Why doesn't leaving anyones conversation or muting a conversation work in messages??
iPhone 5, iOS 8
Are all users on IOS 8? Since this is new, not sure if you will get all the info you need.
However here is the user guide for IOS 8 http://help.apple.com/iphone/8/
I'm on iOS 8. When you go IMHO details on a group message it gives the option to mute or leave a conversation. I selected to leave but still got the texts coming through. I've also noticed that scrolling up and down in Safari quickly sometimes gives me a black screen before it refreshes.
I ask if all users are on IOS 8? That could be an issue, maybe everyone needs to be on it for it to work.
There are two people on iOS 8 including me but one person is on iOS 7,there wasn't anything to say that everyone must be on iOS 8
I'm having the same issue, i select "leave this conversation", and i still receive all messages. I tried rebooting, nothing changes. I suspect the chat that I'm in with about 10 users are all on different operating systems. Seems useless if it will only works if all members of the chat have ios8. Bummed about this. Looking forward to a response from Apple.
Is there going to be a solution on this soon? I'm really sick of this group chat. The "Leave this conversation" is there but is unclickable. Solve this ASAP.
jacobioonchie wrote:
Is there going to be a solution on this soon? I'm really sick of this group chat. The "Leave this conversation" is there but is unclickable. Solve this ASAP.
Ok do you want us user in this user to user technical forum to solve it.
There is no Apple here to read your post.
Leave your feed back here http://www.apple.com/feedback/
My 2 sons and I have a group conversation going on. We are all on ios8. one of my sons says the "leave this conversation" tab is greyed out. I don't see this on my details. I am on 5S, while they are both on new 6's. Seems that this feature is buggy, and even with 3 people on ios 8, one can't leave, one can't see the option and one is happily ignorant. Seems the best way to leave conversation is when all conversants stop the conversation and go to individual texting, which completely negates the group conversation idea and the intended purpose of the "leave this conversation" option. Bug #1 so far for me and ios 8. I do like the auto text feature and the voice recognition on the fly rather than at the end pushing the end button....
All users must have ios 8 and iMessage. http://m.imore.com/how-quickly-leave-group-messages-imessage-ios-8
I just worked with a senior advisor at Apple concerning this issue. It turns out that all participants must be on iOS8 which all of mine were but the conversation must be between at least 4 individuals. The logic is that if the group only contains three people and one person leaves then it is no longer a group conversation. So if you have a group conversation with four people and one leaves the other three are stuck in the group message and can't leave. I tested this out and I was able to leave once we had a fourth member in the group message but once I left everyone else was stuck in the conversation. The advisor told me that the logic wasn't there yet to change a group message to a single chat.
Here's a slight workaround with this whole 3's a crowd and 4's a group problem we have on our hands.... I started with simply adding someone else to the group however, that includes them for all further messages between the party, however allowing you the option to now leave as there will be a 4th person in your "group" now. This can be really fun or can turn out to be annoying or even problematic down the line, depending who you chose to bring in the chat. That said, while writing this I think I'm going to experiment with creating a fake contact just for this purpose. It would be easy just to plug in some random information and save it to contacts under something simple to remember. Then when you find yourself stuck in a threesome that's just not right for you, you'll have a sly escape plan to sneak out the back door. Let me know if anyone tries this out and what your findings or success stories are.
73,
Steve
OverModulated, this is a good start, but finding a rando that happens to have iOS 8/iMessage to add could be tough. My work around that piggy backs off of your idea is this:
My mom loves to start group conversations with my sister and I. We are all on iOS 8, but I cannot leave the conversation since it's only the three of us. I click add, scroll down to my mom's iCloud email address, select and add, then immediately leave the conversation. Generally, anyone who has iOS 8 will have an iCloud email associated that will be available to add to the conversation they started. So not only do you get out of the conversation, but the person who started the group conversation will now get double messaged every time something is said. SCORE!
LEAVE ME ALONE MOM!!! LET ME LIVE MY LIFE! MY JEANS ARE NOT TOO TIGHT! (i love you)
If there's only 3 people in the conversation, you can't leave it because then it won't be a group. Not saying I agree with it, just telling you.
Great reiteration of the comment above yours that states this already.
Can't leave conversations in messages
