Messages disappearing after upgrade to iOS 6

This hit me too. Upgrade my ip4 from 5.1.1 to 6.0 and since then all the SMS from the bank/mobile operator/ other informative sms gives a preview but as soon as you open these messages you see a blank/empty message.

Looks like this is a serious bug in the message app and needs attention.

Apple, when are you patching this issue?

P.S> I did a complete restore and upgrade.

Same thing happened to me. Best thing is that 2 messages were marked as unread before the update and I can't get the badge to update to the real unread status. It keeps displaying 2 new messages. Which I can't access any more.

I have the same problem, upgraded from iOS5 to iOS6 and the service messages disappears.

Has Apple totally forgotten to actually test their software before they release it?

It sure is going downhill :-( The map application is very bad, the message system is very broken, the backside easily get scratches :-(

Was planning on buying a iPhone 5, and maybe even an retine macbook, bot now I don't think so, way to many problems with hardware and software.

APPLE get your act together, you have a **** load of money, start getting to competent developers for hardware and software!

I have a very similar issue after upgrading to iOS6.

I can see a preview (2 lines) of all the messages that existed before the upgrade, in Messages app. However, as soon as I open it, the contents disappear. When I go back to message list the message that I tried to open moves all the way down and preview also disappears.

I am able to see the preview only after manually closing the Messages app from springboard and then reopening the app.

Weird issue. The messages that disappear are the one's adverts and info messages mostly from banks, fund houses, credit cards etc. Some of them are really important. hope Apple takes notice.

Appreciate your help n stuff...but stop stereotyping people...

Curry!!! Why did you have to bring curry to this thread!!!

Don't be a racist bum!

Same story here too.

I am just deleting the old stuff.

so this does not apply to those messages which arrive after the upgrade.

And @Jakeb Elan: guy, i guess he did not mean to say "Curry". It was just a typo; instead of "Country".

Lets ignore that.

Is there anyway to bring this to Apple's Development or QA team?

If just one more message arrives to such disappearing thread, such thread becomes visually "repaired"... But those messages received earlier are completely gone. So the thread shows up only those messages arrived after upgrade... This is a disaster. I know those messages are somewhere in deep memories of my iPhone, but seems no chance to get them visible again. And they also cannot be even deleted.

I really don't like thinking about what other data is going missing inside iOS6.

It is unbelieveable that this bug was NOT found, during unit testing, and beta testing.

I dont know how come apple had not sensed it earlier.

This message issues is blowing my head after updgrade. Actually i need to blam my Indian trai and service providers, for iphone . If i receive a bank message it would be LM-HDFC or AM-ICICI but i my iphone reads it as LMHDFC or AMICICI.

Once ios6 is upgraded on my iphone4. I have enabled imessages and facetime immediatley. So when iphone messages are read, possibly it shows blank page because imessage reads the message as a contact name rather no number is available on those transaction / promotional messages sent in India. So it had corrupted all the messages in my iphone4 ( i hope ).

As everyone said, its booooom. I would have read these topic before upgrade, unfortunatelly missed my 3000 messages. Have to wait for ios6.1 update for apple to fix it, if they notice. Or all messages are gone.

This is really frustrating. Please get this fixed as soon as possible.

I am facing the same problem of deleting the text message after opening, but it is happening with old messages only (before 6.0 upgrade), the moment you upgrade the os and will recive any text message will remain in your inbox.

Thanks,

Nishant

even i m also facing the same problem !!!

Please help me out to get back the old messages as some of the renewal dates of insurance and some other due dates of bank message are getting disappear.

this is really annyoing !!!

Thanks

Yogesh

I have same problem except they are also reminders for hospital appointments and the messages from my daughters school and my reservation numbers for picking up items i'd pre-ordered.

An absolute disgrace from Apple - I need to view the messages sent to me, not crappy maps!!

I request apple to resolve this issue at earliest. Since everyone shared the importance of lost messages, it is pointless to repeat again.

I really missing some of the importance alert messages.

Se problem. The SMS still shows in the preview and vanishes upon clicking the same. Apple has to immediate look in to this.