Not receiving messages in Phone Link App with iOS

Anonymous
2023-05-02T09:56:59+00:00

Hi,

I connected my iPhone in the Phone Link app.

I can send messages but the messages i receive do not appear in the app.

How can i solve this?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC

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Anonymous
2024-01-10T04:22:26+00:00

this was the fix for me. I opened phone link, clicked on settings, and under features, i clicked the drop down for messages. I made sure the toggle for ON was checked. and then i selected "show replies from group chats as individual messages"

all of a sudden i started getting my messages.

Hope this works for anyone looking!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-09T14:51:08+00:00

    The opposite effect happens as well. For me, having texts pop up on my “laptop” while I am using it, and being able to reply to them if necessary, is a critical feature.

    I am an iPhone user, as well as most of my family and friends. Since Windows doesn’t integrate well with my iPhone, I decided to get rid of the laptop and get an iPad Pro.

    At first I was skeptical that the iPad Pro would fit into my flow but it actually does an amazing job. I love it. And seamless integration with my phone.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-09T03:53:54+00:00

    Same issue here.

    Clearly, this "solution" isn't fully baked. Besides, what good is an only "partial" solution? You can't see previous messages? You can't send an emoji? You can't send an image or an attachment? An "iOS limitation"? They seem to be able to do it just fine on a Mac and an iPhone. I guess what you're implying is that Windows has a limitation on what it can (and can't) do on an Apple product, hence a half-baked product. That's unfortunate.

    When they say iOS limitations, they mean there is only so much Apple allow MS to do. MS do not have access to the emoji's, attachments etc.

    I agree that what we have however is pretty flaky. I'd love Apple to open this up to MS and allow an iMessage experience on Windows, but I imagine that would hurt Apple as users may not be as tempted to get a MAC

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-08T05:01:32+00:00

    Hi Nuno,
    I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

    Are you talking about older messages? If so, it is not supported due to iOS limitations.

    Known Issues as per Microsoft:

    Messages

    Phone Link does not support creating or replying to a group message, or sending or receiving media in messages

    Phone Link will not receive the first message from a new recipient in Messages

    Phone Link does not support sending images, GIFs, or Memojis

    Phone Link cannot show messages if the iPhone’s messages settings are set to not Always “show preview”

    Phone Link will not display message conversation history if during use of the app the Bluetooth session disconnects

    Via:
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/for...

    Hope this helps.

    Then basically, Phone Link supports nothing. What is its purpose? I have never been able to make it do anything at all useful. Some programmer really wasted their time on this one.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-24T22:34:41+00:00

    I have found the solution in my case.

    I set the message app notification to "show preview when unlocked". I waited a while and now the app is staring to receive the messages.

    THIS WORKED FOR ME!!!

    Hello, Where is this setting? Can't seem to find on Surface or iPhone.

    Thank you

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