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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.
Dhitchner wrote:jauntz wrote:So, I have completed my trip. It turns out that a hard restart of the phone solved the problem.
I'm experiencing this same issue and have been since i got T-Mobile. Did you restart your phone while on the plane in airplane mode? I've restarted my phone dozens of times, but yet to get texting in flight to work.
I restarted my phone after I got on the plane. The restart resets the wifi settings on the phone. Specifically, while still on the ground, I logged into the plane's wifi in airplane mode. I could not text or send/receive emails (same problem I had in the past). So I did a hard reboot of the phone while still on the ground, and then when I logged into the plane's wifi again, I was able to text and send/receive emails. BTW, you do have to turn on wifi calling in order to text. This was on American Airlines.
Can you send and receive texts on your home wifi? If not, it could be a problem with the phone.
