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Notifications not working after iOS 17 Update

After latest update IOS 17, iphone 13 mini wont get anymore sound notifications. Calls are normal.


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Posted on Sep 19, 2023 9:19 AM

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Posted on Dec 27, 2023 1:02 AM

After iOS 17.2.1 the whole notifications cocktail involving the iPhone and Apple Watch is a complete disaster, utter shambles. I receive an SMS yet I get NO notification sound AT ALL on either the phone or the watch and no visible indication that I have received an SMS either, nothing, I literally have no idea I have received a message unless I open the app! Nothing on the watch and nothing / no badge on the phone. Yet I can open up Messages on the watch or the phone and can see them all sat there, unread. What's the point of having these insanely expensive devices if they can't even perform the most basic phone functions? This will be the last Apple purchase for me. Sure Android has its problems but Apple is total shambles at the moment! I get the feeling Apple is trying to be way more clever than it actually is, trying to link and mirror too many things and when the wheel comes off it comes off big time, and takes way to long to put back on!!!

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Oct 18, 2023 5:54 PM in response to faasti

I spent most of the afternoon trying to get something to work; finally have sound on mail and messages. Several people I know have upgraded to 17.0.3 and do not have the issue, so not sure of the combination of factors are determining which devices are affected but it would be really nice if Apple would chime in.

Nov 27, 2023 7:03 AM in response to faasti

Since the ios17 update I have not received any text message updates on my iPhone SE Gen2. No alerts. No sounds. No notice what so ever. I periodically check my phone to see a cache of text messages I was not aware of. It does not appear to have an effect on any other apps or notifications except for the apple messages app. How do I correct this? I have checked all the settings within the phone to make sure alerts and notifications were turned on, do not disturb turned off, and so on for texts and nothing has worked.

Dec 3, 2023 9:12 AM in response to faasti

Having same issue with my iPhone 12 Pro. All notifications from apps stopped sometime last week when it updated to iOS 17.1.2. Checked all settings, reset phone to factory default settings and still no notifications from apps. I get text and phone call notifications but that’s it. No banners, no numbers on app icons, nothing. Help!!!!


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Feb 7, 2024 5:50 PM in response to faasti

Having struggled like others for weeks with notification problems with iOS 17 both on my old XR and my new 15 Pro I've now found an acceptable work around that sorts things out for me - I was experiencing similar issues as everyone else such as missed calls because the phone never rung, notifications in WhatsApp never pinging or showing etc etc. I had tried all previous user suggestions to no avail and as a final roll of the dice I decided that the 'Focus' features may be the source of some of the problems I was experiencing as the issues seemed to parallel what 'Focus' was intended to do - ie silence calls and notifications (Settings > Focus). My 'Focus' was set to give me peace and quiet from midnight to 08:00 hrs and had a couple of exclusions such as emergency calls that I was prepared to take during quiet hours. I had no other exclusions or filters set that I could see that would give me a problem. In any event I decided to just turn every feature off that I could see so see if it would help. I also added pretty much every key contact I had and all my critical Apps as exceptions (Settings > Focus > Do Not Disturb). I got quick results - App notifications were returned to normal and App calls resumed as well. So for me it's slightly inconvenient to lose the ability to silence my device at night but it's an acceptable work around for me as the phone more or less is completely functional in all other respects. If you are struggling I suggest you give it a try to see if it works for you.

Sep 21, 2023 1:48 AM in response to sanjfer

I got those notification sounds work at whatsapp like this: Iphone settings -> notifications -> srocll down and click whatsapp -> here are three options: locked sreen, notification centre and banners.


At least one of those options have been cheked (and "sounds" below also enabled), after that you get whatsapp sound notifications.


Ios 16 dosent required any of those three options cheked and still alerts worked in apps

Notifications not working after iOS 17 Update

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