iPhone text notification dings very loudly in my ear while on the phone

I just migrated from android and bought the iPhone 14 Pro Max. I love the phone and can’t believe I didn’t switch earlier! Most everything is the way I like it, except yesterday, while I was talking on the phone with it to my ear, a text message came in and the ding notification was super loud in my ear. It was the same loudness as if the phone was sitting on my desk and I got a text message notification. That can’t be right. Not in my ear while I am talking on the phone! I can’t figure out how to mute the ding or reduce its intensity while actively talking with somebody. When I had my android and I was on the phone and got a text message, I just heard a little blip and felt a little vibration to alert me a message had come in. Thank you for any help.

Posted on Oct 7, 2022 3:31 AM

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Posted on Jan 17, 2023 4:03 AM

My wife found a solution for this annoying piercing text sound. It seams that Apple has changed the default sound for a text from what it used to be. If you go to settings - Sounds & Haptics, then go down to “Sounds and Haptic Patters” , you will see next to the Text Tone the selection being “Note”. 


Click on that and go down to Classic and then select “Tri-Tone”. This is what it used to be. Once you change it to “Tri-Tone” it won’t make that piercing painful sound while on a phone call.


I’m attaching a picture of how it is and how it should be once you change it. Good luck everyone! 



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