No incoming message sound when locked - iPhone 6, iOS 8

First, it's not a bug.

Do you have ANY "Do Not Disturb" functions turned on? If so, that will silence ALL txt alerts.

Thanks - this works

My problem was that all other sounds EXCEPT message notifications worked and your solution sorted it.

Thanks again!

SP

Must be just a glitch they can sort with next update. Mine didn't work after using the Jack socket to connect to my car stereo & Bluetooth for hands free phone. Text sounds & music stopped playing through phone speakers. Quick reboot & it worked again

I have a similar problem; I get the sound but it is so soft I can hardly hear it when the phone is next to me. Across the room, no. The phone ringtone is ok. Rebooting helps, but it doesn't last.

Similar problem as articulated in this thread. Went to my settings, notifications and activated alert sounds for each item; ie: messages, incoming emails, etc. All good now.

Go to settings.

Sounds.

Lock Sounds.

Turn it off.

This worked for me with iPhone 5

I was having this issue and found the culprit in my case. My Apple Watch. It is the only bluetooth device hooked up to my iPhone. When I disable bluetooth on the phone, I get text tone while the phone is locked. When I turn Bluetooth on and my Apple Watch is the only Bluetooth device connected, I do not get text tones. When I leave bluetooth on my phone turned on and also turn my Apple Watch off, I get text tones while my iPhone screen is locked. When I turn my Apple Watch back on, I stop getting text tones while my screen is locked. It seems that my phone may be treating my Apple Watch like a bluetooth headset, yet no sound comes out of the Apple Watch. In my case, the combo of Bluetooth and my Apple Watch appear to be the culprits here.

It was exactly the same case for me. I un-pair Apple watch and text notification sound back with locked screen.

I also noted that Apple Watch battery was almost off (never happened to me before). Probably Apple Watch stuck with something...

I noticed that my iPhone 6 has gotten stuck in "Headphone mode" - with the result that i do not hear the messages http://www.iphonetopics.com/iphone-stuck-in-headphones-mode/ With headphones on i hear the keyboard being clicked and messages coming in!

When unplugging headphones the phone still is in headphone mode though… :-(

After trying everything in this thread, up to here, this worked! Who'd-a-thunk.....there's a do-not-disturb setting for each individual contact. Useful if you know about it. A possible nightmare if you don't! This is a new 6S. Must set up with this option activated. At least I learned something new. Thanks.

I Just went to setting, pulled up notifications, went down to messages, and the messages were turned off in the notifications. We have to have the notifications turned on regarding the messages in order for us to get sound when we're texted. Have a blessed and pleasant evening everyone.

I Just went to setting, pulled up notifications, went down to messages, and the messages were turned off in the notifications. We have to have the notifications turned on regarding the messages in order for us to get sound when we're texted. Have a blessed and pleasant evening everyone.

So frustrating - I thought this was intermittent for me. Turned out it was just under the edit settings of my most common business contact.

>"Messages"

>certain contact

>"Details" (top right hand corner)

>part ways down "Do Not Disturb" was activated

Must have tripped it while looking at past files sent.

The do not disturb may work for some.

The correct answer was volume turned down while watching YouTube Video.

But that was last iOS

Settings

Messages

Send & Recieve

Make sure the check mark is on your phone number and not on your email address