iOS 14 text notification issues

I struggled with this for a very long time- what the problem ended up being for me was how my Apple Watch was set up and mirroring my phone- I finally fixed this by turning off Do Not Disturb and Mirror My Phone on my watch settings! Hope this helps! Took me forever to figure out it was my watch settings causing the problem.

If I had an Apple watch I’d try that. My problem is intermittent, with no rhyme or reason. Sometimes the alerts work; sometimes they don’t. I am forever making sure everything is set right. The fact that it’s intermittent on my phone says it’s not my phone causing the issue. And it isn’t just with certain people. It’s just random. I hate it. I have five more payments left on this phone and I doubt very much that I’ll be getting an Apple phone next time. Everyone I know is suggesting an Android so it might be time to switch. I rely on being able to receive text messages and when I pay close to a grand for a phone I better be able to receive them.

Same problem. Just started since I updated to iOS14.8. Nothing from Signal, WeChat, Teams, but strangely some person from Whatapps' message went through. No difference after updated to iOS15. Not sure if I should try reset all setting.....

Hi,

I was having this problem too, and I realized that if I am signed in to the desktop Messages.app application on my laptop, my iPhone (and iPad, and Watch) do not show notifications.

If I put my laptop (running Messages.app) to sleep, I get notifications on my phone (and Watch and iPad)

Hope this helps!

I think i know what happen to my issue. It's the background refresh. Whatsapp desktop said my phone is not connect within a minute after I turned off the phone screen. Must be somehow iphone does not allow those apps to run in the background even the setting said they can.

Not sure how to fix it but I tried to turn all the background setting off. After restarting the phone, it turns back on itself. When I do it again, it stays off this time.

Anyone know how to fix background app refresh issue?

I have the same problem too! I have the I Phone 11 PRO and it is completely unreliable. This is an intermittent problem, and I have been missing critical messages for months. After multiple case #'s with Apple, hours on the phone trying to fix this, and bringing it into the Genius Bar, they have no suggestions, except for removing and replacing my apps... which I have done and the problem persists.

Happens for me as well

iPhone Xs @ iOS15

Some contacts's SMS messages are not firing any notification,

Adding them as Emergency contacts changes nothing.

Regular SMS (from all other contacts) works perfectly.

Hi,

I had similar problems, and I realized that when I was logged in to my *desktop* Messages.app on my MacBook Pro, I wasn’t getting any notifications. As soon as I put my laptop to sleep, or log out of my account on Messages.app, my notifications come back

Mine seems to happen when I am connected to my vehicle Bluetooth. Again, it is not only not notifying me of texts but all sending read receipts. Super frustrating, missed a text from my daughter this morning.

Notice how Apple hasn’t made a peep about this either, as widespread as it is. I’ve already made my mind up to get an Android next time. I don’t think my problem is being connected to any other device because I turned off everything in those. I was sitting here conducting business yesterday because I’m moving and have a lot of things to do– – PG&E, Comcast, renter’s insurance changes, confirming with the movers, etc. also, I have a bunch of stuff on craigslist. On top of that, I have a terminally ill relative and a lot went down yesterday so I really needed text capability. I literally had to sit there with my phone on my lap, or in my hand, so I could make sure not to miss texts. And now I have to make sure to tell everyone to call me instead of text because my text capabilities are intermittent.. It’s absolutely ridiculous for the $900 I spent on this phone. And you can’t tell me Apple doesn’t know about this. They’re pretty good at being crickets.

Shawniemarie wrote:

Notice how Apple hasn’t made a peep about this either, as widespread as it is.

This is a user-to-user technical support forum. Apple's participation here is minimal. And, based on the fact that there aren't a huge number of threads on this issue, it's probably not as widespread as it feels like. Unfortunately, based on reading this thread, people aren't reporting one problem. They are reporting one set of symptoms that have several (or more) causes.

If everyone who has a problem reports it to Apple (see the Get Support link a the top right of every page of these forums), it's possible that Apple will start to get enough data to resolve some of the issues.

This has been happening to me since ios 14.7 and now with ios 15. I've just resolved to turning off my Bluetooth because there were no other solutions I could find. It's annoying because I have an apple watch and like to listen to music in my car but neither work without Bluetooth.

Hello everyone! I been asking myself why am I not getting any notifications when someone text me or whatever! I found out the if us swipe up and see your control center. It will show you the like don’t disturb and all that okay if you turn off your personal thingy you will get the notification! I hope that I explain it well and I hope that it works for you guys too!

Lock Screen - I have same issue. I am not getting SOME sound notifications on iMessage nor is the banner showing up on locked screen for same. I have an iPhone 12 Pro and have dowloaded the latest iOS 15.0.1. I have reset my phone twice. I have had 1support call with Apple to go through all my settings and to try and resolve and 1 Genius Bar appt to try and resolve and still have this problem. All settings are checked appropriately says Apple.

It's random.... When on Lock Screen, I do receive some texts alerts and banners on Lock Screen but 3 minutes later for example, I would not receive a audio alert or banner from the same person. I am missing a lot of important messages. This happens for several of my contacts.

Yep, same here. If anything, it's actually worse with iOS 15. I have an iPhone, iPad, and Mac and notifications are all over the place. Typically "Apple related" notifications (e.g., Messages) are delayed severely on the iPad and Mac after I see them on the iPhone. With respect to other Apps and their various notifications, the delay is measured in many seconds if not several minutes depending on the App and particular notification.

Like others, I'm unsure what Apple did along the way, but I began noticing these delays at some point in 2020. The fact they can't correct this widespread bug is absolutely pathetic.