I had the same problem. I never noticed the bell until today but I did notice none of my daughters text would alarm. I did all the above and nothing. After trying different things I was able to fix it. Go to your text messages- the main page with a list of all your texts from everyone. On the one that has the bell with the line thru it- press on that converasation/contact for about 2 seconds and it will remove bell and you will be able to get notifications. Dont let it go into that conversation with the contact, you have to press and hold over the contacts name not the arrow to the right.