If you are able to launch the Messages app, 3D Touch the contact you want to start a conversation with, and slide up the thread when it appears. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Sent from my iPhone using iCafe app. Once that's done, go back to the same screen and click "Restore Backup" on the right. If you know the person who sent the text, you can have a laugh or not and ask them to send another message. My contact app also crashes when I tried one of the above solutions About the Author Evan Wade has been a writer and editor since If you have iOS 5 then double click home button and then find the messages app in the app switching are that appears when you double click the home button and then press and hold until the icon starts to jiggle and then tap the red little circle in the top left corner and it should disappear and then try opening menssages again. How to Back Up.
So there is a work around for this at the moment. What you want to do is from the photo application send a picture (it can be blank) to the contact. Follow these steps to re-open Messages on your iPhone: If you've got notifications turned on, receiving the string via either app will crash your phone.
You also won't be able to open your chat history with the sender to. Notifications of new texts appear, however when I click on the message icon, it flashes open and closes. I cannot open, read or send texts?.
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A frozen Messages app can effectively hobble your iPhone -- and that's never good for business. Any of these should work. Evan Wade has been a writer and editor since
banner to reply I am taken to the messages app and again, it will not load. I'd go to open the message and all I'd get was a white screen with the blue bar at the top.
My buddy messaged me this evil line of code (redacted) and ever since, it will not allow me to open the stock Message app on my iPhone 6. Hi and happy holidays to all of you. My wife has a iPhone 4s.
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She tries to check her text messages but the messaging app won't open. It keeps.
Ouch that hurts lol. You can also go back to the iOS 9. John New Member Dec 27, If so, the easiest way to fix your Messages app is to double-tap your Home button, scroll left or right until you find the app icon, press it until it begins to shake, then press the minus sign in the upper left-hand corner.
Jun 21, 8, 2, Florida. I was part of an iMessage group chat that I ended up receiving 52 unopened messages on. Latest News The Search Future:
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If your iPhone is rebooting or your Messages app is constantly crashing, you might be The first thing you can try is simply force-closing the Messages app and opening it back up. If that doesn't work, you can try force-restarting your iPhone. Apple's iOS 10 brings some exciting new features including significant improvements to the Messages app.

However, the iOS 10 is still in beta.
Apple's working on a software update, but there are a few fixes. Many developers and public beta testers have found that the Messages app frequently freezes or crashes out, which can be pretty annoying. This is what happened.
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This happened to me a few days ago also although a hard reset fixed it. More on this story is available on our blog. I just had this problem becauseuh, well, my sister sent me one message that included emojicon bees.
Restarting your phone will often fix minor app issues like freezing. I was part of an iMessage group chat that I ended up receiving 52 unopened messages on.
Omg thank you ssooooo much I was about to reset my whole phone.