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Messages: text-entry field has gray background, can't see what I type!

Something changed recently and the text-entry field now has gray background, so I cannot see what I type.


This is the case when I reply to an existing thread; if I start to edit a new message I get a normal text entry field.


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iPhone 5, iOS 9.0.2

Posted on Oct 10, 2015 7:46 AM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2015 3:05 PM

Based on this: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/grey-bar-covering-messages-input.1921207/

I turned the phone off & on again... and the grayness went away.

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Messages: text-entry field has gray background, can't see what I type!

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