No Messages notifications after update to iOS 14.2

Hi.


Yesterday I updated my iPhone XS to iOS 14.2. Today I noticed that since that update, I’m not receiving notifications from iMessages and normal SMS’s in Messages app. New messages arriving but there are no sound or plate, not notification number over an icon too. Messages appear and are marked like a “read” already. It’s very frustrating since I heavily rely on text messages and need to track app by myself to not miss any messages. Sometimes notification appear but mostly there are no sign of new message


I have Apple Watch too and there are no notifications there as well. Only messages appear in conversations.


Any idea what’s the reason of that and where can I search for a fix. My phone is nearly unusable now, since most what I’m doing is texting.


Thanks.

iPhone XS, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 7, 2020 12:24 PM

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Posted on Feb 12, 2021 5:53 AM

I’m using an IPhone SE and what worked for me was to long press on each individual contact in messages and turn on “show alerts” the update temporarily turned them off. Mine are working now. Hope this helps :)

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Nov 16, 2020 10:02 AM in response to Caladean

My wife and I recently received 12 Pro-Max with 14.2

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On her X model, texting works find, even though its will not make calls

So she is having to use both, one for texting and other for calls...

MOST ANNOYING.

And from what have been reading, its across many Carriers, and even older iPhone all with iOS 14.2

Also there is an issue with the Bluetooth when using the Hearing aid feature...

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Dec 5, 2020 6:21 AM in response to Caladean

I have had to same problem and contacted apple support a month ago. I was hopeful at first and sent diagnostics, screenshots and screen recordings of the issue to the engineering team, After a lot of back and forth and I sent more evidence and reports I was called yesterday and was told it "may" be fixed in the next update and to check discussions like this for a resolution. I was absolutely appalled with this response and put in a complaint. If anyone is in the middle of waiting to hear back from the engineering team I would prepare yourself for a similar disappointing response.

Nov 16, 2020 9:28 AM in response to Caladean

i signed up for apple forums. com just to say hello i have this same problem too and it is really unacceptable because i have People in my life that have Needs, and me not responding to them for hours because i have NO idea they tried to contact me is, not good (in fact it is bad, even). this can have massive consequences if someone is, you know, in a medical emergency or whatever.

the real kicker is that it tells them that i read the message already, so they think i'm purposefully ignoring them. as stated previously, this is bad also. thank you for your time choash out

Nov 18, 2020 2:45 PM in response to Caladean

Hello everyone,

so I Updated my iPhone Se towards the IOS 14.2 but as everyone else I have problems with it because I don’t receive any notifications when someone reply to my message and apparently it marks as “read” right away which is not okay because I don’t receive any notifications that someone message me. Do someone know how to fix this horrible bug on this IOS 14.2 I should of never updated please help thanks.

adrian

Nov 27, 2020 5:39 AM in response to Caladean

Same, but the problem extends beyond just messages. I'm not getting most of my notifications (Ring, Calendar). I've gone in and checked and even changed my settings to persistent made the hapics longer and the settings aren't sticking. One or two notifications will push to my watch but not all of them. I have an iPhone 12 pro and the latest iOS 14.

Nov 28, 2020 7:13 AM in response to Tristan Block

I already said my problem was not a notifications related problem but I spent quite a lot of time trying to figure that our. I assume some of the people discussing here have an app background refresh problem and they think it is a notifications problem. And I did restart several times before that and that did not help. So my fix to my problem (again not a notifications problem, but barely separable symptoms) was not because of the restart.

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