Text messaging auto forwarding iPhone to iPhone

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in Genius Bar edited October 2014
I have a work iPhone 5 I hate cause it's such a small little baby phone. I am used to my note 3, however since apple got on the phablet train finally I bought a iPhone 6 and turned in the note. Now I have a simple problem.

What I want: I want my iPhone 5 to automatically forward all of my texts to my iPhone 6. Text from people using both iPhones and androids. I already get work email on the 6 and calls are being forwarded.

What I don't want: Google voice, jail breaking, carrying both phones around all the time, relying on them both being connected to wifi.

I don't mind paying for text messages.......since I have unlimited like a normal person. I do not mind using an app. I thought the ios8 feature would work and it does except when my work phone gets a text from an android phone.

Final point, phones are on different carriers. Halp me out you beautiful genius peoples.

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    Marvinmarvin Posts: 15,585moderator
    qpac724 wrote: »
    What I want: I want my iPhone 5 to automatically forward all of my texts to my iPhone 6. Text from people using both iPhones and androids.

    iOS 8 apparently has a forwarding feature in it:

    http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/09/12/ios-8-sms-relay-due-october/

    So you'd just have to get the 5 onto iOS 8 and enable forwarding to the iPhone 6 and it should relay it over either cellular or wifi depending on which is available.
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  • Reply 2 of 4
    Sadly that function is only working for iPhone text messages. Like if my 5 gets a text from a Samsung it will not forward to my 6. However if my 5 gets a text from an iPhone it forwards it just fine.
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  • Reply 3 of 4
    Marvin wrote: »
    iOS 8 apparently has a forwarding feature in it:

    http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/09/12/ios-8-sms-relay-due-october/

    So you'd just have to get the 5 onto iOS 8 and enable forwarding to the iPhone 6 and it should relay it over either cellular or wifi depending on which is available.

    As I said this feature does work for iPhone text messages however if my 5 gets a text from an android it does not forward it to my 6.
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  • Reply 4 of 4
    Originally Posted by qpac724 View Post

    Sadly that function is only working for iPhone text messages. Like if my 5 gets a text from a Samsung it will not forward to my 6. However if my 5 gets a text from an iPhone it forwards it just fine.

     

    SMS in October.

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