‘Messages in iCloud is currently disabled’ error appears in iOS 11.3
Following the public release of iOS 11.3 last week users have been reporting a mysterious Messages in iCloud error that appears at the bottom of the iOS Messages application, despite the fact the feature hasn’t officially been released to the public.
The warning states ‘Messages in iCloud is currently disabled’, appearing on a number of devices running iOS 11.3. – Users are given the option to ‘Repair Account’, however when pressed nothing appears to happen and the message continues to show.
Users have taken to the Apple Support handle on Twitter, and the official Apple Community forum to report the bug, however so far Apple hasn’t commented on the findings.
https://twitter.com/vmstan/status/979531583546896385
https://twitter.com/nikquelas/status/981318037461647360
Messages in iCloud was most recently released to developers and public beta testers as part of the first iOS 11.4 beta release earlier in the week. – Messages in iCloud was first previewed at WWDC 2017, a feature that when activated will synchronize a user’s Messages between their devices, freeing up valuable storage space by keeping old messages/conversations stored securely in the cloud.
Users report that after closing the Messages app the error message disappears, and that the warning doesn’t effect sending or receiving iMessages.
Hi @AppleSupport – can you help me with the message at the bottom of my screen saying messages are disabled in iCloud? I can’t work out how to get rid of it as the repair account link doesn’t do anything! 😫😫😫 thanks pic.twitter.com/mztKOgCyZv
— Ceri Tocock (@commsceri) April 4, 2018
Special thank you to Zeph & Leah for sharing this with us.