Phone freezes up every time I open Messages

I had the issue a few weeks ago, but after going through the things suggested I have not had it in 3 weeks or so. Last week I applied the newest iOS version, possibly a fix in there, certainly worth trying.

UPDATE: SOLVED FOR GOOD

I had this problem and found a durable fix. I got iMessages back to life and has worked for weeks now.

This is a problem that is unique to iOS 17.5.1. I switched to a later version and it works perfectly.

A regular iOS update won’t solve it. Try upgrading to the public test version of the NEXT release of iOS, which fixes it permanently. It’s commonly referred to using the second letter of the Greek alphabet.

I have the same issue. It is now happening across all my devices. It has been happening for 2 months now. Apple made me rest my phone 4 times. It solved the problem for 1-2 weeks each time but goes back to the same problem. It is also affecting FaceTime and calls. Where I can’t pick up the FaceTime call and the calls are delayed on my watch or computer. But I have no problems using any other apps on my phone. Apple keeps telling me it’s not their software or anything on their end which I find extremely frustrating as it’s only their apps that don’t work. Still to find a solution

Upgrading to the public test version of the next release of iOS fixes it. It’s commonly referred to using the second letter of the Greek alphabet.

I have the same issue. Messages freezes across all of my devices, iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro. I cannot even get into settings to try sliding it off and on. As soon as I tap on messages in settings, it freezes. This has happened a few times over the last few months, what is going on Apple?

I also have the same issue, which started occurring in the last 1 week. Messages app freezes, and hard reset of iphone does not resolve the issue. In Settings, the Messages and FaceTime settings cannot be open either. Please assist 🙏

Exact same issue here, launching Message app hang, killing and restarting the app no luck, going to settings->Message hang also. Sometime signing off and then again of icloud help.. Yet my message sometimes are not delivered, or I don't received them .... I use iPhone 14. Very annoying since almost 2 weeks now.. very critical feature messages !

Update: it was fixed temporarily, and then stopped working again.

I’m not sure if logging out of iCloud and logging in again did anything. Sometimes messages works briefly and then freezes again. This is beyond frustrating.

both my wife and I are having the same issue. Messages crashes, or freezes, or fails to send. Inside of settings, selecting messages causes settings to freeze. This is a massive issue, we text all day long

Same issue and I have a 15 pro with the latest operating system. It’s been happening for the last week and none of the ‘fixes’ do anything long term. I think it’s an issue with Apple that they need to fix as it appears to be happening to a lot of us this past week.

Did a similar things by fully desactivated iCloud and re-enabling it had to restore cards etc … bit of work indeed. Worked for 1week and then messages hang again, message preferences hang also …. Can’t use the phone for messaging this is incredibly annoying not to be able to received messages on a phone… already cost me a lot of misunderstanding situations with family and business contacts…..

Tried all these fixes and did a phone restore using my Mac with the help of Apple support. Resolved for a few days and returned snd STILL having same issue again. iMessage freezes. Settings freeze when trying to click on IMessage

131 people Said me too 35 people replies that they are stuck it is Time to link inform all your mac media website in each of your country to this thread so Apple start at minimum give some visibility on the résolution Time Line ….

Anyone resolve this yet? I’ve tried every recommendation and still can’t get texting to work. This started challenging after I logged out of my account on the phone. Logged back in (also experiencing Screentime issues). I can’t open messaging or the settings for messaging without both freezing and then crashing. Is Apple doing anything to help here??