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
    2023-12-16T17:40:20+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.

    ...set to not Always 'show preview'. What does that mean? not Always show preview? having a terrible time setting up phone link.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-10T15:11:53+00:00

    Phone link doesn't show all of my text messages. Especially old ones.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-20T15:31:26+00:00

    You have to have your notification settings for your IMessage set to (Show previews, Always).

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T19:04:52+00:00

    The fact that Microsoft even released this app based on it not working how the user would expect is laughable.

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