Why can't I send text messages over wifi?

My phone the past week or so (after the verizon messaging app update), won't send text messages over WiFi at ALL. I can only get my text messages to send when I completely disable WiFi. This entire week none of my texts sent until YESTERDAY when I tried disabling my WiFi. The only reason I got this plan was because I can use WiFi at work and home without using up my data.

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Brownian_Motion

Ok, installed the update dated aug 24th, (5.6.7) and it seems to have resolved the wifi issues.

Thanks.

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vzw_customer_support

We want to make sure that your srvices work correctly. Messaging is an important feature. What type of device do you have? When you say with wifi only, doe you mean that you are disabling cellular data? We will help get this resolved. I apologize for the trouble.
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mastaroni

What type of device do you have?

Galaxy s6, 64gb

When you say with wifi only, doe you mean that you are disabling cellular data?

My text messaging only works when I disable WiFi and use my 4g data. Even when I have WiFi enabled but I'm not connected to a WiFi network it still won't send my messages.

vzw_customer_support

Mastaroni,
Thanks for the quick response, much appreciated. With the device, if you are sending picture messages the data service would need to be turned on as this is how the picture messages are transmitted. With plain text however, this would go through when connected to WiFi or data regardless. What types of messages are you trying to send if you don’t mind? Also, what messaging service are you using specifically? Looking forward to hearing back to further assist.

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mastaroni

I'm just sending plain text messages, no pictures, no multimedia, no emojis. I'm using the verizon messaging app, I just got the update a few days ago. No matter what kind of text I'm sending or to whom, as soon as I completely disable the WiFi the text will go through.

Brownian_Motion

And, to further screw up the works...

On my G5 that I tried last night WITH THE NEW UPDATE,

I get a pop up screen that says it can't send over wifi unless you have the sharing service enabled. (I checked my account, I DO have it enabled..) Then it says it will try to send when it again "sees" the network. (Paraphrasing, here..)

Ya want to know what really P1SSED ME OFF??

THAT ***** POP UP SCREEN STAYED IN FRONT OF EVERY APP THAT I OPENED UNTIL I REBOOTED THE PHONE, --AND-- IT --BLOCKED-- ACCESS TO THE KEYPAD SO I COULDN'T EVEN USE SKYPE TO MAKE A CALL, BECAUSE IT OVERLAPPED/BLOCKED THE BOTTOM OF THE KEYPAD INCLUDING THE ZERO!!!!

WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE HAD TO MAKE A 911 CALL DURING THAT TIME??

WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BETA TEST THIS ***** BEFORE FOISTING ON YOUR PAYING CUSTOMERS FIRST?!?!?!

-- ARE YOU LISTENING VERIZON???