This is really weird but I am getting texts from the same number but from different people and they appear as separate threads on my phone. but the number is the same... when I reply to one thread it only shows there and not in the other thread (which is a different person). and it really is a different person, not somebody messing with me.
iPhone 12
Hello gfromnc,
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We've reviewed your question and it looks like there is an issue with messages coming from different numbers. It's understandable that you'd want this resolved, so allow us to assist with that. Are the people in the messages you are receiving listed as a Contact in your iPhone? If so, what happens if you delete the Contact and both message threads, then start a new message?
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We're very glad to hear that you were able to resolve this issue, as it does sound frustrating! Thanks for the update and have a great rest of your day.
It’s resolved. It’s a very weird glitch that’s hard to even explain... I saved somebody’s number under their name and texted that person. Then I realized that I saved the wrong number. Before anyone replied I corrected the number in my phone (under the same contact) and deleted the wrong thread before anyone replied. Then the correct person texted me and it showed up under their name. And then the wrong person replied and it came up under the correct name AND the earlier messages from the correct person showed up in the same thread and under the correct number/name. Because I deleted the previous (wrong) thread and couldn’t go back to check what’s going on there, I thought at first that I had two threads from the same number but from different people. However, today I looked in my backed up messages, and there I see two threads from two different numbers. And the messages from the correct person are no longer visible under a stranger’s thread. I guess what happened was that iMessages combined two threads from two different numbers into one thread because the wrong number was originally saved under the same name. Maybe it sorta makes sense but me and the wrong person were both very confused.
different people with the same number?
