Can't drag the cursor up in text messages on new iphone 15 Pro iOS 17

Agreed. It happened immediately after upgrading to IOS 17 for me. And to the person who said that the phone isn't designed for this - please! To ask a user to go to notes, compose, copy and paste is ridiculous. Texting was easier and more concise two operating systems ago. if Apple could do it then, they should be able to make it work now. They seem to be so obsessed with creating new features (that few people actually need) and in the process de-prioritize the proper functioning of basic device features. Look at the number of people talking about this here. Its important.

Tried everything from tips in this thread (very much appreciated, everyone!) plus others and some things worked - but only once. I have an iPhone 13 with iOS 17.1.2. I am the most Apple-savvy person I know and the go-to person for everyone in my family for everything Apple. This - and the other related issues people have brought up here - is absolutely a bug.

It's helping when I consider it a "feature" because my kids tell me my text messages are TLDR. Consider this a tip, lol.

Since I wrote this, I’ve been following the discussion, and trying to pay closer attention to my cursor problems. 1) as I said before, I tun into problems in other apps. 2) erratic behavior seems connected to subtle differences in pressure on the touch screen.

ShadowCub wrote:

This really simply should not be a thing. A company as big as Apple with as much money as Apple should be able to quality test software updates. Especially when they also manufacture and control the hardware. There is absolutely zero excuse for these kinds of bugs.

Tell Apple:

Product Feedback - Apple

mines the same (pro 13) and I can’t get highlighted txt to switch to the cursor. Now my phone is going on and off randomly. It’s gone bloomin feral

its got to be this new update causing these very annoying problems

Yes, it is. I have had to resort to using recording to send text messages and I’m still trying to get used to that. I will say a sentence, and at the end say “period”. Then “new paragraph “. Habits run deep. 😂

Often I can insert the cursor before a whole word but it won’t let me go between letters in the word.

Also it has this habit of highlighting a whole word or a group of words, rather than letting me tap on a letter or between letters.

And finally, when I’ve located a spot and start to add in some text, when I look up I see it has moved me to the end of the paragraph and is putting my text there. ALL VERY ANNOYING!

NaiSammon wrote:

I can’t stand it it’s so annoying please fix this, you guys screwed it up in the first place. Please fix it and put it back to the way it used to be..

No one participating in this user-to-user forum can "fix" anything. You can, however, let Apple know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

The same thing is happening to me and it’s very frustrating apple needs to fix this cursor issue ASAP.

I have had the issue in iOS 17 to but it went away after the last update I did

Notice Apple recommends the “fix” above, which doesn’t work instead of acknowledging it’s a bug from iOS 17.

Uh oh. I spoke too soon. I am still having problems dragging the cursor to the top of a long text message. I sent an email to Apple customer feedback for iPhone with a link to this long discussion.

Still having this issue and numerous others.

I should have mentioned I have the 13 Pro, and I have the same issue. Definitely iOS 17.x issue.

This guy made a video of the cursor / text messaging issues back in August 2023. Issue is still same and it’s December next week.

https://youtu.be/UBkMxJhJykA?feature=shared