Re: Why is my AT&T Note Edge deleting incoming text messages?
Here's a quick status update. AT&T told me that there was no such thing as an AT&T Backup service. I'm not going to defend that point of view, but I thought I would pass on what I was told. Interestingly enough the sales representative had heard of the issue and laid blame on Samsung, which of course doesn't help me at all
Now the good news is the representative did know of an AT&T application that could possibly be deleting my messages. Its called "AT&T Locker". It wasn't listed as a program I could run from the Apps, but it was in memory and active. The representative took these steps to turn it off:
1) Open Settings.
2) Select Applications.
3) Select Application Manager.
4) Click on AT&T Locker.
5) Force stop the application.
6) Click Disable to prevent the application from running in the future.
7) Remove the Check mark on the Show notifications.
So far so good, but its only been an hour or so... I'll report back in a couple of days if these settings have resolved my issue. In the mean-time I wish you all luck with the issue.