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OnePlus: Resend Undelivered Messages Automatically

If a text message shows a red exclamation mark or just sits there as 'Not delivered', your carrier connection likely dropped mid-send. OnePlus Messages can quietly retry it as SMS, but only if the resend behavior is configured the way you expect. Without checking this setting, you might be missing messages or getting asked for confirmation every single time a send fails.

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Resend Undelivered Messages Automatically auf OnePlus

When a text fails to go through on a OnePlus phone, the reason is usually a dropped data or carrier connection at the exact moment of sending. Instead of just showing an error, OnePlus Messages has a built-in fallback: it can automatically retry the message as a regular SMS.

This behavior is controlled by Resend messages if undelivered, tucked inside the chat settings rather than the main app settings, which is why most people never find it.

To check or change it: Open the Messages appOpen the menuOpen the SettingsTap on Chat featuresTap on Resend messages if undeliveredChoose an option.

From here you typically pick between Always resend as SMS, which sends the fallback automatically without asking, and Resend as SMS with a prompt, which asks you every time a message fails before it retries.

Automatic resending is useful if you send a lot of messages over a weak signal and do not want to babysit every failed send. The prompt option makes sense if you are on a limited SMS plan or roaming, since SMS fallback can incur extra charges depending on your carrier.

If messages still fail after changing this setting, the problem is more likely a network or carrier issue than a Messages app setting, and switching networks or restarting the phone is a better next step.

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If the original message was sent over data as RCS or MMS and that path fails, Resend messages if undelivered falls back to plain SMS since it only needs cellular signal, not a working data connection.

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