Like many other folks, I like to keep old text messages. Unfortunately, that led to the "phantom text message" problem becoming totally unbearable. The solution as others have posted was to wipe your text messages and start over, but I really didn't want to do that.
I used a free Android program called SMS Backup & Restore (no sponsorship, just a happy user!)
Before I started, the above program reported 67466 messages (990.9mb). ( 16 bit counter anyone??? )
I took two backups to basically keep everything about 18 months
to 5/31/22 40733 messages 488.1MB
from 6/1/22 26734 messages 502.8
I then used the program's feature to wipe the messages database and restored the " from 6/1/22|" messages. I also needed to clear storage on the Google Messages app because it seems to maintain it's own indexes.. (losing a few settings, easily fixed), but all my new messages are there (SMS, MMS, etc) My Tesla hasn't shown a bad text since!
I've archived the "to 5/31/22" file to Google Drive. It's an XML file, so I could search it manually or re-import it to a phone (maybe an old one), should I need to find something.
Thought I'd share my solution! This is so much better than "wipe all your messages"!
Robert
I used a free Android program called SMS Backup & Restore (no sponsorship, just a happy user!)
Before I started, the above program reported 67466 messages (990.9mb). ( 16 bit counter anyone??? )
I took two backups to basically keep everything about 18 months
to 5/31/22 40733 messages 488.1MB
from 6/1/22 26734 messages 502.8
I then used the program's feature to wipe the messages database and restored the " from 6/1/22|" messages. I also needed to clear storage on the Google Messages app because it seems to maintain it's own indexes.. (losing a few settings, easily fixed), but all my new messages are there (SMS, MMS, etc) My Tesla hasn't shown a bad text since!
I've archived the "to 5/31/22" file to Google Drive. It's an XML file, so I could search it manually or re-import it to a phone (maybe an old one), should I need to find something.
Thought I'd share my solution! This is so much better than "wipe all your messages"!
Robert