iOS 14 text notification issues

almost every time I put my AirPods in it cranks the phone ring volume up from the lowest setting to medium-high and jumps the **** out of me when I’m at work. That’s also a new bug with this update.

2020 strikes again! Thanks apple!

I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max and am not receiving any banner, vibration, or sound notifications for text messages (both iMessage and SMS). With all due respect, this is completely unacceptable for a $1400 phone. this is a rudimentary function that has been around long before iPhones even existed. I am missing important work messages, messages from my spouse, as well as missed an emergency text where I did not find out a friend had been rushed to the ER until the next morning when I found out by randomly entering the Messages app for a completely different reason. please do not tell us this is a hardware issue, as my husband is not having this issue on his iPhone 12 Pro Max with all of the same settings as my phone.

I have called Apple Support and was told to do a hard reboot (which I did yesterday and temporarily worked but then screwed up iMessaging completely) but that is not working. I was then told to remove iOS and reinstall via iTunes on my computer (iTunes is still a thing?) what year are we in? I have seen others do this, waste a ton of time, and then it does not work. I was also told this likely will not be fixed until 14.3 release at the earliest. okay so when is that supposed to be? was also told this is a side-effect of upgrading to iOS new releases very early on...1) I work in technology...I know what "release" means and 2) unfortunately due to security permissions, my work requires us to automatically update our phones to the new release as soon as it's publicly available, or they will lock us out of our mobile email.

PLEASE FIX THIS. we are in a global pandemic, the holidays are coming up, and for many of us, the only way we are going to be safely communicating with extended family is via text and phone.

I have solely purchased Apple products for 10 years and unfortunately will have to switch to Android if this is not resolved. really don't want to do this (and essentially waste the $1400 I just spent on this error-ridden device), but a phone without push notifications is worthless to me.

It is infuriating that Apple was telling us to do a hard reboot, when they are the ones who introduced the error into their so-called update. Seeing the number of people having this problem, they need to get off their well-paid behinds and fix it.

Some people here are trying to be useful, and their answer is always "reset your phone" restore and set up as new, but yeah, notifications is the best so far LOL. Millions of people having issues according to Forbes, but yeah its notification

I had the same issue and read through most of the posts here!!

I may have found a solution (at least worked for me).

as many have said, turning Do Not Disturb on and off has no effect... try this:

Turn do not disturb on.

swipe down to see the Notification Center.

it will show a message saying to turn off the Do Not Disturb. Press this option to turn it off.

and voila!!

seems that turning the DND manually in settings doesn’t work, but through the Notification Center it actually works.

I don't know if you've fixed your issue yet, but I had been having the same problem and have FINALLY found a way to fix it! Turns out it was a setting on my Apple Watch 6, which was new to me also. In the Watch app select Passcode, then scroll all the way to the bottom and turn OFF Wrist Detection. Reading the description there I wasn't sure I wanted to, but I did, and am now getting notification on both the watch, and on the lock screen. Hallelujah!

I did the 14.2.1 update and still did not fix the notifications bug where randomly there is no alert, sound, vibration or banner even though a new text is sitting in my chat window but I'd never know I received a new text unless I looked in the text window. I can't do this for all text windows.

This issue started with IOS 14 on my IPhone-X. I upgraded to the iPhone-12 Pro Max and the bug still remains. Updated to IOS 14.2.1 and text bug remains.

Bug report / feedback has been submitted.

Same. It shows that I opened the text message when in fact I never saw it. And it’s random. Not consistent at all. Because I’ll reply to that person after I see they replied to me hours ago! And I’ll start getting notifications. No notication no badge alert nothing but shows I opened it. Hope it gets fixed I keep ignoring people and it ain’t my fault!!

apple needs to make the 14.2.1 to all phones not just iphone 12 my freaking iphone 8 has stop getting incoming text alerts when locked or in other apps about to make me switch to andriod its bs indeed and i love apple come on guys fix our phones

also, I was speaking to my my mom on the phone last night bc I keep missing her texts and she told me that she bought my dad a new iPad last week for their anniversary and guess what?? That iPad has the bug too. Again, as we all know, this is a WIDESPREAD software issue that needs to be remediated ASAP

While betas are meant to be pre-releases of upcoming software and fixes, often times they themselves have bugs and aren't complete products that will be shipped to the public. Additionally per the terms of the forum as well as the beta itself, it is not to be discussed publicly. One should never use the beta program as a way to "solve and issue early". Beta is beta for a reason, its got bugs and may contain bug fixes, but there's no telling exactly what could be in the next update until its publicly released.

Absolutely having the same issue. This is a very painful bug. I’m missing so many important work and personal text message notifications.

Apple chat support said engineers are aware. I have a call with Apple support tomorrow night. This needs to be addressed immediately. I have also submitted feedback on this issue. I know this is Thanksgiving week but Apple needs to fix this.

Like all of you, I have tried everything and nothing has worked. A reboot seems to fix for a short time but then it returns. If I’m using the phone I get notifications, seems to happen when phone is locked/screen off. Not 100% sure on that though. Also not getting the notifications on the AW either.

New iPhone 12 Pro Max. Set it up as a new phone (my yearly purge), and lo and behold, the non-notification iMessage started immediately. I had just wiped my 11 Pro Max to return to AT&T as part of my Next plan. I did not experience the same problems on the 11 Pro Max, for the week or so that I had been using both phones (11 Pro Max was running iOS 14.2 too).

I could not figure why I wasn't receiving notifications all day, especially on a weekend. I tinkered around with the usual suggestions, and was beginning to get really frustrated, after all I had just spent two days going through every app from my old phone (I use iMazing software for my physical backups).

Anyway, after growing increasing ****** off (c'mon these are $1400 phones), I found this thread and decide instead of wasting anymore time, and taking into consideration that I haven't used iTunes in years, I'd go the iTunes "iPhone Restore" + "Restore Backup" route.

And it worked. And it actually didn't take all that long.

Get it together 

Only started having this issue when I upgraded to the 12 pro max, I do not get reply notifications for text messages. I do get notifications from a locked screen but unlocked it does not show badge or notification chime.

**update: possible temporary remedy**

So far for me the only way to get my message app notifications to work consistently is to totally close the message app every time you send a text back or you’re not using it. As soon as I open it and leave it open, is when I stop getting those notifications.

it’s a pain in the @ss, but it’s a temporary bandaid that’s working for me.... iPhone X v14.2