I was writing a long text, I lost power and the draft is gone. Can I retrieve it?
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iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 16
Unfortunately, if you were typing a long text message and your iPhone lost power before you could send it or save it, there’s no built-in way to recover that draft.
iPhone doesn’t automatically save drafts of text messages. If the message wasn’t sent and the Messages app was closed (like in the case of a power outage), the drafted message would be lost.
For the future, if you’re drafting a longer message, it might be better to compose it in the Notes app or another app that automatically saves your work as you type. That way, even if your phone unexpectedly shuts down, you won’t lose your work.
Please also consider keeping your phone charged to avoid such power-related issues while working on something important.
birgitte81 wrote:
Lost long draft text message to Ginger Alonzo
What do you expect us, your fellow users, to do about this?
I was typing a very long text. I wanna know how I can retrieve it. A phone call came on and it went away.
I was writing a long text message on my iPhone when suddenly disappeared presumably deleted but I cannot retrieve it - it’s not in the bin items - can I get this back - I have an iPhone 15
On my iPhone on my iPhone 13 I need my draft back all the dates time frames on the fit protective device s and the gov. Help
I never hit delete I need my text message u was working on back just happen 30 minutes ago where did it go
Well this question sure prompted some finger-wagging sermons … which I assume the preachers first composed in Notes!!!
Can I retrieve a lost text message?
Rpm56WhitelawnAve wrote:
Can I retrieve a lost text message?
You should read this thread from the beginning and see if any of the suggestions help.
I recently moved from android and I must say it’s simple things like this that make me regret the move.
I was sending Donnell a lengthy text message when I loss the entire content and can’t retrieve it. Is there a way to retrieve the original text ?
RickFalls wrote:
Unfortunately, the phone doesn’t have to lose power for us iPhone users to lose a text. if you leave it sitting too long or navigate to another app, there’s a good chance it will disappear.
how could they possibly not know? Unforgivable, ridiculous — and disrespectful if not downright arrogant that they don’t fix the problem.
That's the way the iPhone works. If you switch away from an app, it is suspended. If the system needs more memory, it will pull it from any suspended apps. Messaging apps are not email or word processing apps. They were never designed to draft long documents. If that's something you that regularly do, create the message in something like Notes. It's very easy to share the note back to Messages. You don't even have to copy and paste.
One way that I’ve learned to avoid that problem is to copy and paste the draft into your “Notes” app on your IPhone before navigating away from your “Message”! Believe me, it’s less of a hassle than losing the message entirely.
Can I retrieve a lost text message draft on my iPhone 12 Pro Max?
