Saving DRAFT Text messages

I fully agree this text issue needed to be fixed yesterday! I just composed a text, my phone went to sleep and when I woke it- the text was gone. Somehow the same thing happened a second time. The iPhone 7 is a joke especially now that we pay $750 for it. At least in the earlier versions, if I went back to the person's name I was texting, the previous writing was still there. Not the case in the most recent version. BOOOOOOO!!!!

Well said Jimi, it shouldn't take much effort to modify something Apple created. A simple fix could potentially convince more customers to choose iPhone. Hopefully someone at Apple will respond to the suggestions of this matter.

Funny

Have a Long one for My Kids

It's Late

I'll send it tomorrow or in the Next couple days

Send it to your phone #

When it shows just number. Edit inbound info like fiends phone # hang up friends call first recient .. Edit change Change in first name number to Bob

Now it's Bob's Number

Same as Text to your phone number

New in bound Text to You from yourself

Open edit in right upper just like phone Bob's number

Just change To " Me" unless you already have a crazy name for your own

Send Long Text to "Me" Keep for ever in Me

When you wanna reuse send from Me to your regular text name bob smith

Saved

Press on

Now it's regular bob smith finishing or send to regular friends

Will always be in me unless you deleat it like spam Text

Yours to keep for unsent or post postponed Text

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My wife has had an iPhone for a while and says to "compose" texts in Notes so you don't lose drafts then copy to texting.

Apple support directed me to apple.com/feedback. This is what I said there:

I Just got my iPhone five yesterday. Today I wrote a long text and started to add multiple contacts. At the top of the screen the + symbol (to add contacts) is right next to the CANCEL button. I accidentally hit cancel and everything was GONE!

Apple support confirmed there is no save to drafts for texting. My 5 Year old Windows phone asks to save to drafts if you hit cancel! This issue has been known for years in Apple Community... Why not fix it?

You could easily move the cancel button away from the plus button, right?

Also, allow automatic save to a drafts folder. Please fix this very basic problem! Thank you!

Yes, I agree!! I just got an iPhone 2 days ago, and noticed that there is no 'save' feature for texts on the phone and was trying to find it. What a poor design of the program!! My other 3 phones had 'save draft' very clearly there, so I could come back and edit my text if I got a phone call or had to answer an email. This needs to be fixed!!

Thanks for the tip on writing the texts in Notes, first. Not a great solution, but at least it's an alternative. Apple needs to fix this ASAP.

kwopau, but what about having drafts saved automatically? like when you accidentally shut that text in the middle of composing?

It's frustrating yes I know but the easiest way I've found is to just text yourself then its there to copy n paste into a new message later. It helps if you put yourself in your phone book so you don't lose the message over time, that is as long as messagess are set to save forever.

Wow, 6 years later, my first iPhone, and this problem still makes texting a nightmare. On Android, you don't even get prompted, it just saves the text for you if you exit. I can't believe Apple has ignored this for so long.

I've been on Android my whole life. This is my first iPhone and the fact that text message drafts disappear when you leave the text screen is by far the most annoying thing I've experienced with my new phone. I'll spend considerable time writing a carefully written message, get a phone call, go back to my text, and GONE. This *****. Why not save the draft? Apple, what are you thinking?

portlandfalcon wrote:

Apple, what are you thinking?

You are not addressing Apple here, this is a user to user support forum. However, if you leave the Message screen on what you are doing and just tap the home button to close Messages, the next time you open it, what you were doing is still there. However, if you tap off that contact's message, it will disappear.

Feedback to Apple goes here, http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Thanks for your assistance. I've taken a closer look at the issue, and I'm still confused. I typed a text message draft and tried to do a whole bunch of different actions on the phone, and the draft is still there. Now I can't figure out when the text draft disappears? I'd like to know what makes the draft disappear so I can avoid doing that. Can you clarify what you meant by "if you tap off that contacts message"