Sending and receiving iMessages on iphone

My partner is travelling overseas and has mobile data turned off on the phone, accessing messaging when wifi is available. He has successfully sent and received messages to date. In the latest location he is in, where wifi is available he cannot use messaging to receive or send messages, even though he can access the internet and emails. What has caused this? Is there a solution?

Posted on Feb 6, 2020 5:27 PM

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Feb 7, 2020 12:36 AM in response to Ktyg

Ask him to test this on any other WiFi in the same location.

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