Is anyone having issues with messages with iOS 16.4.1?

Hi, just wondering if anyone is having issues with messages after upgrade to 16.4.1. My messages freeze and when I go back in, it’s a blank screen. I have to reboot to be able to send a text. And I also have to ask Siri to sit off my phone, pressing the side buttons do not work right away. Is there anyway to fix this?

iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Apr 21, 2023 12:21 PM

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Posted on Apr 25, 2023 6:18 AM

I tried cycling the "AppleID -> iCloud -> Messages" button --> initially received a "Messages have not been fully downloaded to this iPhone" warning and hit cancel, then rebooted and did it again, cancelled again (was assuming they would eventually fully download).


Have not had the problem recur for the past 12 hours, but hard to say if it's cycling the button or just the passage of ~4 days of time. Hard to be sure it's fully resolved after 12 hours but I rebooted perhaps 10-15 times yesterday to be able to respond to work texts with an average reboot to failure time of 15-30 mins, so I think it's solved for now.


Of note, I have about 14GB of messages storage total.

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