Electronics

[ThinkingOutLoud]

Is there a limit on how many past texts can be left on the phone before new ones will appear? If so, what's the magic number? I get texts fine from spammers and a 'seldom use it' person but don't seem to be getting ones from a more frequent user. Anyone know what the issue might be and how to resolve it? tia

[kittyloo]

@ThinkingOutLoud   reboot.  turn off your phone. restart it. 

my tracfone has been having brain farts lately.  says no service available (cell tower not around) not true. 

this seems to work    HTH

[PinkyPetunia]

@ThinkingOutLoud    You can delete texts yourself if you think you have too many.    

[ThinkingOutLoud]

Thanks for the replies. Rebooting pulled up a few but I think there's still more missing. I also deleted some past texts but would prefer not to do that. Anyway, I guess I'll restart the phone regularly (didn't know you needed to do that).

[gardenman]

Pretty much anything with a computer chip in it benefits from an occasional reboot. The internal programs in a computer (firmware) often go a bit wonky over time due to outside interference. By shutting down and restarting you load a fresh copy of that software, and the device is back to normal.

At the heart of any device with a computer chip is code that's either a one or a zero, meaning there's voltage or not. If a bit of static electricity, a stray voltage, or something else changes a few of those zeros to ones or ones to zeros, the functionality of the device can go haywire. A reboot often fixes problems that crop up. Most devices look for issues and fix them as they pop up, but from time to time they miss a few and as those accumulate, things can go haywire.