Some important services might use more secure two factor authentication where it would make more sense to use your real phone number. The problem with that is not everyone can or wants to hand over their own phone number. Another method to try and identify you are a legitimate user is phone verification which usually comes in the form of an SMS message with a code sent to your mobile phone. Other forms of verification can try to be a bit more secure by requiring you to enter more personal information like a name, address or zip code. Basic forms of verification are just supplying an email address or perhaps solving a captcha to confirm you are a real person and not a spam bot. This includes most things like shopping sites, email accounts, discussion forums, gaming services, blogs, social media and etc. This is usually found in the Apple device’s messaging settings.Many websites these days ask you to provide some form of verification when you want to sign up to a service. If de-registering doesn’t do the trick, Apple users may also need to enable a setting on their device that enables them to send the message as an SMS and not iMessage. You may deregister the Gabb Phone number with Apple’s iMessaging here: If the Gabb Phone number was ever associated with someone’s iMessage account, the messages may still be being delivered to that old iMessage user. This may be related to Apple’s iMessage service as well. When texting my child’s Gabb Phone number the texts are going to someone else. * learn more about Gabb's commitment to keeping kids safe from spam!ģ. Click the three dots (top right) and click "turn off notifications." This will mute the notifications. You may also turn off notifications for a group thread. Keep in mind this will hinder potential future communication with said numbers. In addition you may also block numbers and then delete the thread. You may request that the members of the group message start a new thread without the Gabb number and then delete the thread. Unlike iPhone (iMessage) - Android style devices and standard SMS cannot leave a group text like iMessage users can. As a Gabb user, how do I leave a group text? Android and other standard devices will appear as green to an Apple user as Android and standard SMS devices do not use iMessaging.Ģ.
This is actually not sending an SMS or “text message.” Apple users using iMessage are utilizing Apple’s instant messaging platform and the interactions are usually blue. Why are my text messages to my child’s device green?Īpple's phones many times use iMessage. Why does my text message go to another person when texting my child’s Gabb Phone?ġ. How does a Gabb Phone leave a group text? Why are my text messages to my child’s device green? Hi there! This article covers a few items and concepts related to Apple products and Gabb Devices like:
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