When you are ready/when you will be ready?

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Hi everyone. Please, explain me difference between "text me when you are ready" and "text me when you will be ready"? For me it seems very similar and sounds correct in both cases. Also, for creating a question, which sentences will be right? For example, someone says to me that he is busy now and can't play. How should i ask him to notify me when he is ready, "Text me when you are ready?" or "Text me when you will be ready?
 
Hi, everyone.

Please no comma here explain to me the difference between "Text me when you are ready" and "Text me when you will be ready".
For me it seems very To me, they seem similar and both sounds sound correct. in both cases.

Also, for when creating asking a question, which sentences will be is right? For example, if someone says to me that he is busy now and can't play, how should I ask him to notify me when he is ready? Should I use "Text me when you are ready" or "Text me when you will be ready"?
Note my corrections above.

The main difference between them is that "Text me when you are ready" is grammatically correct and "Text me when you will be ready" is not. Consequently, you should use the first one.
 
I don't know Russian but it's my understanding that in Russian and many other languages people use the future tense in that context, but in English we use the simple present: text me when you are ready. The future tense would make sense only if the speaker means: text me to let me know what time you will be ready.
 
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Would 'text me when you are free' work in this context, too?
 
It's correct but its meaning is different. Ready means prepared for some specific activity, while free means available for any unspecified activity.
 
For example, someone says to me that he is busy now and can't play. How should I ask him to notify me when he is ready [?]
I just came across this: 'Sorry, I am working on an urgent issue right now [i.e., the person is busy at that moment]. I'll message you when I am free [i.e., after the person is done].'. So, technically, this could work in the OP's context, couldn't it?
 
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Yes, that is often used.
 
The answer to "Text me when you will be ready" would be a time. I will be ready at 5 PM.
 
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