My (non-tech savvy) friend and I have been having a weird issue where random texts show up like 2 days later. My phone is up-to-date and new and his might never have installed a system update for all I know. (I don’t let him connect to my main WiFi network for a reason.)

I don’t seem to be having this issue with anyone else. I’m on iOS and he’s on Android but a relatively modern Samsung phone. Should I sit him down and update his phone or something or is this a known issue?

  • CrimeDad
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    12 days ago

    What I’ve noticed on two Samsung phones, my dad’s and my wife’s aunt’s, is that the Samsung messaging app silently fails and some messages don’t get sent or received. I’m not sure if it has anything to do with the OS of the user on the other end, but in my dad’s case he wasn’t getting messages from my mom who has an iPhone. Switching them to the Google Messages app solved the problem.