Messages App notification dot

[Chippy_boy]

I don't know if this is an Android issue or Xperia 1 specific, but has anyone else noticed that when you get a text message and the messages app shows a notification dot, the dot doesn't disappear after you've read the text?

The only way I've found to get rid of it is to reboot, which is a bit of a pain in the ****.  Has anyone else noticed this?

[disimes95]

Hi @Chippy_boy 

This is happening since last year and with different devices and brands.  You can get rid of the dot by just tap and hold the Messages App icon

[Chippy_boy]

Thanks for the info.

The tap and hold, doesn't work for me however. Don't know why.

I was on a Pixel XL prior to getting the Xperia 1, and I guess it being Google's own phone, it didn't have this bug!

[jeoleo7]

I have that issue twice. It happens when I dismiss the message and open it later.

The message is open still shows the dot.

no new messagestill has the notification dot.

[Mrhug3]

Yes, I have noticed it a couple of times as well. Very annoying. 

[Uliwooly]

@Chippy_boy 

I can replicate this bug 

[o6S1D9e]

I have the same issue.     I'll try "mark as read" a few times to see if I can replicate this intentionally.   It happens to me daily and have to restart the XPERIA 1 to make it disappear though it doesn't always work.     So maybe it goes away after viewing/reading the message that was marked as read.

So nice to have a $950 field test device, again. 

I should've leaned my lesson with Sony with my Z1 and Z3 by not buying flagships on day one but to instead wait until bugs get sorted out.   

[tomo100brt]

It happend to me 10 times in more then 2 months. When I miss message and read it later notification 1 stays too. Only restart helps. This is frustrating. I had to restart the phone 10 times till I bought it. Fix this ASAP!

[Uliwooly]

It has been escalated/reported, you can do so by contacting your local support, lets wait, I hope it's something that can be fixed with a small update. 

[mfuad]

It happens with my phone too. Clearing cash and force stopping the app don't help. Restart helps. But I don't want to restart my phone often, so I wait until I receive another new message, and in most times when I open new message, the notification dot disappears.