Text messages never received from when phone was turned off

I turned my phone (iPhone 4) off for a week while I was out of range of cell phone service. My phone has been turned back on for a few days now and I have still not received any of the text messages that were sent to me during that time. I've tried shutting down the phone and turning it back on, turning iMessages on/off, made sure "Send as SMS" was turned on, and I've toggled all of my cellular/wireless connection settings on/off but so far nothing has triggered the messages to come in. Any ideas for how to retrieve them?

SMS messages are not held very long. I don't think you would get anything older than 48 hours, maybe less. I don't know how long or even if iMessages are held.

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i was abroad for the past 3 months, and my phone was turned off (NOT deactivated). when i got back i received one text from 5 minutes before i had turned the phone on. I know for a fact that i should have received numerous texts/picture messages, etc. Is it too late to receive these in some way? There are also voicemails but i can accept that these are gone forever. Are pending texts/ whatever deleted after a certain amount of time?

If the text message is not able to be delivered for 5 days, it is deleted - so only the most recent days would be coming when when you turned the phone back on. New voicemails would be saved until the mailbox is full, I would think.

Hi is there any way of knowing what location my find my phone was turned off or last known location thnks

hi is there any way of knowing where my find my phone was turned off or its last location thnks

No. Apple can do nothing. For the future there are apps that will periodically email you the device's location (if connected to internet)

HT4061 I had my front screen replaced. Now nothing shows up on the screen, as if the phone was turned off. Help, please.

I had my front screen replaced. Now nothing shows up on the screen, as if the phone was turned off. Help, please.

Replaced where? If it was done by anyone other than Apple the warranty has been voided.
Regardless, the screen replacement was obviously not successful. Take the device back to whomever replaced the screen and address the issue with them.

How to recover messages that were sent to me when iMessage was turned off?

iMessage on my phone somehow got switched off while I was traveling abroad. I didn't realize it about a week after I got back to the US (and realized I wasn't receiving texts from certain friends). How can I recover those texts that were sent to me while iMessage was turned off? They didn't show up when I turned it back on like I expected.

If they are queued up they will just be delivered when you turn iMessage on again
However they may have been sent back as unable to be delivered back to the sender
No way of knowing for sure

Phone was off for almost four days, haven't received texts from when it was shut off

I read that Verizon continues to send messages for five days if the phone doesn't receive them. it was just under four days my phone was off, and when turned back on, I only got messages from that day. I know for a fact I was sent messages in this time, important messages, but I haven't gotten them. Is there anything to do about this? Pretty pathetic that the only way to get any type of customer assistance is to post on a forum.

eagleye7377 wrote:
I read that Verizon continues to send messages for five days if the phone doesn't receive them. it was just under four days my phone was off, and when turned back on, I only got messages from that day. I know for a fact I was sent messages in this time, important messages, but I haven't gotten them. Is there anything to do about this? Pretty pathetic that the only way to get any type of customer assistance is to post on a forum.
Call *611 to get to Customer Service. Better yet call 800-922-0204 from another phone and choose option 3 from the menu tree.
As for the issue, try calling *228 and choose option 1 from the phone to reset the 1's and 0's on the phone.

Why do some of my text messages get received "from" my email address instead of contact name?

WHen I send text messages, sometimes my email address appears in the receipients message box instead of my contact name. This also results in multiple people sometimes receiving the message (those set up under my apple id)...any ideas? I'm thinking it has to do with the SMS messaging setup.

Its because you are sending them as iMessages and not SMS.
If you want to turn iMessage off, go to settings, messages and turn it off.

Respond with text message does not appear when phone locked.

Hi,
I have an iPhone 5S and have a very strange glitch that I am unable to overcome. Basically, when my phone is locked, I do not get the option to respond with text, I only get the "remind me later" option. When my phone is unlocked, however, the option is there. It is very strange and I cannot figure out why.
For the record, I also had the exact same probelm on the iPhone 5, in both IOS6 and when I upgraded to IOS7.
Would appreciate any help with this. Thanks.

The lack of a "reply with message" at the lock screen in ios7 has been frustrating; I appreciate finally getting pointed in the right direction.
A minor update for ios7.1.1 with iPhone 5s (perhaps specific to devices with Touch ID): for me setting what shows up in the Lock Screen is in Settings App > Touch ID and Passcode.

HT4623 os6 iphone 4s wifi password does not save when phone is turned off and turned back on

i just udpated my iphone 4S to OS6 and when accessing my secured wifi I add my password and then joins secured network. However, if I turn the phone off and turn back on again the wifi connection is lost and cannot re join until I add my password AGAIN. Tried soft reset and reset network but nothing worked.
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If you do a search of the forums, there appear to be a number of postings regarding iOS6, wi-fi security and random disconnection of wi-fi. It appears, as the posts have discussed, it is connected to the use of WPA2 security. Most of the posting, however, have been related to iPhone 5, not the 4S. As far was what was posted, they say Apple has been made aware of the issue and they are looking for a fix. Not sure if that would help the iPhone 4S, because it does not support both bands as the iPhone 5 does. Just remember that WEP is less secure than WPA2. You might also try restarting your router after changing back to WPA2 on the phone, depending on what the router is set for.

How do I recreate a session that was lost on the computer when it was turned off accidentally. In the menu under the tab history there is no such a possibility .

The opportunity to re-start in Firefox is not even activated

Check that the Bookmarks Toolbar is visible and that the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is still placed on the Bookmarks Toolbar.
If the menu bar is hidden then press F10 or hold down the Alt key, that should make the "Menu Bar" appear.
Make sure that toolbars like the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible: "View > Toolbars"
* Open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize" or via "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout" (Linux, Windows)
* Check that the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is on the Bookmarks Toolbar
* If the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is not on the Bookmarks Toolbar then drag it back from the toolbar palette in the customize window to the Bookmarks Toolbar
* If you do not see the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" or other items that are missing in the toolbar palette or on a toolbar then click the "Restore Default Set" button
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_add-ons
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars

How to Find When A Document Library's Versioning Was Turned Off

We have a document library that used to have versioning on. It's since been turned off. How do we figure out when versioning was turned off and who did it?

whenever you upload a document in a document library, it published automatically if versioning is not enabled. Also you can check versioning details of the document which always say No version found.
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Document Library-->settings-->General settings--> Versioning Settings.
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I have 2 phones on my iTunes account, why are text messages showing on the second phone when sent from the first

I have 2 phones on my iTunes account, why are text messages showing on the second phone when sent from the first phone?

it's meant to work like that
so if you receive a message on your iphone you also get it on your ipad or ipod touch
to avoid it use separate appleID for each device
or turn off imessage on 1 or both devices in their settings
but that will not fix the issue that 2 devices using the same appleID will never be able to facetime eachother
the appleID is a unique handle for 1 user only

When I was talking on phone, suddenly the phone was switched off. i tried to switch it on but it gave the message....connect to itunes for set up. when I connected it to itunes...it gave the message, itunes can not read data from this iphone, restore it

when I was talking on phone, suddenly the phone was switched off.
i tried to switch it on but it gave the message....connect to itunes for set up.
when I connected it to itunes...it gave the message, itunes can not read data from this iphone, restore it to factory settings. It also said while restoring ypu will lose all media data but you can restore the contacts.
I restored the factory settings....the phone was on recovery mode...it was verified by itunes and all that..but in the end it again said that iphone has some problem and can not function right now.
after that when ever i connect it with itunes, it gives the message, it can not activate the iphone further, try again later or contact customer service.
What to do now?????? Customer service people say..it is hardware problem

If it's a hardware problem, then the phone will need to be replaced.
There is no magic that can fix a hardware problem.

HT4436 Why is my daughter receiving my text messages on her itouch when I send them from my iphone? We are both on icloud so how can I separate the two? Do I need another icould or apple account??

Why is my daughter receiving my text messages on her itouch when I send them from my iphone? We are both on icloud so how can I separate the two? Do I need another icould or apple account??

It's happening because you are using the same Apple ID for iMessage. You don't need to do anything with your iCloud account to fix this. You should create a separate Apple ID for her device to use with iMessage and FaceTime. (You can continue to share the same ID for purchasing from the iTunes and App stores if you wish; it doesn't need to be the same as the ID you use for other services.) Once you've done this, on her device go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with the new ID. Do the same thing in Settings>FaceTime.
Another caution is that if you share and iCloud account with her, any data you both sync with the account such as contacts, will be merged and the merged data will appear on both devices. If you don't want to end up with each other's contacts, calendars, etc. on your devices, you should have separate iCloud accounts to. If you want to make this change, go to Settings>iCloud on her device and tap Delete Account. (This only deletes the account from the device, not from iCloud.) When prompted about what to do with the iCloud data be sure to choose Keep On My iPod. Then set up a new iCloud account with her new ID, turn on iCloud data syncing again, and when prompted choose Merge.

On a iphone4, under settings, messages, send and receive, there are multiple phone numbers listed. How do I remove them? they are constantly checked even when i uncheck them. this is causing copies of my text messages to go to those phones.

on a iphone4, under settings, messages, send and receive, there are multiple phone numbers listed. How do I remove them? they are constantly checked even when i uncheck them. this is causing copies of my text messages to go to those phones.

Are you using the same AppleID for all those phones? If so, get them all their own AppleID.
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Text messages never received from when phone was turned off

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