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   VanguardLH to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: Text messages sort order   
   22 Jan 26 20:15:29   
   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-23 00:47, VanguardLH wrote:   
   >> "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2026-01-22 19:48, VanguardLH wrote:   
   >>>> Andy Burns  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> VanguardLH wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> I get a lot of those OTP or 2FA messages when trying to login.  I get a   
   >>>>>> notification, tap on it, takes me into the Messages app, and I see a   
   >>>>>> list of these type of messages, so I pick the code from the topmost   
   >>>>>> message.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> For me, the new messages are at the bottom of the list, and I get   
   >>>>> focussed towards them, so I don't see the issue you describe, once in a   
   >>>>> blue moon I do "delete all messages" for the 2FA sender to clear the   
   >>>>> clutter ...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The Messages app (that I have) on my phone has an option to auto-delete   
   >>>> OTP messages after 24 hours.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Google Messages app: your icon -> Messages settings -> Message   
   >>>> organization -> Auto-delete OTP messages after 24 hours   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't have "Message organization".   
   >>   
   >> In the Messages app's settings (not Android settings), and after   
   >> clicking on your profile icon -> Message settings, what entries are   
   >> listed there for you?  I have:   
   >>   
   >> RCS chats			✓   
   >> Notifications			✓   
   >> Bubbles			✓   
   >> Hear outgoing and incoming message sounds	✓   
   >> Pinch to zoom			✓   
   >> Show expressive animations	✓   
   >> Choose theme			✓   
   >> Message organization     <--- OTP auto-delete under there	✗   
   >> Your current county		✓   
   >> Voice mess transcription	✓   
   >> Gemini in Messages		✗   
   >> Suggestions			✓   
   >> Automatic previews		✓   
   >> Protection & Safety		✓   
   >> Swipe actions			✓   
   >> Advanced			✓   
   >> About, terms & privacy	✓   
   >>   
   >> Everyone wants to customize Android, so what you see could be different.   
   >   
   > It is the same, except two missing entries, marked above.   
   >   
   >> However, that usually applies only the OS screens and settings   
   >> navigation, not to the settings within apps.  I'm using a Samsung Galaxy   
   >> A36 on Android 16 with the Google Messages bundled on the phone (noting   
   >> messages.android_20251121_00_RC02.phone_samsung_dynamic for version).   
   >> There are differences between what I see in the screens for that app   
   >> versus the screenshots at the Play store:   
   >>   
   >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.andr   
   id.apps.messaging   
   >>   
   >> I could install the one at the Play Store to usurp the duties of the   
   >> Samsung bundled version.  I'm checking now on comparing the two.   
   >   
   > I am on version 13, Motorola G52.   
      
   Yeah, could be a thing in a later Android version, or the app version.   
      
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