After
upgrading iPhones to iOS 11 an iMessage issue is reported by many iPhone users
that while composing an iMessage and while adding sender details, instead of
related sender list in search box, iMessage suggested grouped numbers. The
iMessage suggested contacts group are stored numbers and contact groups by
iPhone of recent group messages that one has created/used in passed. Some of
the groups messages are even deleted by iPhones users but still comes up in
suggested contact for a new iMessage message. What is more interesting is that
for some users iMessage is suggesting groups of contacts that have never
messaged together.
Clearly
this type of behaviour is not expected by users and there does not seems to be
direct way to turn off suggested contact issue in iMessage. The issue create a
really mess in the suggestion that it is difficult to find out actual person in
the suggestion list. This seems to be issue with new iPhone software release
iOS 11 as almost all iPhone models including iPhone 6s/7, iPhone X and iphone 8
are affected by this bug.
To Stop Group Message Suggestions in iPhone ,iOS11, please follow below possible fix:
Fix1 :Turn off siri
suggestion:
Go to
SETTINGS > CONTACTS > Siri & Search >Turn "Find Contacts in
Other Apps" and "Search & Siri Suggestions" both to OFF.
After turning off Siri... power off your phone and back on. This should help to
individual contact first vs group contact.
Fix 2: (Workaround) Put
a period (.) after name:
Actually
its more a workaround than a fix. Type the name of the individual you want to
text and then put a period ie a dot . . The group they come up first will
not be the first option anymore, but the individual contact will come first.
Fix 3: Remove
cluster group from suggested list one by one
This is
bit painful and lengthy fix, When you type in the name of the person to whom
you wish to send a text and the list of contact clusters appear, you will
notice an "i" in a circle next to the "cluster" of
contacts. Tap on the "i" and you will be taken to a screen called
"RECENT" and to the right of "RECENT" you will see
"REMOVE". Click on "REMOVE". You will then be asked if you
want to "REMOVE FROM RECENTS". Click on "REMOVE FROM RECENTS".
It only
works IF the "i" is available in front of group name but for some
groups there is no ‘i’ and are greyed out.
Fix 4: Update to
latest release :
As
there are no updates from Apple on the issue and its fix, but lots of users
have complained this bug to Apple that iMessage is showing group suggestion
instead of person only. We hope Apple will soon roll out a permanent fix for
the issue. So please keep updating your iPhone to latest iOS release.
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