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IMS service has stopped on Galaxy J7
My Galaxy J7 is giving me this message every couple of minutes, lagging, failing to send messages, etc. I wiped the cache partition, deleted most of my text messages, rebooted in safe mode (didn'...
I tried another fix and it worked!
Google / Google settings / Instant apps / Turn off Instant apps
No more "IMS Services has stopped" messages, no more lags, no more failing to send messages!!!
Instant apps are apps that you can open before requiring installation. I wasn't aware that I had any instant apps on my phone.
My experience at the T-Mobile store reminded me to never visit the T-Mobile store for help with a phone problem. Inevitably I am advised to buy a new phone.
I had the same recurrent error message and unsuccessfully tried every tip until I found one that suggested I check 'device management' under 'settings'. When I checked this, I found that one of my old/no longer used email apps was flagged as 'crashing' and messing up my phone. I tapped on this message and it was fixed automatically. No more annoying error message. Hope this helps.
