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So you started fresh with no data/photos/messages? Probably why it’s cool because it has no data to look through to index?
No. I signed in to my iCloud so it got all my messages, pics etc back. I meant I didn’t pick an iCloud backup to restore to. I just signed in and iCloud downloaded back all my things.
 
I did a restore and waited for messages to finish indexing. When it said it was finished, I looked in the photo gallery and there are some but certainly not all photos. Lots of blank squares. Spoke to Apple and was told it’s an indexing bug in iMessage and wait for a fix.

iMessage photos are so unreliable that now I download and save the ones I want and give up on the rest. I know they are in the thread but they are not showing in the iMessage photo gallery

I even deleted one entire thread and started a new one for one contact and the same problem with photos remains. New photo as of yesterday is in the thread but not in photos gallery under the photos tab. Tried having a screenshot sent to me. Same thing. Doesn’t show in photos tab

I hope yours works after it finishes indexing but don’t be surprised if it doesn’t
I turned on messages in the cloud and once it synced my photos started populating in the tabs under contacts and they are all there but some random ones show a blank square but if you tap it it is there. So that’s something. Wonder if this will settle down my heating issues.
 
I’m still waiting for the photos tab to show up under any of my contacts. All the photos have showed up under search but I feel like eventually they might show up in under individual contact tabs. On my sons new 14 pro he said to took about a week and I’m almost to 48 hours since restore so maybe I’m almost there. Maybe
Are you syncing iMessages with iCloud or do you keep them on your phone? I’m using syncing with iCloud. It says at the top a progress bar when I force sync it. Eventually the bar goes away when it’s done.

Today’s new problem though is I sent a photo to a contact and it doesn’t show in the gallery immediately like it used to. I synced with iCloud and did all the things but no use.

There’s so many threads online about iMessage issues like this, I think it’s an indexing bug between iMessage and iCloud

Apple support have logs and screenshots from me and said the engineers have similar reports. Doesn’t mean they will fix it but we are not alone
 
Are you syncing iMessages with iCloud or do you keep them on your phone? I’m using syncing with iCloud. It says at the top a progress bar when I force sync it. Eventually the bar goes away when it’s done.

Today’s new problem though is I sent a photo to a contact and it doesn’t show in the gallery immediately like it used to. I synced with iCloud and did all the things but no use.

There’s so many threads online about iMessage issues like this, I think it’s an indexing bug between iMessage and iCloud

Apple support have logs and screenshots from me and said the engineers have similar reports. Doesn’t mean they will fix it but we are not alone
Normally I always just keep them on my phone but I’ve been having this same problem for years each time I get a new phone or update iOS to a major new version. I’ve always had to turn on messages in the cloud in order to force the phone to do the messages indexing. Then I turn it back off after it’s done. Or seems like it’s done.
 
Anyone noticing how long X takes to load when not left in the background? On my 16PM it takes 2-3 seconds before content is shown. I don’t remember seeing this before.
 
Oddly enough I am experiencing some Bluetooth disconnects after what should've been fixed in 26.1 (I did not encounter such issues in 26.0).

Edit: I should add that I'm not on iPhone 17 models.
 
Anyone notice that in messages when typing out a reply it covers the last message you see in the thread? Like it drops down and you’re typing over it… It seems like it happens when you get to the second line. Super annoying. Thought maybe it was only when you have a custom background but is happening w/out a background as well.
 
My iphone 13 seems laggy at times. Home screen sometimes stutters etc. Is this because my phone isnt powerful enough or ios is just buggy?
Hi, yes 13 pro here, I'm experiencing lag and stuttering. Not at the point it is unusable, but just bothering. On 26.0, and 26.1b, it's about the same for me.
 
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I’m still waiting for the photos tab to show up under any of my contacts. All the photos have showed up under search but I feel like eventually they might show up in under individual contact tabs. On my sons new 14 pro he said to took about a week and I’m almost to 48 hours since restore so maybe I’m almost there. Maybe
Here’s a thread on this very issue. Lots of other people have the same problem

 
another issue i noticed that im hoping someone can help me with.

camera location is turned off but when selecting a photo from photos to attach somewhere it says “location included”.

when swiping up on photo it doesnt show location…


any idea why this happens?

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another issue i noticed that im hoping someone can help me with.

camera location is turned off but when selection a photo from photos to attach somewhere it says “location included”.

when swiping up on photo it doesnt show location…


any idea why this happens?

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That is just showing that your settings are set to include the location metadata when uploading photos. It's not saying that the selected photo has a location. You can tap that bubble to change your settings.
 
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I still feel FaceID is kinda slower or weird in this update. Like it works fine but sometimes blazing fast and other times, it flashes the passcode screen for a split second before going thru even tho faceID worked. Didn't see this behavior before or maybe I just didn't notice lol.
 
That is just showing that your settings are set to include the location metadata when uploading photos. It's not saying that the selected photo has a location. You can tap that bubble to change your settings.

Ahh ok thanks a lot. So if the actual photo did show a location, then the site I’m uploading it to would also include it. Do I have that correct?
 
Ahh ok thanks a lot. So if the actual photo did show a location, then the site I’m uploading it to would also include it. Do I have that correct?
Correct. If a photo has a location, it'll be included; if it doesn't have a location, then there's nothing to include.
 
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