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Old iCloud Messages not downloading to iPhone 11 and iPhone 13

Hello! Today i just turned back on my old iPhone 7 Plus that has my text messages since mid 2021, it runs iOS 15 and it succefully uploaded the older text messages to iCloud, the messages i had in it dating mid 2021 - end of 2025, i know that for a fact that, the saved messages in iCloud jumped from 2,4k to 5,1k , but i'm having a problem, in my iPhone 11 and iPhone 13 both running iOS 27.0.1 they show the contacts that i had messages with between the period i used the iPhone 7 Plus in the Messages app, but when clicking them, they only show the date when a message was recieved/sent this applies to contacts i've had messages after i swapped to my iPhone 11 in the end of 2025, the problem is that they simply don't download to neither of my iPhone 11 and iPhone 13, they both have enough storage, i have the Keep messages option set to forever, but the "Download Attachments" shows that it download only messages and attachments up to 30 days old, and i cannot change it to download even older messages. What i do? I want to get those messages in my newer iPhones so i have everything organized and ready for when i need them.


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