages by Google) texting app and sending messages through short, simple SMS. No MMS or RCS.
I recall sometimes having trouble with SMS if my phone (OnePlus 8T 5G) was in airplane mode with WiFi turned back on. To get it to work I had to turn airplane mode off. While this is not kosher on an airline, you might give it a try next time.
