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Re:iOS holding my phone number hostage = the worst bug I’ve ... by ac29 on Sunday February 02, 2014 @03:59PM (#7167561)
Do iOS apps not have a clear data/clear cache system level option like android does?

If not, what do you do to wipe an app's data?

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Re:iOS holding my phone number hostage = the worst bug I’ve ... by noselasd on Sunday February 02, 2014 @04:16PM (#7167621)
It does. Since it's cached on every device of the people that has sent messages to him, each one of them will either

1. Wipe out the iMessage data - which is all their message history.

or

2. Manually delete every message/thread the OP has been involved in.

That's not going to happen.

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Re:iOS holding my phone number hostage = the worst bug I’ve ... by fpgeek on Monday February 03, 2014 @12:23AM (#7169005)
I believe you're missing ac29's point. Android allows applications to distinguish between cached data and "regular/permanent" data. It also allows users to clear them separately.

Logically, the Apple ID / phone number mapping seems like it should fall under cached data (e.g. it can be regenerated and does need to be re-checked from time to time). If the iOS Messaging app properly implemented this distinction, users (or Apple) could clear this cached mapping without touching anyone's message history. Sadly, it sounds like it hasn't been implemented that way, so...

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