Newly received iPhone messages show above sent messages

Something that I found interesting is that my apple watch shows the iMessages in the correct order but my iPhone does not. I took the instructions of what worked from a previous post and it worked for me, which are:

1. Turn off set automatically under date/time

2. At this point I changed the time to one minute early

3. Turn on set automatically.

4. Restart iPhone

At this point, iMessages in the past were out of order, but all future ones were coming in correctly.

Hope this helps.

Check your settings

See if you still need help after each step:

1. Make sure that you have the latest version of iOS.
2. Turn on Set Automatically1 in Settings > General > Date & Time. This automatically sets your date and time based on your time zone. If there’s an available time-zone update, your device lets you know.
3. Check that your device shows the correct time zone in Settings > General > Date & Time > Time Zone.

Get help with the date and time on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Cheers.

I just read a tip here but cannot find it again - but it seems to work; turn off iMessages and put phone in airplane mode; turn off phone; turn phone on; turn off airplane mode; send some texts in plain text; if texts are in order switch iMessages back on - hope it works for you, seems to have worked for me , Bennie

I fixed mine by no longer allowing it to forward my texts to my iPad. I went to Settings, Messages, and then turned off text message forwarding. They still next to fix the larger issue but this will halt the frustration.

I turned my date/time off automatic then back on. Then I powered off then back on. So far has fixed the problem. Thanks for your help. Loti

This worked for me. I tried the "turn off date/time auto then back on" method and it didn't work. When I saw your post with the extra step: "2. At this point I changed the time to one minute early" it worked! That may be an important step people are missing.

--Brice

It appears the 11.2.2 update just released may also be resolving this issue, please try updating as well.

This worked for me:

Delete thread and when adding names back do not use the recommended group that pops up.

I was having this exact same issue! Text responses showing above my texts and my response showing up in the "Messages" menu when I had just received a text back. Possible solution:

Well, I'm not sure if this will work for others but I turned my phone off, kept it off for about a minute, then turned it back on and (for now) the issue seems to be resolved!

I am still having the issue with my brand new iPhone 6s (replaced a month ago under warranty) I did manage to improve the issue by doing a hard reset then going into Settings — Messages — and then toggling the iMessage button on and off. That said, with some other iPhone users, the messages will still come through out of sequence ((it’s only slightly less maddening). Apple, please.

I know that a ton of people, as well as myself, having both of these issues... hence why I found this page from google searching "my phone is updated, why are my own texts coming in as a new notification and other texts are not in correct order". I have tried all ways listed above and not one thing works. I feel like its a glitch on this new update and for some reason every update has a new glitch? Kind of like the [A] glitch on one of the updates in November? Will there be a new update?

That is what my friend did and hours later the issue came back, but they just turned if off and on. Probably not enough time for it to properly reset. If the issue never comes back for you then cheers.

I have been experiencing this exact same problem for a few weeks now. The messages I receive will show up above the messages I send. It’s very frustrating and confusing! My phone has also become EXTREMELY SLOW! I guarantee these problems are a result of the most resent update Apple sent out to our phones. This is ridiculous and needs to be fixed immediately! My time zone and all other settings are (and have been) correct. It’s not us, Apple! It’s you. Fix this issue ASAP, please! I seriously cannot handle it anymore.

I am having this problem as well on my iPhone 6 Plus. My wife is having the same problem on her iPhone 7. My wife's friend is having the same problem on her iPhone. It is not a date and time issue. It is a bug that needs to be addressed. We need a fix now, please.

Did you see above suggestion from me? It seems to have worked for me, my daughter and others. There was an iOS11.2.5 update yesterday, which hopefully fixes the issue as well - good luck !!