what does the black dot next to my text message mean
iPhone 11
Hello jjtcf,
Thank you for reaching out in Apple Support Communities. We understand you're noticing a black dot next to a text message. We'll be happy to help.
Just to be sure, are you seeing a crescent moon icon from the conversation thread in the Messages app? For a visual of what we're referring to, please follow the section that says, "Turn on Hide alerts": Use Messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If that doesn't help, please answer the following questions:
Kind regards.
Same thing! I noticed it for the first time yesterday. It's only on a couple of messages, and it's not always the same person. I don't have do not disturb or anything like that on......🤷🏼♀️
Why is Apple not responding to this question of the black dot??
no one mentioned a crescent.
Im having same thing occur.
thanks
Can someone please explain how to get rid of this bug, it is causing many issues with my phone. I am getting messages from crazy numbers and email addresses. We need answers to fix the issue.
How can the color of a dot have anything to do with causing many issues?
Lawrence Finch wrote:
How can the color of a dot have anything to do with causing many issues?
It's the mark of the devil?
Just research it on the internet. The same problem popped up in 2018 and the same fix still seems to work.
TrustYerGut wrote:
Just research it on the internet. The same problem popped up in 2018 and the same fix still seems to work.
It says on the internet it's the mark of the devil!?! Wow!
IdrisSeabright wrote:
It says on the internet it's the mark of the devil!?! Wow!
You mean Mark - as in Zuckerberg? I knew it!
Precisely!
I must be driving the hosts nuts today...... ;-)
Can you descend the video?
i hope Apple is still investigating the black dot. It is a black dot rather than blue indicating unread text. Its not a crescent moon.
In response to your questions-
1) All were on incoming text.
2) I’ve noticed on 3 contacts, first time was from Samsung, but last 2 were iPhones. All 3 contacts were on favs list (5 total) it’s not every text they send, only a few. And sometimes group text, sometimes not.
I use enlarged text.
3) I have had a deluge of spam text since around appearance of first black dot. Hope we can get answers from Apple soon. Thank you
OP, a friend of mine is experiencing this too, but I haven’t yet.
Do you have the “larger text” option enabled?
what does the black dot next to my text message mean
