No sound notifications for texts on iPhone 12

I am having the same problems. No ring or vibrate for calls or texts. I have checked all the settings you listed here for both the watch and phone. I have turned off the focus feature and my friends are still getting the message from focus showing that I’m not accepting messages at this time. I haven’t gotten a text notification or phone call tone since this awful update was added. How do I fix this?

I am having the same issues. I just swapped over from android at Christmas last year and I am learning Apple products have way more issues than android. It’s a constant troubleshooting process to get everything to work where Samsung phones just work.

Agreed, I may have had expected things to work a bit better transitioning over. Bought a iPad and iPhone. Was going to get a Mac, Watch and few other things but now I’ve put that on hold due to the issues with notifications and cloud hiccups. My notifications are sounding out the skip a few messages then sound out and skip a few more. I don’t wanna be checking my phone constantly to be sure I didn’t miss something important. I’m really new to iOS so I have to ask, Does Apple usually address these things or is it a you have to live with it type of situation?

Solution: Turning off Bluetooth worked, but not when iPhone was locked. What worked was opening the Apple Watch app on phone > Notifications > Messages > change from Mirror my iPhone’ to Custom, then check Send to Notifications Center.

Hello,

Hmm, interesting question. With an Apple watch involved, it might still be trying to send the notification to the watch even though it is turned off.

See these standards steps for no sound and maybe something will fix it:

1. Is the side silent mute button on? Does any red show? Slide it back and fourth.
2. How about the volume buttons? Is the volume very low? Move the buttons.
3. Is Do Not Disturb on? Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb. Is it turned on? Check the times.
4. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics. Check the Ringer and Alerts slider.  Try changing the sound pattern for the type of alert.
5. Go to Settings > Notifications. Is the app listed?
6. Do other sounds work? What about phone calls? 
7. Do you have an Apple watch? Many of the notifications will go to the watch instead of the phone.

Note: you can send text messages to yourself for testing purposes.

Good luck.

Just screw to your privacy, found FOCUS, hit the button and turn off the MESSAGES option. DO NOT DISTURB, go back to settings and hit on FOCUS, then DO NOT DISTURB OPTION, and now put off MESSAGES. You’re all set to go.

thank you

I turned Bluetooth off MacBook, Ipad, Watch and finally got my text notification tone back on phone. I also tweaked my focus feature but this didn't seem to help. This issue needs to be addressed by Apple for sure. Having to turn Bluetooth off and on is quite inconvenient.

I'm having the same issue. it seems to happen when i'm wearing my watch and close to my iPhone. I turned off bluetooth and it's still happening. no sound and no badge on my phone or watch when a text comes through. everything is updated to latest ios.

https://youtu.be/zATRGZEUJ1Q it helped

This YouTube video helped the sound on mine

https://youtu.be/zATRGZEUJ1Q

I had deleted a couple focus features I wasn’t using and had to reinstall them before everything started working. After several restarts with all my Apple devices including my watch my notifications are finally working. I have more than I want but at this point I’m afraid to turn any of them off.