Phone doesn’t vibrate anymore on silent mode..

Hi! I had the same issue and just figured it out. I came across your post after Googling for a solution.

This is what I did:

1. Go to Settings
2. Go to Accessibility
3. Scroll down and go to Touch
4. Scroll down and look for Vibration and turn that on (to green)
5. Then go “back” until you’re under Settings
6. Then go to Sounds & Haptics
7. Then go to Haptics and choose, “Play in Silent Mode”

Hope this helps!

I've had almost exactly the same issue. I have an iPhone XS and had not updated the iOS for ages (I was using iOS 14.8 - I hate change ;-). When I finally gave in and updated to 17.2.1, the vibrate changed to an almost unnoticeable level, and for the longest time I couldn't increase it. If I had the phone IN MY HAND I could feel the very slightest vibration, but nothing even close to what it used to be :-((

I finally solved my problem by going to Settings/Sounds & Haptics/Ringtone/Haptics and changing from the default "Synchronized", to one of the other options (I went to "Symphony", but some of the others were fine too). Now the vibration is back to what I had before. You can change more than "Ringtone", and use different vibration patterns to help you identify what is coming in.

Not sure if that will solve your problem, but it did solve mine!

I tried these steps. Mine says “ always on”. Still not vibrating.

Ahh, apple has better features in recent OS updates. (Just so you know, I have tested this on my 15 Pro Max)

1. Goto Sounds & haptics
2. Make Sure "Haptics" under Ringtones & Alerts is set to "Always Play"
3. then go to Ringtone type selection.. scroll at the top - you will see "Haptics" set to none. click on that and choose one of the other vibration haptics listed there.
4. best part is you can also create your own vibration haptics too
5. thats it.. now when you are on silent or on the ringtone mode, vibration haptics will play :)

Our 12 & 13 do not even show that option under sounds & haptics.

FIX FOUND! - the reason it won’t vibrate in silent mode is because the default haptic is set to “synchronized”. When it silent it won’t make sound therefor it has nothing to sync with. Change the haptic setting from synchronized to a different selection.

I tried all of these options. everything is on. i tried changing the options on/off and to different options than default. nothing works. i depend on the vibration for my alarm and it’s very frustrating esp when there’s people in these comments acting like their “turn it on” solution is so life changing and helpful when it’s not.

this is how i did it.

1. go to settings
2. go to sounds and haptics
3. go to ringtone
4. at the top of ringtone press haptics
5. and then pick the vibration you want just make sure it’s not on default as you won’t have the vibration on silent

just talked to Apple support via chat and this is how I fixed the problem. I hope they make it a bit more clear for the future as this has been annoying many people.

Step 1: Open Settings on your iPhone.

Step 2: Go to 'Sounds & Haptics'.

Step 3: Scroll down to the Ring/Silent Mode Switch section and enable the toggle for 'Play Haptics in Silent Mode'.

Now, your iPhone will vibrate on silent.

Go to Settings/Sounds & Haptics and turn on the switches for Haptics.

I figured it out. Go under sounds and haptics and then, go to ringtone and see if “Haptics” on top of the page is turned on. Mine said none, so then I chose default. It will work in silent mode after you do that.

skompalwar wrote:

1. Ahh, apple has better features in recent OS updates. (Just so you know, I have tested this on my 15 Pro Max)

Goto Sounds & haptics

2. Make Sure "Haptics" under Ringtones & Alerts is set to "Always Play"

3. then go to Ringtone type selection.. scroll at the top - you will see "Haptics" set to none. click on that and choose one of the other vibration haptics listed there.

4. best part is you can also create your own vibration haptics too

5. thats it.. now when you are on silent or on the ringtone mode, vibration haptics will play :)

This work for my iPhone 13, but if I changed to "Play in silent mode" on the haptic options well it's not vibrate at all, it's kinda weird logicaly it should vibrate when in silent mode, that's the purposes for that option rigth? Lol. But the weirdest thing is if we turned off sound on whatsapp notification it will not vibrate at all, so we have to turn on the sound option and the result is we have sound and vibrate for whatsapp notification ladies and gentlemen. It's kinda dumb, hope apple fix it!!

Thanks for the tips btw ;)

So glad to hear it may have fixed it! No, I don’t work for Apple. 😂 You’re welcome!