iMessage read reports change from read to delivered

I’ve noticed this issue for the first time ever. At 8:04pm I sent a message and it was read within the same time frame. Three hours later I went to check the text thread and the same sent message now showed “delivered”. After reading this community thread I decided to restart my phone then checked the text message- it now shows “read” again. Given that I had to restart my phone suggest that the issue exist in the sender’s phone. But I’ll note that the receipient of the text relayed a few days back that his phone was acting up and he had recently lost all his text messages.

But for now it seems that for anyone questioning if they’re going crazy as they swear the message was on read a few minutes prior, all you have to do is restar your phone and perhaps that will solve the problem.

So I don’t know the cause BUT I will tell you the fix. As I think only a few have stated if you hold power and home button until phone turns completely off then back on again (don’t let go until you see Apple logo) then the message will revert back to read. thought I had been blocked. The message went from read to delivered. Which is a sign. Restarted my phone and sure enough went back to Read.

That's only a temporary fix. You'll see messages revert back to delivered again.

It's happened on all my phones which leads me to believe it's someone a glitch related to my iCloud/Apple ID or something. Super annoying.

It's been a year and a half, and I've gone through THREE phones, and I STILL have this problem!

THREE PHONES APPLE!

Cmon! This SHOULD BE FIXED BY NOW!

It’s September and I’m still having this problem lol

In messages in settings u have the option to turn off if u read someone’s

Seriously? Will it work everytime you reset the phone? Or just once? But that’s disheartening.

Hey,

I'm struggling with the same issue. iPhone 6s, 10.2.1 .... but I have this issue for the past few months (older SW versions too). Once the phone is restarted the status updates accordingly. But it is hard to keep track...

There is the same phone at home that does not experience this issue.

No, Ashanti826, it's not simple. They do not turn off their read receipts. Read the whole problem by the original poster. It should not go from Delivered to Read and back to Delivered. If they turned off their receipt, it'd just say Delivered. After the message is opened, if they then turned off their receipts, it'd still show Read.

I've had this same problem and I have an iPhone 7 and it's currently up to date. I also had this problem on my old phone iPhone 5s. This is what I believe the issue is. This only occurs when I have texted people with an iPhone 6 or newer phone. I believe the reason it says "delivered" is because it's been delivered. The reason it then says "read" is because the message was read but by using the scroll down feature or 3D Touch not actually opening up messenger. So it goes back to "delivered" until they actually open the messanger app and look at the sent text. It's just something I have noticed and please don't bash me if I'm wrong it's just a suggestion as to what could be causthe problem.

Dude, thank you, not only did you explain exactly why this is happening, your reasoning makes perfect sense. All people need to do to correct the situation is actually open the message when sent a text vs read it by the shortcut Apple made... I wish everyone would stop posting back & forth about the hard reset/turning the phone off & on, someone want to update one of the "Genius Bar dudes?" Thanks again man!

I think this has finally been fixed with 10.3 beta 3. I'm on a 5s and have had this problem since 9.3 and it seems to be working!! I'm not going to jynx it though because then I'll go back in messages app and it'll say delivered...

Hi, I tried restore in recovery mode without backup and issue persists. Closing iMessage receipt is delivered not read. I tried with another iPhone with iOS 10.2.1 with my Apple id and my sim and issue persists! So issue is related at apple id or sim?? AppleCare said no issue about apple id, but no solutions. Why another iOS device has same issue with apple id and sim?

I have the same issue. When I use iMessage with one certain contact they read the message then all of a sudden if I close the message app it goes back to delivered when they already read it!! So frustrating! Do you know if they figured out a solution?

Hi, issue is related at iOS sw 9 and 10. Issue appears with two iPhone with my apple id and my sim. I checked another phone with another apple id and another sim, it has same issue. So it's a bug started from iOS 9.3.5, never resolved.