Seems I'm getting messages like normal now, noticed the change as of yesterday...anyone else?
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UPDATE:
I got too confident in the new phone and downloaded the 4.4.4. software update on Saturday. The same problem again!!! I went into the AT&T store (not the device support center), and he told me to uninstall the third-party messaging app "Textra" app that I had been using for messaging because he thinks that might be the issue. (Personally I don't think so.)
CrazyCamel...were you using the stock messaging app or a third-party app for messaging?
I've had several people text me as test and only a few go through while others do not. It's been completely random. All people have iphones and so I wonder if it's an iPhone-to-Android thing?
UGH. Either way. I am SUPER frustrated. I am going to use the stock messaging app for a week and see if the issue resolves, (doubt it). If not, I will be making another trip to the AT&T device support center to complain about my issue and I guess get another phone?
Will keep you updated!
... but whenever group texts start rolling in rapidly, they surely enough fail to receive/download/or become anonymous blank messages.
Yes, this. I group message with another 5 or 6 people that are all using iPhones and I imagine their messages are going through iMessage. Whenever the conversation picks up pace and everyone is sending messages in rapid fashion, that's when I notice I start to get the links to download messages that never transmit, or things pop up as "Anonymous". However, I also have problems with conversations where individual messages sent to a group over the course of hours never come through.
Since this started happening at the end of January with the 4.4.4 update, I've replaced my phone, SIM card, talked to someone with HTC technical support, numerous AT&T technical support and customer service reps., but to date, nothing has fixed the issue. Again, if you have not contacted AT&T to report this problem with your phone, please do so we can continue to raise awareness about it and hopefully escalate it to a team that can do something about it.
The tech first uninstalled updates in the cloud printing app and disabled it altogether.
Recently returned from an AT&T repair center in Dallas. The tech first uninstalled updates in the cloud printing app and disabled it altogether. My group texts immediately began to drop in. It's been four hours and I've received group MMS messages from my colleagues around the globe and all seems well. Don't know if anyone else noticed, but I only had group MMS issues with people operating iphones.
Hope this works for everyone else.
I will try anything once. Uninstalled the updates to the Cloud Printing application and disabled it.
Like you, I'm only really experiencing issues with iPhone users (as best as I can tell). So I'm not sure what would have changed with the 4.4.4 update and how Android obtains iMessages, but prior to the 4.4.4 update I didn't have these problems.