iMessages after iOS 16 update

I’m missing photos from my iMessages that were sent to me. The photos were there before the update and now there gone. I didn’t download them to my photos. But some of the other ones are there and they weren’t downloaded either. Anyone know of a fix?

iPhone 12 Pro

Posted on Sep 20, 2022 08:34 AM

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Sep 20, 2022 08:37 AM in response to JLB00

I presume you are using the same apple ID that your iMessage is on. If you had turned on Messages in iCloud your content is automatically stored in iCloud and is available on all devices that use the same Apple ID

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