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The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state.
You can continue to find trusted guidance and support on the official Apple Support site.
We want to thank the community members who have contributed their time and expertise to help others with their Apple products.
I thought I had a setting wrong, it seems the iOS recent update has caused the text alert not to make a sound if it is locked. I will unpair my Apple Watch that is also making no sound except it will vibrate a text alert. I’ll be v
back to see if I’m successful when I unpair watch.
iPhone XR
Have you enabled Scheduled Summary? See the pic below
My iPhone also will not make an alert sound for a text message if it is locked.
