Stuck on Downloading Messages from iCloud

I have same issue on my iPhone but I haven’t synced it to any other devices & my text messages will not send to recipient. So I effectively have no texting on my phone. ******!!!! It just started the downloading messages from iCloud today, earlier today it was fine but went to send a text & it wouldn’t send. Have no idea what happened to start this. Any ideas yet on why out of the blue this happens??

Hi mercadof,

RELAX and give it a go. I experienced the same situation and it is not a problem.

I would recommend you to let your device connected to WiFi and power. Usually in idle state your iPhone will get all the iMessages download in 4-5 hours (depend on the size of backup). There is absolutely no need to restart or logout login to your iCloud account.

Happy iPhonning. 🙂

Thanks for sharing both methods.

This sync in the cloud isn't a key feature for me so I'm going to stay on my first idea : let the 30 days go, wait for the * Messages_backup_which_I_think_is_faulty * to be deleted and start from scratch.

I've just noticed one thing. When Messages is disabled, I look in iCloud storage and I can how my storage is used between iBooks, Numbers and so... Messages was also there, with a size of 0 and the option to UNDO. Also, I could read how days left before permanent delete. I can't see this option anymore. Just Messages you can turn On or Off. My iPhone is running 11.4.1 *****

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Hi to all,

Mine also has this same issue. It's been continuing to say "Downloading Messages from iCloud" for 2 days now. Reboots and restarts etc. haven't helped.

Any solutions offered by apple etc.?

Thanks.

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to chime in that I am also having issues with iMessage in the cloud syncing on my MacBook Pro. It doesn't say "downloading messages" however my MacBook just doesn't stay in sync with my iPhone. If I haven't been on my computer for several days... I may only get the last 5 messages or so of a conversation I've been having on my phone for many days. I find this frustrating for following conversations etc. that I have been having. I feel like this is possibly related.

I have the same issue with IOS 12.0 on an iPhone 7 from a restore from an IOS 11.0 on an iPhone 6. If I try disabling messages, it says "messages in icloud messages have not been fully downloaded to this iphone"

I get the same as you, that my messages are done downloading and I am missing the whole month of August an all my texts. I should say that I set my phone up as new so I am downloading all my messages from the cloud. I have kept my phone charging for almost 3 days straight.

Hi it’s nearly the end of September 2018 and this is still an issue for me. With iOS 12.0 & Mojave out now there still isn’t a fix.

I’ve been with apple support for a week and no help. They just say log in & our, reset your phone... no other advice.... he actually said just get a new iPhone.

In addition to the iMessages problem of “downloading messages” , I also have an iCloud update problem with none of my files uploading on my iPhone Xs max/iPad mini. But uploading to iCloud via my Mac works.

When I try to upload to iCloud it says: waiting to upload & after a little while it says: upload error. I wish I wasn’t so invested into the apple ecosystem, and now I’m regretting it.

Yeah me too. All this sign out and sign back in is annoying. Why doesn’t it just work?

Me too, also logged out, restarted etc etc!

I have this issue also. Updated MacBook Pro today and enabled the ICloud Synch. All I get is this:

I let it run for hours before trying what I tried. A new MacBook Pro should not take hours or days to sync 10 messages. Or in my case, none, since I deleted them all.

This is happening to me too. Using Activity Monitor I can see that nothing is actually downloading / there is no network activity.

It’s not a big issue for me. They just released the update. It’s not invasive.