Does "restrict background data" block text messages?

[FanOfNexus]

Hello, I think I shot myself in the foot, trying to stop apps from sucking up CPU and data, by enabling "restrict background data" in Settings, on Samsung Galaxy sIII mini. Since I did that, I missed a half-dozen texts about a meeting.

Thoroughly confused. AFAIK Text/SMS does NOT use cellular data so it seems crazy that the "restrict..." setting would block inbound texts.

Is that really the case? Thank you.

 

[B. Diddy]

Were they group texts? Group texts get sent via MMS, which uses mobile data, and that might be affected if you restrict background data.

 

[FanOfNexus]

Thank you B. Diddy. Yes indeed, they were group messages and I bet that even though each reply was from just one member of the group, the reply also got sent using MMS. I really appreciate your explaining this for me!