Why does my Iphone 4 randomly resend old text messages?
My carrier is Verizon but from what I have read on the Internet it is apparently an Apple issue not a carrier issue. It is really embarrassing when people text me all confused because I sent them a random text message.
I'm having the same issue, I just changed offices and the service in here is typically not 3G, and 1-3 bars. Sometimes iMessages drops out sometimes it is fine, sometimes an SMS won't go through and I have to manual resend it, but recently I have been getting texts from friends telling me that I am resending texts from days ago.
I'm not sure, but I think when I try to resend a failed message, somehow it is trying to resend all past failed messages or something.
Anyone else having this issue?
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