iPhone Not Vibrating After Update to ios 17

I have the same problem. When in silent mode, when I get a text or phone call, for example, the phone has a very minor slight vibrate (lasts about 0.5 seconds) that you don't even feel if the phone is in your pocket, for example. I also don't even hear it if the phone is sitting on my desk (before, I used to). The 'old' regular vibrate was much more pronounced and you couldn't miss it. Seems like Apple goofed big time with iOS17 as everyone I talk to has the same problem with this update. I would have thought Apple would have fixed this after 2+ months and numerous updates.

I agree. This is a big goof. The very soft, intermittent and brief vibration is way too subtle to be picked up in a pocket while you’re walking or on the desk right beside you. Hope you can fix it in a future OS release or give us the flexibility to change the intensity and duration of the vibration to suit our preferences.

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I have the same exact issue. The old vibrate, in silent mode, has been replaced with some faint haptics. Not as noticeable anymore.

We are now on 17.2.1 and the vibration bug still hasn't been fixed. Is this problem so hard that Apple doesn't know how to or care to fix it? It seems that everyone with model iPhones and iOS 17 has this problem receiving text message notifications when in silent (vibrate) mode. C'mon Apple!!

I have the same problem.

And I know it's a software issue for the following reasons:

I was going crazy with my iPhone 13 because it hasn't vibrated since the update to iOS 17.

Today, I bought an iPhone 15 PRO MAX, restored the backup, and COINCIDENTALLY, it still doesn't vibrate.

It's quite clear that it's a software problem, then.

I think it may be related to having a custom vibration, but the truth is that the device doesn't emit any kind of vibration. It simply doesn't vibrate in any function that should have vibration:

I'm an Apple developer, and I've tried to create an app that vibrates, and it just doesn't work.

There must be something in the settings that didn't go well with iOS 17, and the device simply stopped vibrating completely.

Please, we need a solution. I don't want to have to delete my backup.

And I don't even want to try if that's the issue.

Just fix it. There's some problem causing the devices to never vibrate.

Apple: you do realize that some of us customers NEED the old vibration function because we can’t hear, right? We are deaf and the old vibrations are simply not noticeable to know when someone is calling. Don’t you have “accessibility” requirements in place for disabled ppl?

This is the fix for your phone not vibrating as explained here:

SETTINGS>ACCESSIBILITY>TOUCH>VIBRATION (make sure vibration is "on")

also check SETTINGS>SOUND&HAPTICS>HAPTICS is in any mode that will allow it to vibrate

I get some vibration from certain app alerts. But none from emails, texts or calls - which are critical. I also went through all of these steps and updated to iOS 17.2.1 on iPhone SE. And I set up custom haptics. When making the custom haptics, the phone vibrates. But when receiving messages, the phone doesn’t vibrate. It’s so very frustrating!

I already had checked all of the items you listed above as a 'fix' and all are properly set on my iPhone however the vibrate still doesn't work on my iPhone 14 Pro. I do not have an Apple Watch... not sure why that would matter anyway.

Mia_00: This issue is NOT about the sounds not working when we get text messages but is about the vibration of the phone when receiving text messages when the silence button is on. 2 different things. The vibration current in iOS17 is barely existent when we get text messages (when in silent) that we barely hear or feel the vibration. Why won't Apple fix this? Sounds like it's been a bug/flaw since iOS17 went live in Sept. or Oct. It's now 3+ months later. C'mon Apple.. fix this!!

If you have a Apple Watch and updated to the most recent OS, you will only receive notifications on your watch per support:

This is a new feature from the last software :/

Notifications appear on your Apple Watch or iPhone, but not both.

 

If your iPhone is unlocked, you'll receive notifications on your iPhone instead of your Apple Watch.

If your iPhone is locked or asleep, you'll receive notifications on your Apple Watch, unless your Apple Watch is locked.

you can see that the information is true in this article from Apple: Notifications on your Apple Watch - Apple Support

You can provide feedback using this link and select watch because this was a watch update: Feedback - Watch - Apple

SOLUTION FOR ALL WITH IPHONE 13 PRO MAX THAT DOES NOT VIBRATE AFTER IOS 17 UPDATE

I'm responding to myself, seeing that this was a problem for users with the iPhone 13 PRO MAX. I even took it to the Apple Store in Ginza, Tokyo, and they didn't want to replace it; they wanted to send the device to the factory for investigate issue of not vibration instead of change me the device, with apple care + thief. anyway:

As I was saying, today I bought the iPhone 15 Pro Max, and to my surprise, it also didn't vibrate.

Well, I've found the problem. For some reason that I don't understand, in the iOS 17 update on the iPhone 13 Pro Max, system-level vibration is disabled:

Accessibility > Touch > Vibration.

If this is disabled, no type of vibration works throughout the system. And for some reason that I don't understand, the iOS 17 update on the iPhone 13 Pro Max deactivates it.

I don't know why I'm helping you, as they were very rude to me the last time I went to the Apple Store. In fact, they scammed me out of 130 euros. However, here I am, helping you, and on top of that, I bought an iPhone 15 Pro Max. Anyway, I hope to help someone because this issue had me desperate.

I was having the same issue with my iMessages. My vibration said it was on and my haptics and all that were also on and nothing. I’m not sure about other apps but for iMessage I found something that may work. Go to Settings>> messages>>notifications>>sounds>>vibration>> choose which one you want. Mine was set to none for some reason.

Thanks for the quick response-- mine has always been set to "always play" and it does NOT vibrate.

I had the the same problem after my update until...

I went back into Settings/Notifications/Messages/Sounds, checked "None" then rechecked my desired tone. Bam, it miraculously worked.