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iMessage read reports change from read to delivered

In the last couple of weeks I've noticed that when I send an iMessage from my iPhone 6 to my best friend, it first shows as delivered, as usual. She then reads it and it'll show as read. Then I'll go back into message later and it's turned back to delivered again, as tho the imessage hasn't been read at all.


Does anybody have an idea as to why its doing this?? Or what I can do to correct this???


Thank's in advance!!

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Mar 1, 2016 2:11 PM

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Apr 7, 2016 9:21 PM in response to loulour1982

I have noticed the SAME thing on a few texts. I saw it DID say read. I went back to look at it again later and it went back to read. kind of annoying. One of the people likes to avoid certain things and this is my way of seeing it was really read. They are not smart enough to turn it off yet. LOL


I just turned my phone off and on. IT WORKED!! I took a screen shot to show when they read it. thanks or posting!

Apr 8, 2016 2:26 PM in response to loulour1982

The same thing has been happening to me too since I downloaded iOS 9.3, and the problem wasn't fixed in 9.3.1. Mine does what y'all are talking about, but then it even goes a step further and messes up the notifications when they're read if I double text. For example

4:12 "blah blah blah"

- read 4:16

4:14 "blah"

- delivered


Even though they were both sent before being read at 4:16, only the first message says that it was read.


I Contacted Apple about this the other day and did the following troubleshoots

- turn off iMessage, hard reset (hold and home) - no avail

- reset network settings - No avail

- delete whole message thread with the contact it was happening with - no avail


the apple supervisor suggested that it was the recipients phone. He did all the same troubleshooting steps I did and nothing worked. I'm waiting for the apple supervisor to return my call with the next step, but I'm glad I'm not alone! Being on the phone with them for an hour started to make me feel like a crazy person and like I was making it up!


I'll send updates as my personal saga continues in hopes that it'll help all of you suffering with this problem

Apr 8, 2016 4:46 PM in response to loulour1982

That is all possible. But it happens to more than one recipeint so I don't think it is just the recipients phone. I have had this happen to a few sifferent people. When i turned my phone off and on last night it fixed the message back to when thy first read the text. But who knows. Minor detail but can be annoying. If that is the sign of a crazy person, we are all screwed! Lol It is def not just you! Good luck!

iMessage read reports change from read to delivered

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