Text message app opening up old conversations

While clicking on the notification of a new message which just arrived, the message app opens up a random old conversation under the same person whose message has just been received. This does not happen for messages which have no previous conversation history from the same sender. Please help. I have an iphone 11 with thr latest iOS 13 version

iPhone 11, iOS 13

Posted on Aug 2, 2020 12:38 PM

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Aug 5, 2020 8:14 AM in response to ankur297

Hello ankur297,


Thanks for that info and for choosing the Apple Support Communities. It looks like you are having issues with Messages showing older conversations when receiving a new message on your iPhone. Let's look into this together.


Let's begin by trying the following basic troubleshooting steps:

1 - Quit the Messages app on your iPhone with these steps:.How to force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

2 - Restart your iPhone & test again. 


If the issue persists, let us know the following:

  • Is this happening with one particular contact or multiple? Are these iMessage conversations or SMS conversations?


  • Are the messages in the conversation out of order, or is the conversation opening to the incorrect point in the conversation history?



  • If you open Messages without using the Notification, is the conversation still out of order?


  • When you go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, do you have Messages turned on or off at this time?


Cheers.


Aug 5, 2020 12:10 PM in response to ankur297

Hey ankur297,


Thanks for getting back to us with those additional details. It looks like you're having this issue with multiple contacts when you open the message from notifications, it goes to the wrong point of conversation. We'd be happy to continue working on this with you.


You've mentioned before that you run the latest version of iOS. Just to double check, when you navigate to: Settings > General > Software Update do you see any available updates?


If so, please back up your iPhone, then update as explained in the following links:

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


If there is no available updates, please contact Apple for further assistance.


Contact Apple Support 


Take care.

Aug 5, 2020 9:13 AM in response to nbotros

Hi. Thanks for your reply.


I have restarted the phone several times but the issue persists.


  1. The issue is consistent with multiple contacts
  2. The conversation is opening to the incorrect point in the conversation history
  3. I am not replying from the lock screen. Rather I am just clicking on the notification to go and view the complete message which has been received on my phone
  4. No, the issue is only when i open the messages from the notification. Going directly into the message app works fine
  5. Messages were turned off on my icloud settings


Thanks


Ankur

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