iOS 14 text notification issues

I am having the same issue. It is very random, and I can't quite figure out a pattern of text thread or timing. For some messages I get no sound, vibration, nor banner notification that they have come in, but other messages sent around the same time do not have the same issue.

Me and my bestfriend have our phones updated to the 14.3 and still having issues. Sometimes we don’t get notifications and sometimes we do. It’s off and on and it’s so irritating. And we both upgraded to the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Our other iPhones had the same issues as well. After the iOS 14 update happened.

When I updated to 14.2 a new feature popped up in my contacts that i can only view when I am contacted under the text message ( not in the contact feature ) it’s called “ hide alert “

when I turn that off that contact functions normally

updating to 14.3 allows only the contacts to which I have turned that feature off to function normally

all contacts who have yet to contact me will not give me an audible notification until i manually change this feature

I have this problem with my mother who I've been talking to for years. We'll be having a conversation and I'll get notifications and then I won't and the message shows up as read. It's completely random and I never know when it's going to happen.

I stopped receiving notifications on various applications ; WhatsApp, Instagram, Mail just to name a few. The only way to get my notifications is by opening these applications. This is getting extremely annoying. Is there a way to solve this or revert back to prior to iOS 14?

Had the exact same problem.

The only thing that works is uninstalling and installing the apps again.

I got the free trial of apple one which includes 50Gbs of iCloud and I used that for backup.

trust me

nothing else works.

uninstall and install them again and remember to select “allow notifications” when you reinstall.

Apple has repeatedly stated that we are basically at their mercy. The last 14 iOS update was never promised to fix this issue, and it’s apparent that technicians and developers don’t read these threads. Apple has also said that they don’t know when they’ll be releasing an update with a bug fix for this. I did however see that turning off your Face ID awareness fixes the problem for some people. I haven’t tried it just yet. Apple sure did a bang up job.

I have also been having this issue. I sent a review to Apple but they didn't have the newest version of the update 14.2.1 which is still having the text message issues.

Please, Apple, fix this. I'd much prefer to get a text while using my phone and swipe it up so I know about it, rather than not knowing about it and missing an important text for a long period of time.

So I updated to the 14.3 and still not working. I had someone text from another iPhone and the notification only went to my watch. My Lock Screen did not light up. I notice this is happening with my emails too. Notifications for other apps (Twitter, Facebook, etc) DO show up on my Lock Screen. The settings for all of those are exactly the same. I only get a notification if my phone is unlocked. Like when I’m responding to a text and get another one from someone else. I hear their text tone and it shows up as a banner. So frustrating because people think I’m ignoring them.

Anybody know of any info on when this will be fixed? It’s driving me insane and I’m starting to miss import urgent Messages. I’m honestly considering switching to android at this point and I never ever thought I’d say that.

Currently, there is no fix for it and Apple hasn't mentioned it in their release notes for beta iOS 14.4.

Various work-arounds in this thread with random & limited success. The only one that has actually worked for me is to kill the text window (swipe it away) after EVERY text that is sent OR received. It's an awful work-around but that's the only that has worked for me.

I believe I found the fix. In the text message conversation, go to the very top and tap on on the i/info at the top right. In the menue that pops up, there is an option called "hide alerts". Disable that -- I now get alerts for this conversation again.

Needless to say, I never activated this feature -- I suspect that for old contacts that were carried over into the new version, somehow this might sometimes be checked by default without us knowing?

It's also possible that not everyone posting in this thread is actually having the same problem, with the same solution. But I hope this helps somebody out there!

Thanks so much. That’s the workaround that currently works for me too. I’m wondering if they’re having a hard time fixing it because it’s so sporadic and there are so many different behaviors that they’re having a hard time figuring out exactly what I’m the code of iOS 14 even caused the issue.

I have iPhone 11 Pro Max and the problem started after I updated to iOS 14. I just updated to iOS 14.0.1 thinking it would fix the problem but it isn't. I am also not notified on my Lock screen that I received a text so I keep missing important texts. Very frustrating.

if you check the conversations where this happens (by going to the conversation, tap on the person at the top and go to "info", is the "hide alerts" option checked?

Because that's what I discovered did this to me. Yes, it disables the sound, the lockscreen thing, every aspect of getting notified of new texts.

It seems that they added this new feature, to hide alerts for specific people -- that's fine by me -- but the problem is that it randomly activates after the update, for certain conversations. I believe if you uncheck the option though it should fix it permanently for that conversation thread at least.