A year ago, I stopped using one of my lines on my Verizon account. I kept the number, however.

Now, I have a free Iphone so I want to give it to my son to use (and it will be on my account using my old number). When the phone is set up, will one year's worth of text messages pop up? I really don't want him reading messages I may have missed.

Any information would be appreciated.

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Posted by CubsFanBudMan

Member since Jul 2008

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Posted on 5/19/15 at 1:21 pm to chinhoyang

I think they usually expire after a month or so.

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Posted by chinhoyang

Member since Jun 2011

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Posted on 5/19/15 at 1:24 pm to CubsFanBudMan

Thanks. I hope you are right.

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Posted by Hermit Crab

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Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 5/19/15 at 1:53 pm to chinhoyang

set it up and check that before you give it to him. delete them if you need to.

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Posted by freeagent

Member since Oct 2014

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Posted on 5/19/15 at 7:56 pm to Hermit Crab

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set it up and check that before you give it to him. delete them if you need to.

This seems like the easiest approach.. You can "delete all" or whatever and be done in a second.

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Posted by stout

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Member since Sep 2006

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Posted on 5/19/15 at 8:33 pm to chinhoyang

Don't want the kid to see nude pics of his mom and see where he came from?

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Posted by liuyaming

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since May 2008

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Posted on 5/19/15 at 10:13 pm to chinhoyang

I believe the SMS retry period is 72 hours for all carriers. One thing that is stuck in my brain from my AT&T days. Haven't been there for about 8 years though.

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