why are my text messages disappearing before i read them?
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Go to Settings > Messages and turn off iMessage and then MMS Messaging and wait a few seconds and turn them back on. Update your device to the latest version of iOS. You can do that wirelessly by going to Settings > General > Software Update.
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When you text someone with Read Receipts turned on, you'll notice the word "Read" beneath your message and the time it was opened. To turn on Read Receipts in the iMessage app, click Settings then scroll down and tap Messages.
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Apple saves your text messages in its iPhone backups—whether they're saved locally on your PC or they're part of an iCloud backup—which you should have. That's good! Unfortunately, the file containing your messages doesn't appear separately within the backup. However, you can access them through the filesystem.
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When an iMessage is sent, you can usually tell it is has been delivered to the recipient because the word “Delivered” will appear under the sent message. ... If the option to “Send as SMS” is turned off, the iMessage will not be delivered until the device is back online.
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Text messages will be stored even after that. Your phone has limited space but it can still store approximately 1,000 text messages. It completely deletes old text messages after some time, but for the infrequent texter, messages from years and years ago could still be stored away.
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It does not change back to “delivered” after it shows “read”. The person you send an iMessage to most likely has their Send Read Receipts setting off in the iMessage settings.
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Why does my old number still appear on iMessage? First, try to deactivate and reactivate iMessage on your phone. On your phone, go to Settings > Messages > iMessage and turn it off and on. If your iMessages are still being sent from your temporary number, check if your settings are updated.
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If your text messages aren't being displayed in the proper order, this is due to having the wrong timestamps on the text messages. To fix this issue: Go to Settings > Date and time. Make sure “Automatic date and time” and “Automatic time zone” are checked ✓
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The fact is that 95% of texts will be read within 3 minutes of being sent, with the average response time for a text being a mere 90 seconds. This comes to show that if you're not getting the response you're waiting for, either the person you've texted hasn't yet seen your message or is purposefully avoiding you.
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It is possible that your phone is hacked or there is some application which has access to your SMS and it is sending messages randomly. To check the apps, Go to Settings-> Apps-> Permissions. Here check all the apps who has access to your messages.
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Look for “Delivered” under your last message. If "Send Read Receipts" is enabled by the recipient, then it will change to "Read" once the message has actually been seen. If you see "Sent as a Text Message," that means your message was sent using your carrier's SMS service rather than Apple's iMessage servers.
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Originally Answered: My iMessage was read and then it's turned into delivered. How is that possible? You're saying that the SAME message that previously said read later said delivered. This happens when the messages app reloads (or crashes) and fails to save the read receipt.
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If the message is blue, it is an Apple message. If it doesn't say "Delivered" or "Read" below the message it means the message has not yet been delivered. This could be due to the person to whom you are sending the message being offline, or maybe they have their iPhone off or on Do Not Disturb.
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If you are getting a weak signal then this might be what's causing the problem. Try clearing the cache and data of the text messaging app. Check if the issue occurs when the phone is started in Safe Mode. If it doesn't then you might have downloaded an app that is causing this problem.
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It is possible that your phone is hacked or there is some application which has access to your SMS and it is sending messages randomly. To check the apps, Go to Settings-> Apps-> Permissions. ... Generally many apps have access but if you find any apps doubtful, delete that app or revoke its access from messages.
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This is a bug in iMessage that was introduced in iOS 9.3 and still exists in 10.3. Anytime Messages falls out of memory the last message you receive can wrongly change back to delivered. This can happen if you close the messages app, or start a game on your phone, or even visit a website in safari.
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Your text messages are not on the SIM card. ... Text messages are not stored on the SIM card. Depending on the device you had and the device you are switching to, the message may be restored during setup if you had backup enabled.