Hi after moving from my iPhone 6s(ios 10) to iPhone 7(ios 10) I can no longer search old text in messages. I can only search text after to restore not before. Any Ideas?
Hi,
switching to iOS 11 from a 6s backup to a brand-new 8+(iOS11already installed) I had the same problem.
It has been at least my 5th upgrade/swith/change of iPhone and never encountered this issue before.
But I think I FOUND THE ANSWER . Note that I used it on my French language/French hardware iPhone.
1) settings->siri and search
2) de-activate Messages search
3)shut down the iphone
4) Reboot . Don't use the messages app
5) settings->siri and search
6) Activate Messages search
7) Wait (I know it's hard) at least a minute👿
8) Go to Message App. Should work 🙂 ✅
David
iOS 10.3.1 also did not solve this problem, still cannot search message text prior to the restore date
Important data point, Tks for feedback.
Thanks for feeding back your update.
I am having the same issue ..iPhone was faulty and was replaced then restored the iPhone and now can't search for the text messages ... a bloody pain
Rebuild messages index iphone
