notifications not working for only one contact

Lets try something different-

1. I know you said that you have rebooted your iPhone several times but have you done a➔ Force ReStart of your iPhone as instructed in the link?
2. If the above was not successful then go to Settings➔Notifications➔Messages and turn Notifications OFF. Force ReStart your iPhone and then go back to Settings➔Notifications➔Messages and turn Notifications ON again.
3. If the above was not successful then how about Deleting the contact completely from the Contacts App. Then do a Force ReStart and then add the contact again in the Contacts app.

Axel F.

I think I figured out what setting was wrong on my phone. Open Messages, find the sender in the list that you are not getting notification from, you will probably see a very small moon crescent to the left of their name. Touch and hold down (do not tap) the sender name and slide it to the left. That should fix it. You probably unintentionally changed it to Hide Alert when you tapped on that sender to open their messages or when you slid it to the left to delete that message. Moving fingers too fast sometimes has negative consequences.

Ha! No fallout from Deleting the contact and adding it back in again. Just 5 minutes of your obsessive time. OK, whenever you have time then check it. Have a great weekend.

Axel F.

Kepkid, Thanks. I called Apple and they told me to do what you did and it worked for me. Apple said the moon indicated it was in “Do not disturb” even though I did not have the DND activated.

1. Force ReStart clears the RAM and any other internal commands that may be hung in execution while a normal OFF and ON (Soft Reboot) does not clear the RAM completely.
2. Deleting the contact in the Contacts app does NOT clear the texts. The texts will remain as is and will only display the phone number after you delete the contact in the Contacts app. Once you add the contact back in the Contacts app then the number will be replaced with name as it once was.

Axel F.

Hi Mizcue,

Good thing is that it is working again. Bad thing is that it is inconsistent and requires your attention. I still recommend taking the steps noted above one by one and monitor to see if one of the methods solves this permanently. If you have already done so then let us know and we can work on other methods that the readers of this forum may come up with. Good Luck. BTW, nothing wrong in being obsessive and compulsive ... Ha!

Axel F.

I have an iPhone 5S and tried all three fixes but no change. Help!

I have an iPhone 11 and I tried all the fixes you recommended for not getting notifications from one contact in messages and still no notifications. Any other suggestions???