Voicemail disappeared after last 2 updates on my iPhone 14 Pro.

After the first 17 IOS update I would have to click on my voicemail a couple of times for it to show up. I just downloaded the new 17 and now I can’t get my voicemail at all. It’s empty. I know it’s not empty. I had messages in there prior. Plus iPhone 14 pro notified me that people left messages but I can’t find them, when I go to my messages, there is nothing in there. It sounds like this whole 17 iOS and voicemail is a mess. Also my voice texting is being very weird. I have to hit it like five times for it to work. I’m sure I’m missing something else. That’s weird about these updates.

I feel horrible for the people that are deaf and the mess these updates caused them! if anybody has any idea how I should fix this? Please let me know.


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iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 8, 2023 9:35 PM

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Posted on Dec 15, 2023 6:40 PM

I was saving my father’s voicemails because he’s very sick and may not be with us for much longer. The new iOS deleted his voicemails. I’m heartbroken because he can’t leave me voicemails any longer. If anyone knows anything I can do, please let me know!

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Jan 22, 2024 5:53 PM in response to lauri91

If losing the voicemails after the iOS 17 update is from the Live Voicemail or via iCloud toggle, whoever thought the Live VM was necessary — NO! This feature did not take into account of family shared iClouds and personal voicemails are GONE. My deceased father’s VMs to me are gone. No amount of money can replace anyone’s grievances regarding this d*mb feature.

Dec 5, 2023 8:39 PM in response to lauri91

My problem is that my greeting disappeared. I’ve had the same greeting for about 10 years, which was my daughter when she was five years old. Whenever I’ve changed, phones, or upgraded phones the greeting has never changed. I can’t redo that greeting. And it was randomly lost after the second to last 17 update I cry every day.

Mar 11, 2024 12:45 PM in response to lauri91

I found a way that worked! I erased all settings and restarted my phone back to factory settings. Then in the setup I clicked the option to restore phone from most recent back up. Thankfully it had backed up over night just a few hours before this all happened! Once that process was completed I only got some of my voicemails back, but then magically a few days later all of them were back! It just took time for them all to download again. I did lose some photos and safari pages I had open but that’s a price I’m willing to pay to get my loved ones Vm back who have passed away. If you try this, and it still doesn’t work or you don’t wanna risk resetting your phone another suggestion that was made was to call into your voicemail. The old-fashioned way using *86 and they should all be there and then you can play them and maybe record them on another device to save. Also for future reference I was told by an apple genius you can email voicemails to yourself. So any really important ones from here on out I will be doing that!

Voicemail disappeared after last 2 updates on my iPhone 14 Pro.

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