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Does any one know what this is?
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It's a known iOS 9 bug. The best solution for fixing it is to go into Message settings and turn character count on/off. It then goes away and doesn't come back.
I saw this bug once in my 6 plus. I restarted and it went away. I realize that's not helpful in terms of a fix, but I thought I'd mention that it's happened to me too.
I tested him with this info and he says that Character count is OFF.
It looks to me like a voice message box but it should not stay in the way of your text string like this.
Same issue here and same resolution. This is occurring on a 5S and a 6 both running iOS 9.0.1. Never had this issue until iOS 9 and iOS 9.0.1.
Sorry I made a error and he is on 9.0.1
Nothing we have tried has stopped it. Even rebooting it returns after an hour or so but not right away.
I'm assuming you toggled character count on then off just to be sure?
I didn't read this thread, but I found it:https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7223535
I didn't read this thread, but I found it:https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7223535
Wife's 5S having the same problem but only on NON-iMessage messages. I was temporarily using an old Android phone after selling my 6 and while waiting for my 6S and it kept happening to her on my texts. Now that I am back on the 6S it has completely stopped.
I will relay this information to my friend. Hope it works as we depend on text for so much these days.
It seems that this is a bug with the "Raise to listen" feature.
I have to admit, I was stumped when I read this thread yesterday until it happened to me today.
What happened was I set the phone down in my car seat and my leg covered the proximity sensor. When I moved my leg, I notice my screen lit up and there was that 0:00 second voice message like pictured.
I tried to recreate the issue, but I couldn't get it to do it. I'm still pretty sure Raise to Listen is somehow responsible, though.
You can disable it in settings>messages. Let me know if that fixed the problem!
I have to admit, I was stumped when I read this thread yesterday until it happened to me today.
What happened was I set the phone down in my car seat and my leg covered the proximity sensor. When I moved my leg, I notice my screen lit up and there was that 0:00 second voice message like pictured.
I tried to recreate the issue, but I couldn't get it to do it. I'm still pretty sure Raise to Listen is somehow responsible, though.
You can disable it in settings>messages. Let me know if that fixed the problem!
No, have him close the messaging app then reopen it. It goes away but after a while comes back. No big deal.
Update. I have had my VP try all the above and nothing stops it from coming back. I have been to Apple's site and filled out the error report. The 9.0.2 update did not fix it.
His 6S does it yet my 6S+ had not had a single problem.
His 6S does it yet my 6S+ had not had a single problem.
Happened to me once. I think I accidentally tapped the text to speech or recording to send text? While I rotated from landscape to portrait and it was glitched like that.
To fix it, restart the app (close the app via multitasking menu and open it again).
To fix it, restart the app (close the app via multitasking menu and open it again).
My VP's 6S is still doing the same thing. Sometimes closing and reopening the app does not remove the grey box from the text field. Doing the latest updates and nothing has stopped it. Rebooting the phone can make it stop for an hour or day, you never know.