Blank Message from Unknown

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Blank Message from Unknown

I've had this happen to me for a few weeks now on my iPhone 6s Plus 64G: I'll randomly go into the message app to either text someone or look at my messages and I will see a mesage from "Unknow" with no text or anything- it's blank. I can click on it and it'll open the message, but still nothing- not even a blank bubble. If I click "details" ALL it says is "Stop Sharing Your Location With Unknown". I'll press it, but it wont respond. I'll delete the message and a few days later, it'll pop back up. What the heck is going on?

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 9.3.3

Posted on Jul 31, 2016 9:48 PM

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sberman

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Aug 1, 2016 11:07 AM in response to nrwjrld

You have apparently either used the Find My Friends app to share your location, or have shared a location previously in an iMessage.

Here is how to turn that off.

Find My Friends: Stop sharing your location altogether

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nrwjrld Author

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Aug 1, 2016 11:12 AM in response to sberman

I haven't even set up Find My Friends. I did turn location services off and thought that might help, but it just happened. Here are screenshots from my device for reference

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sberman

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Aug 1, 2016 1:31 PM in response to nrwjrld

Your screen shots are helpful. Thanks for posting them.

Check Settings > iCloud > Share My Location (toward the bottom).

Turn it "Off" if you like. (Presumably it is "On" at the moment.) Also, observe what it says under "People who can see your location will appear here."

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