Why is my iPhone 15 Pro Max not vibrating on silent mode?

FIX - this may only be for me but i switched from physical SIM to an ESIM and this problem didn't go away until I removed the physical SIM.

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

when you are at the screen to select a ring tone or a notification tone there is a option on the top of the screen “Haptics”, which is given to select a specific style for your current ring tone to active haptic vibration while ringing or getting notifications. After you select a pattern it will activate to run with your current ring tone.

I just followed the steps described above to set the vibration haptics and it worked. I have iPhone 12 with IOS 18.2. I went to settings-sound/haptics-ringtone-then in ringtone, scroll up and haptics is on top(well, on my phone anyway). Mine was set to default but I see options to change vibration type and see the None option at the bottom of the list.

My phones vibration is faint, I think that’s why I thought it wasn’t vibrating. I’ll play around with different types and see if it’s more noticeable.

Question-at the top of the Sound/Haptics menu there is a ringtone alert volume. Maybe that affects the vibration amount? Not sure.

Absolutely

i did the same

accessibility

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then vibrate

Turn it off, then turn it on again.

Also, if you are using Do Not Disturb, check the DND settings.

Are you up to date with the most recent version for iOS?

This is what I needed, thank you! It wasn't that the phone isn't vibrating its that its so quiet. But even still after changing this the vibrations in general are so low now the phone doesn't even move compared to past versions. With my case the phone has to be face down to hear it on the counter vibrating because it has those legs to not lay flat on the camera.

Another note to add: You have to change the haptics for each category, text, ring, voicemail etc because they are individually set to default.

I noticed my iPhone vibrates only side-to-side, so it won't vibrate against a surface if it is lying flat. However, if you turn the phone on its edge, it will vibrate against the surface so you can hear it. This is a flaw as nobody stores their phone on its edge when they throw it down on their desk.

I believe the issue is a design flaw. I’ve contacted apple and discussed the issue with them and they have not acknowledged that it’s an issue. The problem is how the phone vibrates. The phone vibrates side to side, and now up and down. If you lay the phone flat on a table it will not make any noticeable vibrations . If you place the phone on its edge, you will hear and see it vibrating like crazy. Because the phone does not vibrate in all directions, you can not feel it vibrate in your pocket. This is definitely a design defect and the phone should be recalled.

Simple trick to turn on vibration on silent mode.

1.Go to settings.

2.Select Sounds and heptics

3.Select Ringtone

4.Select Haptics

5.Select your option in standard column

Now Check your iphone will ring on Silent mode

Dear friends,

For dual sim users you need to enable this for both your sims otherwise haptics wont work for both

hope this helps😊

I have had the SAME annoying issue. Nothing works! I’ve checked everything as you have. I depended on my “vibrate” mode for so much. It’s been messed up for so long. Did you ever find a fix? I am glad I didn’t purchase a new phone. I thought that was the issue as well. I have an iPhone 12pro max.

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.

my iPhone is always updated IOS, iPhone 13 promax. I had the same issue about vibration. Thanks to this comunaction board, I could fix some BUT still I cannot have vibration with ringtone at the same time. If it's in the silent mode, it's only vibrate, no sound. If it is NOT silent mode, it has only ringtone. I'd like to have both due to I am half def. Does anyone know how to adjust? or there is no such a thing in recent IOS anymore???