IOS 15.1 not receiving text message notifications on lock screen

Idk if you sorted this out yet. I was having the same issue (I think) where after the update my text widget wasn’t showing me when I had new texts. I went into settings>messages>notifications and had everything on -banners etc. BUT badges was off. Toggled it on and voilà. Hope it helps.

Resetting network settings did not work for me. HOWEVER, after turning off iMessage, I got the notifications on the phone. Not sure why this works, but it does.

I was having the same issue and it magically “fixed” it self when I was texting other iPhone users. But I also notice when I went in to my messages some notifications were still not showing in my phone. When I pressed conversation I was having with some of this contacts the “Hide Alerts” was selected even tho I didn’t do it. Hopefully this helps.

That is how they told me it works now. If the phone is locked notifications go through Watch, if unlocked, they go through phone.

i want them all going through the phone! I should be able to choose which way I want it!

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

I see you mentioned a few different things you have attempted already, have you reset all settings?

I am having a similar issue but Resetting Network Settings didn't change anything. For my issue on a SE2 effects when the phone is locked or unlocked. When unlocked the red bubble with the number "1"will show up but no other indication will occur. It only occurs in the Messages app and is affecting all communications within that app (contacts and non contacts). Other apps are notifying me as normal.

“So I just went into the apple store and they told me it is because I have an Apple Watch. Apparently, when an Apple Watch is synced to an iPhone, all the notifications of through the watch…there will not be notifications on the phone….”

This does not apply in my case. I have notifications turned on for my Apple Watch. When iPhone screen is locked, I still get no notifications (on watch or phone). Even tried u pairing watch and it still happens. Apparently there may be multiple causes but there are definitely ongoing issues with Lock Screen notifications that Apple will not acknowledge.

Having the same issue! But my problem is when the Apple Watch is connected. Notifications go through the watch and nothing shows on my phone when it's locked. If the phone is unlocked it will route through it and not the watch.. crazy annoying!

one-of-8... I have iPhone 1, IOS 15.1

Following the steps Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings...that doesn't work for me I DO NOT HAVE "Reset" on the General page so I can't access Reset Network Settings Did you skip something? The list on the General page is (on MY phone):

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Legal & Regulatory

Transfer or Reset IPhone

Shut Down

I went through pretty much the same thing. I went into the store and the guy told me it is because of the Apple Watch, so now it gives me notifications through the watch - which is not what I want it to do. It drives me crazy because I wear my watch pretty much 24/7 and if I forget to put it into “do not disturb” I will get waked up in the middle of the night from some random text that comes in…

I really think we should be able to choose how we want our notifications.

Thankfully, I am getting some notifications.

I reset settings and then I get NO message alerts. So I unpaired my watch. Then I saw that the reset turned on Focus again, unknown to me, and probably other settings. Apple better find a way to fix his fast.

This happened to me when I got my iPhone 13 Pro almost from day one. I spent hours on the phone with customer care, took it to the store…twice…even got a replacement device. The first time I was told that it was a watch pairing issue. Unpaired it, and re-paired it and it worked…for about a week…and then back to the same problem. I did hard resets, restored to factory settings and set up as a new device (which was an AWFUL process and I ended up losing some of my stuff), but the problem still existed. I unpaired and turned my watch COMPLETELY off, didn’t fix it. There were some settings that looked like they could be related to the issue so I turned them off…I also unpaired my iPad and turned it off. Still having the issue.

now for the crazy part….

all of a sudden…and for NO REASON…it just stopped happening. I hadn’t done anything to try and fix it…no updates…nothing. I just wasn’t having the problem…as much. Every once in a while it’ll do it, but RARELY…which is still EXTREMELY annoying and this problem should’ve been fixed by now. $1,100 for a new phone that has THIS VERY BIG ISSUE? Ridiculous. It’s pretty disappointing that Apple hasn’t put any priority into fixing this issue.

my suggestion is to be the squeaky wheel with Apple Support….call every day and let them know you still have the problem. Eventually, there might be a resolution…but I wouldn’t hold my breath at this point.