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Text Messages being duplicated and sent days later

My text messages are being resent days later. When I send them initially they go through and then they will go through again two or three days later. This is incredibly annoying and makes me look like a lunatic to the people they are going to. It doesn't seem to matter the type of phone or carrier the person on the receiving end has. What is going on here? This also seems to only be happening since I did the most recent upgrade to my iphone 4.

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unknown

Bstraughan, I agree that this can be an extremely annoying issue to have your text messages resent on their own. I have seen this happen to a few other people, but it doesn't seem common, and since it's random, it is hard to determine the cause. I want to try a few troubleshooting steps.

1. First, soft reset by pressing and holding the home & power buttons for about 10 seconds until the Apple symbol pops up.

2. Next, clear messages currently in your messaging threads.

3. Reset network settings.

4. The last step if you are still having issues is to restore the iPhone. I would suggest first restoring as new and then just syncing your info rather than a Restore from Backup.

Please let us know how these steps work for you.

megclassy

I've been having the same issue with my texting. Random texts from 2-3 days ago are resending on their own. My text alert tone was also stuttering when I received a message. I reset my network settings as you suggested. So far the alert tone seems to be normal, I'm going to keep watch on my messages.

kaebfly

Just curious...are the messages showing on your iPhone as being resent (duplicated) or are you just being told by friends that they received your messages again? The reason I ask is because if the messages aren't popping up on your phone as duplicates being sent out then the issue may be with the network and not your phone. If that is the case, have you contacted VZW (and made it clear that the messages aren't showing on your device as being resent but others are reporting to you that they get the messages in duplicate...also making sure they understand what carrier(s) your friends are using that are having the issue)? Not sure how much it will help but if it's not the actual phone that's duplicating the messages then it probably won't help doing the usual (reset/restart/restore/*228)...

letlove_0921

Another thing to make sure of is how many text messages you have.

I know I personally can go through 5,000 text a month. If I don't go in there and delete some conversations every now and than I have some funny things happen. Sometimes the text won't go through and like you said if it does there are duplicates.

B10751

I'm having the same issue with messages being resent from my iPhone 4s. Very frustrating.

kaebfly

No one has yet to answer if the messages are showing on their phone as duplicates (being re-sent) or if they are just being told that they are being received more than once. It would help to know that so we can know if it's actually the device doing these duplicates or if it's the network.

abagwell

I'm also having the same problem and have been for a while. It's extremely frustrating and does, in fact, make you appear to be a lunatic. I just tried the reset network as suggested, since I had already tried the reset by holding home and power button down. Has anyone heard anything back from Verizon??

EKG212

Nope, also having the same problem, it is really inconvenient and annoying.... I put a ticket in for them to investigate the network. Sort of upset about the response from Verizon being "we can't fix this" and from Apple being "this isn't a problem with our phones." ... well clearly it's one of the two or both, so I would like either an answer, an upgrade, a discount, or a waived fee for when I leave Verizon after being a customer for 7 years.

kellygannelli

My phone has been doing this for months. Verizon has troubleshooted and even sent me another, but it is getting worse!!! I now HAVE to upgrade to stop it but will lose my unlimited data which isnt right!!!! I shouldntbe penalized for a problem that has obviously been going on for soooo long!!!!

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