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Phone showing phantom unread SMS messages?

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Yousuf Khan

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Dec 20, 2017, 9:36:10 AM12/20/17
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I've been trying to get rid of some unread SMS text messages that keep
saying they're unread, but there are no unread messages at all! I have
about 2 unread messages it keeps saying.

I tried following this article to remove the messages, but none of the
suggestions in it seemed to work:

https://www.technobezz.com/fix-android-device-showing-unread-sms-messages/

I think perhaps the problem with this article is that it's about
versions of Android prior to 6.0, but I got a phone with 6.0.1 on it. Is
there other procedures I can follow for a 6.0+ version?

Specs:
Phone: ZTE Grand X 4 (Z957)
Android: 6.0.1

Anssi Saari

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Dec 29, 2017, 5:11:50 AM12/29/17
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Yousuf Khan <bbb...@spammenot.yahoo.com> writes:

> I've been trying to get rid of some unread SMS text messages that keep
> saying they're unread, but there are no unread messages at all! I have
> about 2 unread messages it keeps saying.

I don't know if it helps but, some years ago I had a similar issue on my
LG G2 but it was MMS messages. Switching to another SMS app fixed it, so
maybe that's worth a try? I think I used Textra back then as also today.

Yousuf Khan

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Dec 29, 2017, 8:22:19 PM12/29/17
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Interesting idea, what other SMS apps are there?
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