Q: Sometimes there's no sound on notifications after iOS9 update

I think you might be onto something there. It's either that or it has something to do with the power management features.

I did have "Do not Disturb" turned on, on my phone, and don't recall doing that myself. Perhaps I did, and just never noticed.

However having turned it off, the icon has gone, and I haven't seen it again, even after reboots.

I'm also seeing apps crashing a bit like you'd expect on an Android device (that being the reason why I got an Apple one) and the email collection seems a bit sporadic. The phone is also visibly much slower and more glitchy in use.

I haven't got around to it yet but I'm led to believe that you can download an older version of the OS and forcibly overwrite the one on the device with it so I think I'll do that and just hope it doesn't go horribly wrong and leave me with no device at all.

Hi Groovyzep (or anyone else who has tried),

Any luck getting sound notifications for mail etc. on iOS 9.2.1 beta ? 

I have an iPhone 6 but decided to stick with iOS 8.4.1 because I had problems upgrading in the past, and I read about these issues.

Despite this, I now find my podcasts aren't syncing properly across devices. Also, I sometimes get a temporary white screen with the Apple mark when using the native Podcast app. I read somewhere that this might be to do with me using an old iOS or old iTunes.

I am currently thinking of giving in and taking the plunge with iOS 9.2.x.

Probably screwed either way - yet again!

Anyway, has the sound notification issue finally been resolved with iOS9.2.1 beta?

i have the new power features OFF.  never liked them.

my unofficial poll is that everyone i know that who uses the do not disturb feature in some way

like scheduled like i do  or via quick control panel or by check marking someone in the contact list

etc... is having sound issues.

the few who never use it are not having issues.

i don't use mail notifications because i only check mail manually.  

As for this beta it is too soon to tell if it helped.  All i can say is all sounds have played

since i installed the beta last night but i can go 24 hours after a hard reset as well and it

works fine so......   need a few days to see how it plays out.

Thanks Groovyzep,

I assume nothing with Apple software these days, but that is a good sign.

-  will be interested to see if the sound notifications keep coming.

I was getting no sound and thought I was having this issue after upgrading to IOS 9.2 but I found I had accidentally moved the left switch (top of the three buttons) on my Iphone 6s Plus to the mute position.  Maybe that might help some people who done have the same silly thing.

IM having a similar prob with my iPhone 6. The difference being, the sounds I choose for incoming text/calls ect are not what the phone plays. I believe this started the last time I powered the phone down. Sure wish they would address these issues. At $850.00 per phone, we deserve a smooth running device.

If anyone gets ZERO sound that is easy to fix and what you had done is normally the problem.

Sadly this thread is about intermittent sound without changing a thing.

Well my phone has been fine since I deleted whatsapp. No return of the problem.

well Im not gonna say it is fixed but since my last post on the 18th,  it appears I have gotten sound every time.

I have not been tracking 100% so all i can say is i have gotten sound every time Ive had the phone with

me.     The rest of the time its the old question

if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it did it make a sound?    lol

This weekend ill do the mega texting test see what happens and if it fails or not.

never heard of whatsapp until this thread.    I guess it is possible another app is doing some strange

things like whatsapp.   

I have seen this issues talked about for Months and of Course not one bit help from Apple. I have seen lot people mention things like ear phone jack, etc. It's not anything with the phone, it's Apple update. If you turn off Bluetooth in settings your notification sounds will start to work. It's seems to me that my Bluetooth - iWatch link is causing the issue. Once I remove this link - sounds work with phone off and locked.

I am not suggesting to keep Bluetooth off, just pointing out the Apple needs to fix this.

That is not the problem.  I do not use bluetooth. it is ALWAYS OFF.  As has been stated it is an INTERMITTENT problem.

If you have no sounds at all it is not the problem we are talking about.

and as posted above many times it will work fine then not work just seconds later with NO change to bluetooth or any settings.

It is a low level iOS issue and apple devs already said so in the dev forums.

Groovyzep,

You mentioned that you planned to do your "mega texting test" at the weekend.

Did it work? - has iOS 9.2 brought back reliable sound notifications? I need them and push mail for the native mail App in particular.

My iPhone 6 using iOS 8.4.1  is crashing now due to an issue with the native Podcast app but I still hesitate to upgrade, because of the sound notification issue.

failed.     It isn't as bad as it was but it could be a matter of re install and not true bug fix.

A hard reset is lasting a few days now where as before i was lucky to go 12 hours.

I would not upgrade.  If i could id go back to ios8