Group Chat missing from Phone/OK on PC

Question

Hello, I have lost one of my group chats from my Android phone which works fine on my Desktop and Surface PCs.  Nothing I have done seems to recover my access to it.   I uninstalled Skype on my phone, powered the phone off, powered it on, reinstalled Skype.  That didn't work.   Uninstalled Skype again, checked to make sure there were no Skype files left behind.  Didn't find any.  Rebooted the phone again.  Reinstalled Skype a second time.  That did not resolve the problem either. When someone types something in the Group Chat it shows as a notification on my phone.  If I select the notification it will show me what they said, but the group chat name does not show up and instead it shows as  "Person Name, ..." and while the text entry box shows up along with the arrow, I can't select it.  Attempting to type anything in the box doesn't work since it won't even pop up the keyboard so I can type.  I can favorite it, but then it will still not show the chat name, will not allow me to send messages, will only show one participant in the chat (not me), and will not retain a history of any of the messages that come in (once they are viewed from the notification they are lost).  So there's no effective way to interact with it. Since it is my chat of which I am the administrator, I can't add/remove myself from the chat either. Chat starts with a name=19 which I am told means it is a cloud based chat.  I started it roughly 8 months ago maybe? Phone: Samsung Galaxy Note 3Model Number: SM-N900VAndroid Version: 5.0Network: Verizon Wireless (also use it on my Home WiFi)Skype Version: 5.7.0.13054 Additional Note:  I am missing all group chats.  I had one that I hadn't created so I asked the moderator to re-add me after I left it using my PC.  They could re-add me and I could see the chat on my PC but it still doesn't show up on my phone.   My Skype IMs to certain people are also very delayed.  I just sent a couple of IMs to the admin of that chat and they are just sitting there dim grey and pending.  I can communicate fine with other individuals.  Yet the same person, I can communicate without delay from my PC.

Answer 1

Hi, I've had this exact same problem myself. Skype 5.8 on Android 5, Lolipop. No amount of resetting or uninstalling will help. Symptoyms include, but are not limited to: - Messages always dimmed, even though people can see and respond to them- Get notifications that show up in the system and show real messages, but cannot be seen at all inside Skype- Complete loss of all Skype history; everything becomes completely invisible, as though you never had those conversations- Complete inability to use group chats whatsoever; only one person will show should you join them, and you won't see any messagea from anybody at all (whether posted before or posted while looking at it)- Occasionally, some pictures (whether profile photos, emoticons, or images to the Skype app itself, including the logo) don't load at all. This was a _huge_ break, it's literally bricked Skype. The application is completely worthless now; what kind of a chat platform can't even deliver messeges? It's an alpha quality release, and I hope the Skype team gets to work on fixing this as soon as possible. I hope in the future it's tested more robustly; these are not subtle bugs, anyone who installs the cersion currently up will find they are no longer able to use te service. Feeling helpless, confused, and very frusterated there's nothing I can do to fix it (and that in all likelyhood, the earliest a patch will come will probably be _weeks_ away, if ever).