My iphone 4 is not showing how many texts i have?

Like on the texting icon i have 2 texts, but it doesn't show it on there?
for example when you get a missed call it shows on the phone ico the little 1 in red?
it doesn't do that with my texting?
but I get the texts messages

You can change that option by going to
Settings < Notifications < Messages (or whatever texting app you're referring to) and then turn ON the "Badge App Icon"

That should give you the red circle with a number inside of it in the corner of the app when you get a notification. You can also customize other features for how your phone handles notifications in the Notifications settings.

Hope this helped!

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