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I updated to IOS 9 this morning and when i try to text there's this gray bar extending through out the text box with "0:00" at the end, I cannot get rid of it and I cannot see what I type as I'm typing. Also, when I go to send a text to a new person, it does not appear. This happened after updating to ios9
iPhone 6, iOS 9
So far the only thing that seems to work is to change the setting under messages close subject field. It defaulted to plain text on an IMessage line and got rid of the gray bar. I am running ios 9 on an old 4s.
So far the only thing that seems to work is to change the setting under messages close subject field. It defaulted to plain text on an IMessage line and got rid of the gray bar. I am running ios 9 on an old 4s.
I Have solved this problem (for me at least) the "on and off" trick is just a temporary fix. I do not use iMessage and when I updated it forced me to sign in, so I signed out. And the Audio message was on, what I did was sign jnto iMessage again, turned it off, then signed out and it solved my problem.
What seemed to work for me was none of the above but by closing the camera application (it was open). Once I closed it none of my messages had that grey bar any longer. I tried changing the settings for subject field and I tried a reset. I tried "turn off raise to listen" nothing worked but the second I closed my camera in the background it went away!
Thank you Cadynce. Wonder if you can now help with the next problem/glitch which has started happening. It doesn't affect the performance, but it's still annoying! This is the Screen which appears now when the home button is pressed after screen lock has activated........?? Cheers
Just turn the "Show subject Field" back off again (in settings, messages) and the subject line will disappear!
I have the same issue, and did this when it was happening and it went away.
I used the subject "on" "off" trick a lot of folks seem to have found. I think looking at it that this has to do with the Video Message button - I noticed it asked for some sort of expiration in settings. Apparently we can now send Video message using the camera button while messaging
I have a 5c and have Subject switched off and have tried switching it on and off. The grey box doesn't always appear and then it does even with the same contact. It makes no sense but is annoying.
Any other suggestions?
And one more variant that worked on my phone. Tried subject on/off, tried character count, and camera app fix no bueno. Then turned raise to listen on and off but also open and set/reset audio message expire to never and the bar is gone. Obviously the behavior is not the same on every phone. This was on a 5S. Our iPhone 6 does not have the issue......Yet......
well, none of the suggestions worked for me. But what I did was hold the microphone next to the gray bar until it gave me a record button when that came on I held it and swiped up. When I let go the gray bar was gone and has not returned.
try it. It should work for you guys.
little note, I am on a 5c.
So, I can't find the "Raise to listen" feature. I've updated to 9.1 and have a iphone 5. I've gone into settings-messages but there is no sign of "audio" or "Raise to Listen." Also, I think all these suggestions are only temporary. The grey bar keeps coming back at odd times. Can you help me try the "Raise to Listen" option by pointing me in the right direction? Much appreciated...
Not sure why Apple haven't weighed in on this!!
I didn't have the Subject Line on ... the grey box was appearing on the text box itself. So I turned the Subject Line on and it disappeared. Turned it back off and it's still gone. Weird. Thanks for your help.
This is nuts. None of the ideas above work - Show Subject already was off, and turning things on and off doesn't either. For me, I have to close Messages and reopen it and it is ok TEMPORARILY, but something is making that appear.
Where is "Raise to Talk" to turn off? I can't find that setting, and want to try it next.
UPDATE: Never mind, "Riase to Talk" doesn't exist in iOS9 from what I've found, it is "Enable Hey Siri" instead, which I have turned off under Settings / General / Siri
that may work temporarily, the fix I posted is what stops it from happening to begin with. I do Tech Support for a cell phone company, we get alerts and what not from Apple regarding these issues and the fix or the ETA on patches to current issues. Some have been able to fix it with a simple reboot and it hasn't happened again, others have done that same thing, it fixes it but then it comes back. This issue was the only bug i had after my update and this fixed it for me. the steps I listed above
You have our sympathies, You're not alone this is quite annoying ,with no explanation about what that ******* Graybar is for to begin with ,but character count killed it for me ,I think that's where you want to look if not you have to wait for Apple to come out with some type of solution
Iphone 6 gray bar blocking text box after ios 9 update??
