My iPhone messaging app is doing something funky. I believe it started with iOS 8. What happens is that I will have a thread for message from one contact, and then that same contact will send me a message some time later and the messages app will start a new thread from that message/contact rather than put it in the already existing thread.
This has happened to two contacts so far. Anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it? It's a rare occurrence but it is annoying have your long threads being broken up.
Update 11/11/2014:
Ok, wanted to revive this thread as I'm still having this issue, though very rarely. I think I've got a better of what is going on, but don't know why my phone is doing this.
So I've got a thread with my brother in my messages. It's got lots of messages between us. However today, he sends me a message and it shows up in a new message thread. I'm thinking, great it's happening again.
Anyway, if I go into my brother's contact/details where it lists his mobile/facetime/email, there's a "message icon" next to the mobile and email.
If I click on the "message icon" for the mobile, it takes me to the main message thread between him and I.
If I click on the "message icon" for the email, it takes me to the newly created message thread.
So this tells me that my phone took my brother's imessage from today as being sent from his email contact. However, when I asked him what he is doing, he just said he's using the same main message thread between us. Once I open up the main message thread on my phone and have him message me, things appear to go back to normal and all my messages from him will stay in the main thread.
Has this happened to anyone else?
This has happened to two contacts so far. Anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it? It's a rare occurrence but it is annoying have your long threads being broken up.
Update 11/11/2014:
Ok, wanted to revive this thread as I'm still having this issue, though very rarely. I think I've got a better of what is going on, but don't know why my phone is doing this.
So I've got a thread with my brother in my messages. It's got lots of messages between us. However today, he sends me a message and it shows up in a new message thread. I'm thinking, great it's happening again.
Anyway, if I go into my brother's contact/details where it lists his mobile/facetime/email, there's a "message icon" next to the mobile and email.
If I click on the "message icon" for the mobile, it takes me to the main message thread between him and I.
If I click on the "message icon" for the email, it takes me to the newly created message thread.
So this tells me that my phone took my brother's imessage from today as being sent from his email contact. However, when I asked him what he is doing, he just said he's using the same main message thread between us. Once I open up the main message thread on my phone and have him message me, things appear to go back to normal and all my messages from him will stay in the main thread.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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