Xiaomi MI 9 SE Global Version MIUI 11.0.6: Limited SMS History Display Issue

Question

I have a problem with the XIAOMI Mi 9 Se in the Global version MIUI Global 11.0.6 Entering text messages and a specific conversation, I can only scroll back to 20-30 messages and it is STOP as if there were no more old messages. The rest is not displayed, but if I choose the option, search for a...

sosarek · Answer

How do you end up with messages holding down on the screen and dragging down doesn't load the previous ones?

MaRciNoOs · Answer

Exactly.

sosarek · Answer

Hold down the message window (of the conversation with someone), pull down, a white box appears and the message Let go to load?

MaRciNoOs · Answer

Nothing like this appears.

winmap · Answer

It looks like some kind of software hanger. I have 2 xiaomi and each is working normally. There is no option for this in the settings. Earlier I had a problem that I was not popping up with SMS notifications. A new update came out and everything fixed.

MaRciNoOs · Answer

Except that I made an update to MIUI 12 and the topic was not resolved.

Anonymous · Answer

I have the same thing, in the default messaging application it only shows the last 50 sms despite several thousand visible in the memory. On 9/21 they released an update and then they had to mess something up.
I managed to back up my messages via the 'SMS Backup & Restore' app and then install another message client - I tried all the most popular ones one by one and only in 'chomp SMS' I was able to get access to all text messages.

winmap · Answer

It must be random bad luck. On my Xiaomi mi 9lite on miui 12, I can go back indefinitely. Sometimes a reset is recommended after an update. Not factory. Initial settings. Then it does not delete the data. And if you like, you can make a copy of all text messages.

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You can also enter the settings, application, news, uninstall updates.

pol63 · Answer

Hello. I have the same problem. Has anyone dealt with it?

MaRciNoOs · Answer

For now, I had to accept it ...

pol63 · Answer

I cannot accept it ? There must be a reason.

MaRciNoOs · Answer

The reason is Chinese soft ... This is my one in a row xiaomi. I used various smartphones from several manufacturers for a long time, even the flagship ones, and there were no problems. Xiaomi at the low price of quite decent parameters in terms of software is underdeveloped in several places. There is always something to be found and their biggest downside is that for some time they haven't been releasing corrections very often ..

pol63 · Answer

So you have to wait for some software fix? I've installed chomp SMS and all messages are there. It is strange that my friend also has Mi9 and he does not have this problem.

MaRciNoOs · Answer

There are two identical telephones at my house. There was a problem in one of them, and it took some time for it to appear in the other. What it depends on, I have no idea. Now, additionally, one phone enters the reading mode when it pleases even though this function is turned off. How is it manifested? The colors change to this gray / yellow. The color is warmer. This irritates me to the max. The screen lock and re-activation changes the color to the previously set ...

hasse · Answer

Hi, in Xiaomi Redmi note 5 I have a similar situation with text messages. Today my wife showed me that she only has a message history for the last 8 days (from January 18) and there is no way to load older entries. Interestingly, when I enter the content from before that date in the search field, I find this message and then I have a full history for a given conversation - after leaving, I have access to messages again from January 18.
I haven't done a reset yet or made any other attempts, I only restarted the phone which did not help at all :-)

Anullabonin · Answer

All you need to do is add the last message of a given person to your favorites, then enter the favorite message and you have the entire history of messages ?

falszywkacom · Answer

@Anullabonin Thanks, it works! Unfortunately, it does not fix the situation, because you have to enter through your favorites every time, but in my case I finally got to the archive (because I knew that they exist after annotations in the backup) of several thousand SMSs that seemed to me even attachments are lost. Thanks again for this tip.

Sajmon** · Answer

I have the same problem, adding to favorites helps ad hoc. Has anyone found a solution?

winmap · Answer

Upload a new soft.

wic1 · Answer

Speaking of software, some time ago the SMS application was updated. I know that me and my friend (we have identical models) have the same problem. Until now, there was an option to regulate how long and how many messages should be stored on the phone and you could store messages as long as you wanted. We haven't had this option for some time (end of December). Mine from January 2, 2023 and my wife's from December 28, 2022, the last text messages end. Probably some babol or intentional restriction to delete old messages.

okbud · Answer

I recently found a hint on the internet, checked it out and it worked for me.
You need to go to the last message in a given thread and then add it to FAVORITES.
When you open a message in FAVORITES, all correspondence with all SMS opens.

wic1 · Answer

I found it too, but thanks :)

Did you also have that once in x time it sends (xiaomi phone) a patchwork of several messages?
This happened 2 times during use.

I have a message to my friend, one from December 12, the second and the third from November. All 3 messages totally different...

Once I wrote to my wife and such a cesspit sent.

That is, the present message + two others. I don't know what's so fussy.

Xiaomi MI 9 SE Global Version MIUI 11.0.6: Limited SMS History Display Issue

How can I make the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Messages app show the full SMS conversation history instead of stopping after about 20–50 messages, without wiping the phone?

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1. What causes the Xiaomi SMS history to stop at 20–50 messages?

2. Is the bug limited to Mi 9 SE or MIUI 11.0.6?

3. Can I recover old texts without a factory reset?

4. How do I use the Favorites workaround?

5. Will a third-party SMS app show all messages?

6. How do I clear or roll back Messages updates safely?

7. Has Xiaomi released an official fix?

8. Why does the issue appear on one phone but not another identical model?

9. Can the bug resend garbled or old texts?

10. How do I back up SMS before troubleshooting?

11. Does a soft reset or initial-settings reset help?

12. Are MMS, pictures or attachments lost when the cap appears?