iOS 14 text notification issues

kaptinfantaztik wrote:

I am having the same problem on the iPhone 12 on iOS 14.3. I have been missing important texts because of it. I hope it gets fixed soon.

And just to show the range of phones that are having this problem, my phone is original SE (yes, the old one). I've been trying to solve this since iOS 14.1, NOT fixed with update to 14.3

After upgrading to 14.3 I tested text notification which wasn't working for me. First test did not work so I did a hard reset of my iPhone 12 mini. Subsequent text test all worked like normal. Today is second day after upgrading to 14.3 and text notifications are still working normally.

For me, the update 14.3 fixed most of this problem. however, the update 14.2 turned notifications to silent on all my contacts. I still have to turn notifications back on for each contact. then i get the notification.

I believe the entire issue with text message previews not showing on Lock Screen is related to the Health App and how it interacts with Do Not Disturb setting since the latest update. I've tried several times to change options in Health and have deleted all data there. So far I haven't solved the problem.

I have an iPhone X, and experienced the same thing after my iOS 14 update.

I reset and restored and thankfully now my phone is back to normal. Note that updating to iOS 14.3, resetting network/all settings, and toggling notification settings (in-app and in iOS settings) did nothing for me.

I’d recommend backing up (to iCloud and to a computer), factory resetting, and installing a fresh copy of iOS 14.3 and restoring from that backup.

I hope that works for you. I was so frustrated, particularly with the lack of support and solutions, and I hope this provides a definitive solution to everyone having this problem.

heads1 wrote:

For me, the update 14.3 fixed most of this problem. however, the update 14.2 turned notifications to silent on all my contacts. I still have to turn notifications back on for each contact. then i get the notification.

I'm confused by this - I don't see a Notifications setting at all on any of my Contacts.

I have an iPhone 11 Pro and I am having this problem as well. I have to wear my watch all the time, just to know when I get a text. I trying changing the default text alert tone and that seemed to help for a day. It is very frustrating as I use this phone for work and it is unprofessional for me not to respond for hours. I just updated to 14.3 this morning and still having the same problem.

paula4761 wrote:

I have an iPhone 11 Pro and I am having this problem as well. I have to wear my watch all the time, just to know when I get a text. I trying changing the default text alert tone and that seemed to help for a day. It is very frustrating as I use this phone for work and it is unprofessional for me not to respond for hours. I just updated to 14.3 this morning and still having the same problem.

Consider yourself lucky that you are getting Notifications on your watch! I'm only missing intermittent Notifications, but when it happens they don't go to the Watch either

Today I've finally noticed this issue.

Thought it was an issue with my Apple Watch, factory reset it.

Then I noticed I get all texts/SMS from Messages delivered, but they don't light up the phone or play a sound when the phone is locked.

Sometimes it works again, but most of the times it doesn't.

Spent an hour chatting with Customer Support until I found this; customer support didn't even mention this thread or that there are reported issues with notifications in the latest version of iOS.

My iPhone does not give text message notifications or vibration alerts, unless the BLUETOOTH function is TURNED OFF within SETTINGS (not from control panel). I have gone through countless other strategies to test: reset, sounds and haptics, accessibilities - vibration ON, etc etc etc.

Only when the Bluetooth function is turned off within settings, does this work. Turning Bluetooth off with the Control Panel, doesn't change this (I understand this method doesn't actually tuen off the Bluetooth, but keeps it on and doesn't allow connection to other devices).

This same issue happened 3 years ago with my iPhone 5s. I have done complete reinstalls on that old phone to try and remedy, to no avail, and have done them again with this iPhone 11 Pro while setting up the phone

Please help.

@CLJacked is totally right. Seems to be an issue with the passthrough of notifications through Bluetooth or so. Problem with disabling Bluetooth is that my Apple Watch doesn't work then.

But very well noted.

I found a work around but it only works for specific contacts. Create a shortcut that plays a sound every time you receive a text from those people. It’ll still work even if the regular notifications don’t.

My issue is that after updates I can't read notificatios, it just doesnt let me slide into the notification to read it or remove it, it will slide into spotlight or camera... Idk what happened but I didnt change anything.

I have found the only way to get notifications is every time you go out of the message screen you need to clear the app, for some reason if you text someone and just hit the lock button without going out of the messages and clearing it off the background the phone acts as if you still have it open and on that message so therefore you it thinks you have read that message and that’s why you never get any kind of notification. So frustrating! And needs to be fixed!

I have a similar issue, when my phone is unlocked i get NO notifications for text. I have missed so many text replies because i text someone, go to another app or set my phone down and after wondering why I haven't got a reply i see the person replied almost immediately but i didn't get ANY notification. Its SO frustrating.