# Wrong number showed of incoming messages

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/wrong-number-showed-of-incoming-messages/1131>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Created:** [August 2, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/wrong-number-showed-of-incoming-messages/1131 "2020-08-02T12:03:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Deludo](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Deludo](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Deludo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/wrong-number-showed-of-incoming-messages/1131/1 "2020-08-02T12:03:33Z")

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Delta Chat version 1.8.1.  
Samsung Android Galaxy S5 SM-G900F /Android 6.0.1

Expected behavior → correct number new incoming messages at the icon on the screen

Showing always 3 new messages - realty is = zero…?  
I live with that some time, hoping with updates it will disappaer, but…  
Now my question for help.

**Actual behavior**

Steps to reproduce the problem

1.Always to see on the main screen  
 ![DeltachatIconFalscheAnzeige](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/1X/ea9ecfa2ff80aaca60e3efc6b0a4f30362bc3427.png)  
NOT urgent, but …wrong.  
Regards  
Delodu

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/wrong-number-showed-of-incoming-messages/1131/2 "2020-08-02T16:09:58Z")

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newer versions of delta chat (1.8 is a bit outdated) use the “new” “notification dot” (see eg. [https://www.howtogeek.com/324124/how-to-enable-or-disable-notification-dots-in-android-8.0-oreo/](https://www.howtogeek.com/324124/how-to-enable-or-disable-notification-dots-in-android-8.0-oreo/) )

we decided at some point to use what the core system provides (these dots then) and not to support different manufacturer attempts actively (counters, whatever) - however, if the system shows the counter without the help if the app by just counting the notifications, that may work now (iirc, also for 1.8, we do not add this counter actively, but we streamlined the notification system since then, maybe that helps the manufacturer counting 🙂

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/wrong-number-showed-of-incoming-messages/1131/3 "2026-10-06T14:59:27Z")

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