IOS 15.1 not receiving text message notifications on lock screen

I just checked my phone (iPhone 11) and mine was set to "when unlocked" I just now switched to "Always" the frustrating thing is with the phone locked I sometimes will still get notification sound (prior to switching to "Always" how could that be? Anyway, I think this started when I updated to 15.1.1 it's now running 15.3.1 and still having the issue (no notification sound for messages) I won't know if changing it to "Always" helped yet as I need someone to message me. Still curious when iPhone is locked why would I sometimes receive sound notification?

IMO there are 2 things I absolutely hate about iPhones, 1. zero documentation (instructions). and 2. Too many settings to set AND OK 3. everything is symbols (where or how is a user supposed to know what they mean?)

That’s pretty much what happened to me I think. It’s so long ago now it’s hard to remember. All I know is that the only way I have found to fix it, and it’s temporary until it happens again almost daily, is a reboot. No suggestions I’ve seen here or elsewhere work.

I just started having this exact issue yesterday (11/22). Started out of nowhere. Followed the instructions above to no avail. I'm on an iPhone 13 Pro on 15.1.1.

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Using iPhone SE2 ios 15.1 tried the reset mentioned above, it did not work. The problem just began today. All messages have the bell symbol crossed out, if I change the symbol it reverts to crossed out bell.

I am having the same issue they just cropped up in the last few days when I noticed it. All notifications are on and I’ve tried hard restart of the phone as well as resetting network settings with no joy.

I am having the same issue and have been for weeks. I have been to the Apple store to no avail.

I have reset phone, wiped it and started from scratch and it still continues. When people text me they get a notice that my phone has messages silenced, but when I check my setting, they are not silenced. I have also disabled “Focus” “Do not disturb”/

On a side note, I do get the notifications if I have the phone unlocked and the screen is being viewed.

Hi I’ve updated my iPhone SE to the latest software 15.1 and I no longer get any messenger message notifications showing as a banner when my screen is unlocked or locked and same for text messages etc. Very frustrating as this means I cant see at a quick glance who’s messaging me and means I can miss messages. Can we have another software update to fix this please ? Why is this happening now ? Annoying bug with this update and seems maybe only affecting all of us with SE iPhone ?

I started having the issue about 1 day before you. Same exact phone. Called Apple Support and was on the phone with them every day until they advised me to go into a store. The guy there said it was an issue with my watch pairing. He unpaired it and re-paired it and it seemed to work until about 10 days ago. It’s back to doing the same thing. At this point, I’ve unpaired my watch completely, gone into a store AGAIN, got a replacement phone, and guess what? STILL DOING IT. This is so frustrating. I wish I never bought this POS phone. $1,000+ and can’t even get a text notification??!? Unbelievable.

Are you still having the same issue or were you able to get it fixed? If it’s fixed, please tell me how you got it to work..

That is Not what you stated in your original post to me. I'm not computer literate by and stretch, I won't follow your instructions for fear of what will happen when phone is reset, for instance will I lose passwords pictures, or anything else that could disable my phone. I also found recently my phone and my Mac computer were automatically linked which I did not want, my passwords were linked automatically to my phone .I did not want passwords on my phone,

OMG! Exact same problem here. I have been trying everything to get this resolved. I am not getting any notifications when my phone is locked. They are also not going to my watch. I think it started after the last update. Every time I pick up my phone I have missed all kinds of messages. I have double checked my settings everywhere and it all looks right, but somehow it seems like it is on do not disturb or something when the phone is locked. I have tried to send myself texts from my mac and even seen a message that I have notifications silenced, but I don’t. I hope this gets figured out quickly as it is driving me nuts.

Thank you all. I took off the silencing bell as it was too easy to accidentally swipe on it. I’m still not receiving sound notifications on text but I turned hepatic touch to Prominant instead of Default on watch app so I can at least know I got message.

I have this problem independent of "Lock Screen". I am not receiving text notifications. This matters a great deal since I am not getting log-in security codes from my financial accounts or other personal accounts and so cannot log into those accounts. Text messaging has been around since the dawn of the cell phone, how can this simple feature possibly be non-functional in an Apple iphone product in 2022, ios 15.2.1? This is ridiculous. None of the suggested fixes described in this thread has worked for me.

RockyMtnMamaTarot...I tried that (turning on "badges") and it seemed to work and then didn't my issue seems to be random sometimes I'll receive notification (sound), mind you this is when phone is locked which is most of the time. My adult children hardly ever call but they love texting as most ppl do (I DON"T) I'm pretty fed up with Apple as a whole.

Yes, I can still read texts but what good is that if you get a text like "I'll be there in an hour running late" and you only find out when they arrive saying "I texted you", you look at text and sure enough they did text...are we supposed to be constantly checking manually...this is a major issue. This happens to me randomly (but more often than not) and only when my screen is locked which is all the time (if I'm not using phone)