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Can’t Search for Old Texts in Messages After iPhone Update or Restore

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Can’t search for old texts in messages after iPhone update or restore? This tutorial will show you a workaround.

As gathered from several sources, some iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch users find it difficult to search/access old texts after an update/restore. Typically, only texts that came in or are sent after the update/restore are displayed in Messages.

However, you need not worry much; your old texts are safe, and we’ll be showing you how to access them in this tutorial.

Fix: Can’t Search for Old Texts in Messages After iPhone Update or Restore

Basically, when this happens, the update/restore has somehow reconfigured your device’s search index, such that only recent text messages comes up.

Therefore, to bring up old texts in search results, you’d have to reconfigure the search index or reverse the changes made to it. To do this, try the methods outlined below.

Method 1: Enable Search & Siri Suggestions

Follow these steps to do that:

  • Open Settings and select Siri & Search.
  • Go to Messages; locate and disable Search & Siri Suggestions.
  • Restart device.
  • Go back and re-enable Search & Siri Suggestions.

After few seconds, check the Messages app and see if old texts now come up fine.

Method 2: Change Device’s Language

Old texts still not coming up? try this:

  • Navigate to Settings and select General.
  • Tap on Language & Region and change it to a different option.
  • Go back to Settings and select Siri & Search.
  • Tap on Language and set to the newly selected language.
  • Exit Settings and reopen it.
  • Reverse the previous changes under Language & Region and Siri & Search.

Old texts still not coming up? Try the next fix.

Method 3: Send a new text to an old recipient

This is a simple trick. By sending a new text message to an old recipient, all previous texts (or conversation/thread) to/from that person should now come up fine in search results.

Method 4: Re-enable iMessage

To do this:

  • Tap on Settings
  • Select Messages
  • Locate iMessage and disable it, and then re-enable after 20 – 30 seconds.

Check if this resolves the issue.

Ultimately, if the issue persists, you can back up your device’s files/data (to iCloud), reset phone, and then restore data/files from backup storage (iCloud). With this, old texts should now come up fine.

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How to Fix Common Cydia Problems with Electra iOS 11.3.1 Jailbreak

This tutorial will show you how to fix common Cydia problems with the Electra Jailbreak on iOS 11.3.1.

Basically, when you notice a blanked out screen (with a spinner-shaped icon at the edge of the screen) after Electra’s UI has reached the second or third (final) stage, it means that the jailbreak operation was successful.

However, more often than not, users have encountered various forms of problems while running jailbreak with Electra, most notably the issues of “Cydia not showing up” and “Cydia crashing” during or after jailbreak.

To fix this, go to the next section.

Fix: Common Cydia Problems with Electra iOS 11.3.1 Jailbreak

Fix 1: Run UICache

This is the basic troubleshooting method often employed to fix this error, if and when Cydia fails to show up during/after a jailbreak operation (with Electra).

To run UICache on your iOS smartphone/tablet, follow the guidelines below:

  1. Obtain device’s Wi-Fi IP

Here’s how to do this:

  • Go to Settings > Wi-Fi
  • Click on the ‘blue icon’ beside the ‘wireless network icon’.
  • Copy and paste the displayed IP in a safe location.
  1. Root your device in SSH

Here’s how to do this:

  • Go to your Mac
  • Open Applications/Utility > Terminal Application.
  • Type: “ssh root@<copied IP Address>”.
  • In the prompted window, input “yes” and press Enter.
  • Input the root password – “alpine” – and press Enter.
  • Once this done, your iPhone/iPad has become rooted; you can now proceed and run uicache.
  1. Run UICache
  • Simply type “uicache” in the designated panel and click Enter, and
  • Cydia should pop up on your smartphone or tablet in a couple of seconds.
  1. Hard reboot device

If Cydia still won’t come up, you can hard reboot your iOS device and see if it resolves the issue.

Fix 2: Resolve Crashing Cydia

If Cydia crashes after a jailbreak operation (using Electra), the issue is probably because your device is not in a jailbroken state.

To fix this, do the following:

  • Open Electra on your iPhone/iPad.
  • Check for the option – Enable Jailbreak. If you see Share Electra instead, it means your device is already in a ‘jailbroken’ state.
  • Tap on the Enable Jailbreak option
  • Repeat until device goes into ‘jailbroken’ state.

Note: You’d need to re-enable jailbreak (via Electra) each time you restart you device.

Hope you find this helpful?

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The 3 most common shopping traps – and how to avoid them

Whether online or in store, shopping traps can fool almost anyone. They’re designed to trick shoppers into spending more money than they need or want to. Luckily, they can be avoided — you just need to know how to spot them.

To help, we examine the three main tricks of the trade.

Online offers

Online shopping appeals to many of us for choice, ease and convenience. No wonder internet sales account for almost 20 per cent of all retail purchases. But web retailers have their tricks to make sure you spend more than you may have intended to.

A lot of retailers offer free delivery, provided you spend over a certain amount. It’s often tempting to add a few more things to your basket to make sure you hit this limit, but is it as cost-effective as you think? Have a look at the original shipping cost. Is it lower than the extra you’re going to spend to avoid it?

If so, you may want to stick to your initial spending plan.

Supermarket layouts

Supermarket shopping is fraught with temptation. From the moment you enter the store, you have to run a gauntlet of traps that retailers use to relieve you of as much of your money as they can.

Layout is one of the key areas that retailers focus on. For example, pricier items are usually placed at eye level, so you are more likely to choose them, rather than the less expensive items further down or higher up.

Likewise, common essentials — like dairy and meat — are typically located at the back of the shop, so visitors have to travel through the rest of the supermarket to reach them. And probably pick more things up along the way. Especially if they’re hungry or thirsty.

The solution? Make a list and don’t stray from it. Making a list helps you stick to your budget and should be one of your key strategies in keeping an eye on your finances. And don’t shop on an empty stomach!

Till treats 

Many of us have been tempted by the checkout till treats when we’re queuing up to pay or have been harangued by our children to buy them.

Sweets, chocolate and drinks can be just what we need at the end of a supermarket shop, but they aren’t essential items. These last-minute purchases could put you at least £2 over your budget each week. That adds up to a fair amount over a year.

If you’re a supermarket snacker, take some nuts or other nibbles with you to eat whilst you shop, so when you reach the checkout, you won’t be tempted. And if you have the kids with you, you can placate them with a brought-from-home treat pulled from the bag just before you reach the checkout.

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VidMate or TubeMate – What To Choose in 2019?

TubeMate and VidMate are among the most popular picks when it comes to video downloaders. Both services have with amazing features, but if you don’t know which one is more suitable for you, check out the rest of the article where we share the two apps’ features.

A few on the common traits of both apps include: the apps can be downloaded on Android devices free of charge. Moreover, they have user-friendly interfaces, and allow you to pause and resume your downloads, also lets you download from various websites.

TubeMate Features

– You can convert videos to MP3 and get the audio of the download

– The app uses multiple connections, so the video gets downloaded fast

– You have the option to choose between several video resolutions

– It allows you to track and see the progress of the videos while downloading

– Even though it enables you to download YouTube videos, not all are available

– You can download HD videos, but for this, you will need an MP3 media converter

TubeMate can sometimes crash and become useless until you restart it. It also doesn’t support 2G connectivity.

VideMate Features

– It offers fast download and High Definition Videos

– You can download high-quality music

– It provides users with over 200 TV channels

– You can choose the services you want to use manually

– It allows you to download multiple files at the same time

– Comes with a Night Mode feature

​Conclusion

Both VidMate and TubeMate are a great tool to download videos and music.

However, VidMate appears to have some more features than TubeMate, and since both apps are free, it is great to have a few additional options.

Also, the fact that TubeMate crashes and has connectivity problems means that you might lose your in-the-process downloads, and will have to begin the download again after restarting the app.

However, because both services are free of charge and can be downloaded on to your Android smartphone, you might give each a try and find out which one is the best for you.​

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Special Pokemon Sword and Shield Nintendo Direct Will Come Next Week

Trainers from all over the world, prepare yourself because new information about the next Pokemon game for Nintendo Switch is coming. Next week, Wednesday, June 5th, 2019, at 2 PM BST/9 AM EDT/6 AM PDT, Pokemon Sword and Shield will come at a special Nintendo Direct edition.

Until now, only a dedicated Direct live stream for the games was on the page, but now we will have 15 minutes of new information on Pokemon Sword and Shield for Switch.

A Pokemon Nintendo Direct presentation will be live next week. If until now we had only the revealing from the first trailer, the confirmations of the names, settings, and the introduction of starter Gen 8 Pokemon (Grookey, Sobble, and Scorbunny) imagine what we will see now.

Special Pokemon Sword and Shield Nintendo Direct Will Come Next Week

A Pokemon Press Conference was held yesterday at 6 PM PDT or 2 AM BST and 9 PM EDT. Even if the Nintendo Direct is next week, we think that the conference was not related to Pokemon Sword and Shield. And the luck was on our side yesterday, and we received information on four new Pokemon projects, including Pokemon Masters, a new game in the franchise.

Until the biggest gaming convention E3 2019, that is two weeks apart, Pokemon fans will have their own piece of cake from the special Nintendo Direct broadcasting, and it’s all dedicated to Pokemon Sword and Shield. Don’t forget, Nintendo Direct will be on Nintendo’s YouTube and Twitch channels, on June 5th, from 2 PM BST, 6 AM PT and 9 AM Et, and it will run for 15 minutes.

Pokemon Sword and Shield will be the next significant release in the popular Pokemon franchise, and it’s expected for Nintendo Switch later this year. On the other hand, at the Pokemon conference held yesterday, we learned about Pokemon Masters, also an upcoming game in the series.

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