Why is my iPhone 8 not vibrating for notifications?

Vibration on home button working, but system vibration (notifications, calls and other) don’t work. In the settings vibration turned on


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iPhone 8, iOS 16

Posted on Feb 17, 2025 1:11 AM

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Feb 17, 2025 1:41 AM in response to MilesHolter

There are places where you may have set Haptics to None.

  1. Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Vibration [Enable]
  2. General Sound & Haptics (See the Pic below)
  3. Alarm (See the pic below)
  4. Phone Ring Tone (See the pic below)
  5. For emails
    1. You will have to set it independently for every mail account (Watch the GIF below: This is an old one but the concept remains the same)
    2. Note: The default is No Vibration.
  6. For Email Haptics see the steps below on iOS 18
  7. Overall Sounds & Haptics
  8. Customise for Individual Accounts and Sub-categories



Feb 18, 2025 5:11 AM in response to SravanKrA

It doesn’t work anyway. Alright, so here’s what’s happening. I restart my iPhone, and as soon as it turns on, I test the vibration—it works fine for a few seconds. But then, out of nowhere, it just stops. No vibration for calls, notifications, nothing. The only way to make it work again is to restart the phone, but then the same thing happens all over again.

Feb 18, 2025 5:11 AM in response to SravanKrA

It doesn’t work anyway. Alright, so here’s what’s happening. I restart my iPhone, and as soon as it turns on, I test the vibration—it works fine for a few seconds. But then, out of nowhere, it just stops. No vibration for calls, notifications, nothing. The only way to make it work again is to restart the phone, but then the same thing happens all over again.

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