Where does an unfinished iMessage go if you leave the screen? This doesn’t seem to happen with the Message app. If iMessage opens when I tap my Messages icon, how do I get to the Messages app to prevent losing an unfinished message? I have an iPhone 11
iPhone 11, iOS 16
You have no control over that, other than to select and copy the partial text. The messages app does not save partially entered posts to storage, it just saves them in RAM. If you then open another app that needs RAM iOS will repurpose the RAM used by the Messages app.
You have no control over that, other than to select and copy the partial text. The messages app does not save partially entered posts to storage, it just saves them in RAM. If you then open another app that needs RAM iOS will repurpose the RAM used by the Messages app.
Thank you for your reply. I don’t lose those on the Messages app, only on iMessage…..probably just incidental not using the RAM space those times. Wish there were a “save draft”
provision, but I do understand your explanation re: RAM storage. 👍
BGSunshine wrote:
That just happened to me AGAIN! It's EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. I spent a very long time gathering facts and composing the textthen it gone and nowhere to be found! When I remember, I copy what I have written so far then have it to paste if it disappears. This time I couldn't even paste the beginning part I thought I had copied. Aggrevating!
If you leave the Messages app and the phone needs the memory it is using for other things, it will suspend the app. This may mean that anything not saved will be lost. I would advise that, if you're going to spend lots of time composing a long message, you start it in Notes. It's very easy to use the "share" button in Notes to send something to messages.
Or, even better, use email for long, complex messages.
That just happened to me AGAIN! It's EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. I spent a very long time gathering facts and composing the textthen it gone and nowhere to be found! When I remember, I copy what I have written so far then have it to paste if it disappears. This time I couldn't even paste the beginning part I thought I had copied. Aggrevating!
Losing iMessage when leaving screen before sendingbefore
