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I received the discount message shown below from Starbucks on iOS 7.0.3. Somehow they managed to make part of the message text bold. How did they do this, or better, how can I recreate it?
I tried sending a formatted email to my phone number, but it was converted to plain text, as I've thought all SMS/MMS messages are.
Note: The bold text accessibility setting in Settings is set to off.
The option you're looking for is located at Settings > Messages > Group Messaging. Turning this off will send all messages individually to their recipients.
Note: Disabling MMS Messaging will remove the Group Messaging toggle from the list.
Note: Some cellular service providers do not support Group Messaging, so if you have MMS enabled, and you still don't see Group Messaging, then it's likely that your provider does not support it. From Apple: If you don't see an option to turn on MMS Messaging or Group Messaging on your iPhone, contact your carrier.
iMessage is essentially an Apple operated Instant Messenger service deployed to compete with, or augment, SMS and MMS.
iOS will use iMessage to deliver a message if there is a data connection available to Apple's servers and both the sender and recipient are known by Apple to have iMessage configured for their respective addresses.
Most likely if a person you regularly iMessage with is now sometimes receiving as SMS it is due to intermittent data connection (ie you are mobile and data service is failing). Otherwise it could be an Apple iMessage server issue - seems to crop up regularly.
Furthermore in the last three weeks several of my friends and family have reported issues with iMessage so possibly there is something deeper and worse going on with iMessage servers.
cheers
Best Answer
In Settings > Messages, turn on Show Subject Field. The subject will display in bold when an MMS is sent.