iMessage - messages arriving in wrong order

I am not sure Apple is looking at these boards. I think we should call support and officially log this issue. If they receive enough complaints I assume they will address it.

iOS 11.3 has just been released. Let's hope this fixes it....although I won't hold my breath since I don't see anything about it in the list of bug fixes.

Getting the same problem when using iMessage.

One of the texts that will be sent from the other person will stay at the bottom of the conversation in some cases.

This morning texts that I had recieved just disappeared from the text conversation.

I have an IPhone 6, and I haven't updated my phone in over a year because I know these updates will slow my phone down. But if this is an update issue then I guess Apple decided I needed this issue without me actually agreeing to choose to update.

I thought this might be a carrier problem and was about to go to Verizon before finding this thread.

Hopefully there is a solution to this soon.

Happening here too.

I wonder, though, does it happen between two iPhones running the latest iOS 11, or is it just when one iPhone is iOS 11 and the other iPhone an older version? Could this answer why there may be a slight difference in time stamps on the messages?

For what it's worth as a data point of one, my wife and I are both running the latest version of iOS (her on a 6, me on a 6s) and it was happening to me, but not her. My problem cleared up when I tried the solution posted by Colee1 (page 2) but it doesn't seem to work for everyone.

Same issue here and it just started recently.

I do notice that sometimes the ordering will fix itself if I close iMessage and come back in: the previously out of order messages go into the proper order. But then new messages are out of order again as they arrive....

Very annoying.

Is there any further update from Apple on this? seems like a pretty obvious bug?

Quite frustrating and have been missing iMessages because of it.

It does seem to only happen when messages are sent very close in time to each other - then appears to alphabetically sort them... i.e. 2 messages sent at 10.24 - 1st one from me, 2nd one is reply from other person. The message that has the first letter higher in the alphabet appears first (even when it's sent second and is in answer to the first message) I have about 3 examples just from the last couple of days of this happening.

issues with the time stamp?

I have the exact same problem for a month now after updating to iOS. I wonder what phones you all have? I have an iPhone 6s. My sister has an iPhone 5s with the same problem. Her boyfriend has the same issue. My boyfriend with an iPhone 7 doesnt seem to have this problem.

Please Apple fix this!

All the apparent "fixes" are temporary. I have a 6s. I just now tried to toggle the "set automatically" off, rebooted the phone and turned it back on. I don't know if this did anything. If it did, I am sure it won't last.

I'm in Sweden, on a Swedish ISP, with the same problem since a few weeks. I'll file a report to Apple.

I suppose it has nothing to do with iOS since the order is messed up in the desktop app as well. Must be a server thing?

Same here as all the others. iOS up to date at 11.2.1 on iPhone 6S.

• Yes to multiple iMessage conversations.
• Yes to date/time set to automatic/
• No to red exclamation mark or not delivered.

Seems to only happen as others have said with iMessages and not txts. I've tested this and confirmed not happening with (green) txt messages.

Also when messaging back and forth in real time as opposed to delayed replies by minutes or longer but haven't yet confirmed the timing.

I‘m having the same problem. IOS 11.2.2. However this started to happen just recently after I got me a new IPhone. Before, when I was only using IPad I never noticed this problem. This could be just a coincidence though.

I mostly use my IPad for messaging. It‘s an IPad Air 2. So far, the messages are only messed up on the device I‘m typing them, they are in the right order on my IPhone. Really weird. My conversation partner on an IPad Air 1 is having the same issue, but also just recently.

Hopefully this will be fixed soon.

Same on all counts. Just updated to iOS 11.2.5 today that is when it started. Among other things in messaging like group messaging omitting people visually but they are getting the texts. And texts being received from the incorrect contact. I set a text to my sister and she said it was labeled as coming from her house cleaner person. 😕

I just tried some rapid fire back & forth between my phone (6s+ w/ "Hey Siri") & my wife's phone (an older, simpler 6+ w/o "Hey Siri") and her phone DOES NOT seem to have the sequencing issue. Maybe it's a device problem & not an iOS problem?