Delayed group and android messages

last week when I backed up my iphone 17 to an external drive. There were messages that came through from over a week ago. I missed important messages. Most were messages from group threads and android. After I installed the latest update thr same thing happened again. All these messages came in the was from a week ago. Can someone help. These were important messages that I missed. Can someone help

iPhone 17 Pro Max, iOS 27

Posted on Oct 25, 2026 2:39 AM

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Oct 26, 2026 10:38 AM in response to SmileyKM

SmileyKM wrote:
last week when I backed up my iphone 17 to an external drive. There were messages that came through from over a week ago. I missed important messages. Most were messages from group threads and android. After I installed the latest update thr same thing happened again. All these messages came in the was from a week ago. Can someone help. These were important messages that I missed. Can someone help

Your phone carrier can help you with their service MMS/SMS/RCS, reach out to yours.

Delayed group and android messages

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