text messages missing after iOS 6 update

Same problem! About and hour ago I was texting on my iPhone and then the conversation with the person I was texting disappeared. Then I was scrolling down to find it, and I clicked another conversation to find that it was clear as well. Then I closed the application and reopened it to find that ALL of my conversations were gone!! I tried a hard reboot as well as a soft reboot, but it didn't work. I even tried to backup my iPhone and then restore it from backup, but they're still gone (I hope this didn't make them disappear for good?) I have an iPhone 4 and I'm running iOS 6.0. If it helps to know, I did my last software update on air.

I'm trying to help a friend with an iPhone 4 who upgraded to iOS 6 and now can't see his old text messages. If he uses the 'Search iPhone' box then he can locate the old text messages, but when he tries to open them they disapear. Appears the data is intact but Apple have introduced a lovely bug.

If pressed then he can do a restore from a backup made just before the upgrade, but as it was a few weeks back that would mean losing two weeks worth of text messages. Rather defeats the purpose when this really is something that Apple should/could fix.

So, hoping someone at Apple is on the case and going to fix this bug in the next iOS update. Just thankful that the Mapocolypse caused me to wait upgrading my phone. Happy living in iOS 5.

Just to add my voice, I'm having the same problem since upgrading to iOS6. This needs an Apple update and fast. I'm concerned I have lost messages from companies, should I just hold on until and update arrives hoping they come back or has that content already been deleted?

Praying that apple will listen and sort it out, as far as your data goes it is all on there still it's just the software cannot handle it properly. You can view it via an iPhone explorer app on your mac but I don't think that is an acceptable way of viewing your texts lol

I would like to leave a reminder: unfortunatelly not only company messegas are missing. Horrible.

i just lost all my text messages when i updated my phone after 10 weeks to IOS 6...... i had so much important data in those messages for work and from friends all around the world with address and contact info .........i am ******-off ( for loss of better wording )..................i will to short the Apple stock after i sell my 15,000 shares .......... right now i hate Apple after being the biggest fan i had every friend and relative change to Apple now I will go to Blackberry ..............apple is going down .............. this is like the time when Yahoo did this after i was with them since the early 90s i went from a non paying customer to a sbcyahoo customer then moved and they lost all my messages from work on their server ..............and they went down look at their stock today ......... STEVE JOBS would turn in his grave ............. and what in the name of god am i to do now without GOOGLE & GOOGLE MAPS ............ i am going to BLOG you guys everywhere.........

GOOD BYE

FROM : A FORMER FAN & GREAT CUSTOMER

I HAVE BOUGHT 12 MAC COMPUTERS FOR MYSELF AND FAMILY OUR 3 KIDS NIECES NEPHEWS FOR BUSINESS AND LARGE SCREEN DISPLAYS AROUND THE HOUSE & AT LEAST SINCE 2004 18 CELL PHONES, EVERY TIME A NEW ONE CAME OUT WE GOT IT ......I HAVE AN iPad MY HUSBAND KEPT LOOSING HIS iPADS OR THEY BROKE BUT I STILL BUY NEW ONES 5X ....

THINK ABOUT YOUR TECHNOLOGY AND YOUR UPDATES YOU HAVE TO WARN PEOPLE & HAVE BOLD LETTERING AND REMIND PEOPLE TO UPDATE AND SAVE MESSAGES BEFORE MAKING THIS KIND OF UPDATE ......I A COMPETTITIVE WORLD YOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST PRODUCT

I take you did not backup your phone recently?

am also facing the same issue my bank and other service sms r not viewable properly. any solution?

Looks like this BUG has been fixed in the Lasted IOS 6.1 released 🙂

Looks like this BUG has been fixed in the Lasted IOS 6.1 released 🙂

yup. upgrade ur firmware to 6.1, apple has patched up the missing SMS problem, at least for me.

Hi runaholic

What steps did you need to take to recover your text messages with the iOS 6.1 upgrade?

Did they not transfer over after the iOS6 upgrade like me but remained in your backup?

Any help would be much appreciated 🙂

Glad you have yours back. Mine however remain in limbo. Show up in search function of the phone still. Just not accessible.

Hey,

Mine seem (I've not thoroughly searched) seems to just be there, where they were hiding, after selecting the conversation previously, they are showing in full.

After all this time I though apple had decided we were not worthy of viewing our own messages.

Adam

Hi Adam,

What did you do to get the text messages back?

Restore from original backup from before the iOS 6 upgrade OR

Did you recently upgrade to the newer 6.1?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated 🙂