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Why are text messages disappearing

When I turn my phone off then turn it on later there is a text message on the lock screen but when I unlock the phone it is gone

Posted on Jan 25, 2018 11:53 AM

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Posted on Mar 26, 2018 2:38 PM

This has been happening to me for a while now. At first I wasn't sure, but now it is clear that the messages are disappearing. I get a notification, I look at my phone, I see a text and can read the initial section, I unlock my phone, the text is nowhere to be found. This is happening for work and has lead to several upset clients and lost business. Please help solve this.

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Dec 28, 2018 6:11 PM in response to theaznpanda

Same issue with iPad. I didn’t notice who the message was from, just the text which made no sense because it was asking me to tell someone this person was in their way and I don’t know who they were referring to. Wondering if they sent text then deleted it before I unlocked and went to messages. So the notification was on lock screen but actual message had been deleted once I got to messages app. Don’t k or if full texts are delivered and received into the messages app while locked or if just a brief header is received until unlocked.

Why are text messages disappearing

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