SMS oddness

[peasblossom]

There's one number (of a relative) I text regularly who doesn't always get them. It is just this one number. If I phone, their mobile always goes straight to voicemail. Anyone else had this and what sorted it out? I have googled and forcing your messaging app to stop briefly was one option. I have lots of texts on mine which I do not wish to lose (but my phone has enough memory to cope.) They do not have a smartphone, btw.

[Simon]

If they have a really basic non-smart phone, it's possible that they've run out of storage, which means text messages may not be received.  I had this with an elderly relative of mine.  They needed to delete texts they no longer needed to keep, including Sent messages, in order to receive new ones. 

[peasblossom]

The phone they have is odd in that it seems to have barely any storage at all, but I think only the received texts are being deleted. I'd best ask.

[Simon]

Some older basic phones will only store a limited number of text messages.