IPhone 4 sending "ghost texts" and constantly failing to send texts
I got my iPhone 4 at Christmas, so it is definetely under the 1 year warranty still and I haven't jailbroken it or had a screen replacement done by anyone.
Lately my iPhone has been sending a text message I already sent multiple times, for example say I sent it at 4 pm to a friend they recived it then, but also 5 hours later and again the next day- or something similar.
It also sometimes won't even send my texts until 3 hours later so my friends will get random texts from me that would have applied to a conversation 3 hours ago but now make absolutely no sense.
And I would say that 2 out of 3 texts I send now stop sending and give me the "error sending message" notification.
Also, I think my phone isn't receiving calls. Last night a friend texted me asking why I didn't pick up my phone when I was at the Batman movie because he wanted to come find me and say hi, and I didn't know I had even gotten a call- there wasn't even a missed call. This also happened a few days ago with my dad.
The problem is I don't know if I can get a replacement because someone cracked my screen, so won't the Genius bar just tell me its due to the cosmetic damage? It's frustrating that my phone and messaging won't work, but I will have to buy a replacement for cosmetic damage I didn't cause.
Honestly, the crack isn't bad anyways. Its a vertical crack, only one, that you can only see if you tilt it a certain way and the light catches it.
But warranty probably won't cover the phone and texting issues because of that crack right?
Have you tried to factory reset/restore your phone? May be also worth checking all the text carrier settings are correct such as message centre number.
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Problem was here when we both had 5.1
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