Iphone 12 Pro Not Vibrating

Hi there KellieB20,

We're happy to hear your first issue has been resolved, and we're also here to help with this new trouble you're having with the Bluetooth connection to your Garmin. Follow the steps here, and test after each one:

1. Restart the iPhone. Use the steps here if needed: Restart your iPhone
2. Restart your Garmin device.
3. If available, try pairing another Bluetooth device to the iPhone 12.
4. Check for any possible wireless interference: Resolve Wi-Fi and Bluetooth issues caused by wireless interference
5. If applicable, remove the case from your iPhone.
6. Disable Wi-Fi in Settings > Wi-Fi (not Control Center).

Let us know the outcome, and we can go from there if needed.

Have a great day!

I had same issue, turned out to be this for me.

Turn haptic feedback off or on

1. On supported models, go to Settings  > Sounds & Haptics.
2. Turn System Haptics off or on.
3. When System Haptics is off, you won’t hear or feel vibrations for incoming calls and alerts.

Hello KellieB20,

We're happy to help with this trouble you're having with your iPhone 12 not vibrating. Does this happen for app notifications, or does the iPhone not vibrate for incoming calls as well? Are you getting the banner notifications from your apps?

We also want to make sure that your iPhone software is current. If you are not using iOS 14.2.1, get the steps here to get updated:

Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Next, we want to check that you do not have the Attention Aware feature enabled, as this would lend to the trouble you're having. Follow the steps here to check, and disable if needed:

About Attention Aware features on your iPhone X or iPad Pro

Feel free to reach back out if you have any questions.

Have a great day!

I had the same issue with my new phone. To fix my issue I did this: I went to Accessibility-> Touch n turned the Vibration on.

(My vibration was off, hence it didn’t matter if vibration was on in Sounds & Haptics)

I am also having the same issue as KellieB20. Mine does this faint clicking/tapping sound instead of vibrating. I feel pretty confident my settings are correct and nothing seems to make it vibrate. My software is up to date. Is this a glitch with hardware?

I just realized as well that my Iphone 12 pro does not vibrate while in silence mode.

All my settings are correct, software up to date and still does not vibrate. Even when I am trying to select the type of vibration, it does not do it.

Hi! Check your ringtone if it has setted vibration off and set default or any pattern. If you don’t want to get ringtone+vibration on normal mode, vibrate on ring should be off and the other one (vibrate on silent) turn it on. Hope it helps 😎

So the phone knows when its being looked at or picked up and the vibration it would otherwise have then changes and becomes more of a tapping when it knows it has your attention. I think if you go to Accessibility/Face ID & Attention/Attention Aware Features and turn the button OFF it will continue to vibrate even when you pick up the phone or are looking at it. If I remember right what I was shown a few weeks ago. Try it.

I have my own vibration created and it is still now working for me. It seems there is an interference with the watch. Which did not happen before. This is crazy.... Now I have to have my watch on vibrate, which kills the battery, to get my notifications. Not a good thing. Still not happy.

I am also having this issue. The issue started with my iPhone 8, I thought I had dropped it and broken the vibration feature so I got a new phone.

Even with my new iPhone 12, the vibration simply will not work.

I have checked every setting, restarted, turned off attention aware- everything.

what is happening?! I wish I hadn’t spend so much on getting a new phone when it seems that so many people are also experiencing this glitch. I hardly notice my notifications without the vibration and end up missing quite a bit.

please help!

Hi Valenciajackson, I was able to make it vibrate but choosing a different vibration “tone.” However, it only vibrates when I’m texting someone. If I stop texting, it stops vibrating. 🤦🏻‍♀️ You can try and see if works for you. I got it to vibrate but only when I’m already texting some. 😒 maybe it will work for you?? 🙄

I just began having this problem. I can put my hands on top and bottom of the phone and twist it and vibration starts working again until its been in my pocket for a while and it stops. I hope you got it fixed.

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I just began having this problem. I can put my hands on top and bottom of the phone and twist it and vibration starts working again until its been in my pocket for a while and it stops. I hope you got it fixed.

Update:

I twisted the phone so that vibration stopped working and took it to an apple store. They determined my "Taptic Engine" was failing and replaced it. Vibration is working great! I highly suggest anyone having this issue try to see if its physical. Go to your "Sounds and Haptics" settings, grab the top and bottom of your phone, and gently twist the phone in one direction. Tap the "Vibrate on Ring" toggle on and off and test if you feel it vibrate lightly. Twist the phone gently the other way and see if the behavior changes. If so, you have a physical/electrical issue and need to get your phone repaired. If you can't get vibrations no matter how you twist the phone, you may have a software/settings issue.

I would add to try the other two settings first to see if it is that. I wouldn't start with the "twist solution" but I guess if Setting/Accessibly/touch vibration is on and its on in sounds and haptics and no vibration then twist away lol.