texts not delivered

[Eric Lipkind]

All.of a sudden, many texts I send are in 'sent status instead of 'delivered'. Why would they not get delivered?

 

[bbgpsuser]

"Sent" means that they went from your phone to the network. The network probably sent it to the recipient and their system didn't send a "read" notification back to your phone.

"Delivered" means that someone received the text AND their system sent a "read" notification back which got all the way to your phone.

It is in concept similar to "read receipts" on emails. You may or may not get a "read receipt" from the recipient. Personally, I disable that.

 

[Eric Lipkind]

so a text stuck in sent status doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't delivered?

 

[bbgpsuser]

so a text stuck in sent status doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't delivered?

Correct!