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whether you believe in heaven or hell one thing's for sure purgatory does exist in its place full of lost I messages I'm Nathan cycrin and this is 90 seconds on the verge Apple has announced it plans on addressing the notorious iMessage issue that leaves many messages in limbo never to be seen again here's what happens Apple's default messaging app to text when two iPhones are communicating and when that happens messages are automatically sent via I message this can happen over Wi-Fi or cellular data and that saves you from typical messaging fees and it works alongside standard SMS the only visual difference the blue versus green chat bubble that means it when you're friends with iPhones and texts and photos they may continue to send via I message which of course you never see and therein lies the problem I message knows to send iMessages when you're on an iPhone but it doesn't know when to stop the problem can be avoided if you turn off by message before switching devices but even then there's no guarantee it'll work in a statement to recode apple says it is fixed to server-side bug and that it'll have additional fixes in a future software update and the issue isn't even anything new it's been happening since I message was first released in 2011 but recently frustrated users have been more vocal life hackers Adam cash wrote about it on his blog and separately an iphone user in california sued apple last week for losing her messages will apple's next update finally bring an end to this problem well years of lost iMessages ever be found or will we forever be trapped in a healthy relationship with our iphone for more on iMessages check out the verge coming up I discover I've been doing this from purgatory the entire time wait what