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Double/Echo Email Notification Sound (iPhone 6 Plus and iOS 8)

I have iCloud push email on my iPhone 6 Plus. When I get an email notification the sound seems to 'echo'. Another way to explain how it sounds is it sounds just like when I get a notification and my iPad and iPhone are right next to each other and both notifications come in at once. It did not do it with any of my past iPhones.

Here are the steps I've taken to isolate the problem.

Going into mail.app in Notifications and turning off "allow notifications" will turn off all visual notifications, but still allow audio notifications (no doubling of audio notifications)
Turning off just "notification sound" by choosing "none" for each account will result in no audio notifications at all.
Doing a "Reset All Settings" does not correct the problem.

All other notification sounds are fine, it's just when I get an email.

Does anyone have the same issue? Any solution?

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 25, 2014 10:43 AM

122 replies

Dec 10, 2014 7:17 AM in response to Rob Coleman

Yesterday's 8.1.2 update did not fix the problem on my iPhone 6.

Dec 10, 2014 7:18 AM in response to RhythmGuru

The fix will come in 8.2.

Dec 24, 2014 10:30 PM in response to GUERiLLAPUNK^MOB

I have this echo issue on my iPhone 6 64GB. The only two mail I use are 2 yahoo accounts. Also, when I hit the power button to turn the screen off, there is also an echo. If I hold the phone up to your ear while doing this, I can hear an electronic sound fading out. It's weird and I don't think it's normal. My iPhone has also crashed once and has cosmetic flaws. I'm thinking about swapping it out since it's still < 30 days old.

Dec 24, 2014 11:01 PM in response to radiolarian

As a matter of fact, whenever the screen is on, there is a constant stream of buzzing/humming noise. Hold the bottom speaker up to your ear when the screen is on and listen.

Jan 11, 2015 1:19 PM in response to GUERiLLAPUNK^MOB

just so al;l are aware this is not just a double tone issue its actually a whole double alert issue.

I can say this because when ios 8 came out i was also getting duplicate alerts on my pebble. Pebble had to change their firmware to get rid of it.

Jan 29, 2015 8:27 AM in response to laferil

I had the same issue and found you can only get rid of it, at least the vibrating part, by setting a custom vibration.

Hope it helps.

Thanks,

xhunter

Level 1

35 points

Jan 29, 2015 4:52 PM in response to solorzanot

Setting a custom vibration did not help me.

I really, really hope 8.2 fixes this annoying issue. I am tired of this "echo" vibration I have because it is way too similar to the vibration I have for texts. And I can't wait for notifications to start properly clearing from the lock screen when emails have been read on my MacBook Pro. Should've stayed with iOS 7 for a few extra months, apparently.

And FWIW, this started when I upgraded my iPhone 5 to iOS 8. A full factory reset without a restore didn't fix. And getting the iPhone 6 did not fix it. Such crap.

bwt1169

Level 1

4 points

Feb 19, 2015 8:24 AM in response to chevyguy

Chevyguy,

Thanks for taking the time to figure out, test and post your workaround. I found it intriguing so had to try it after several similar failed attempts myself. Unfortunately, for me, when I turn off vibrate in the global sounds setting (Settings>Sounds>Vibrate on Ring - off), then I do not ever get a vibration notification for incoming emails despite having chosen a vibration pattern in Notifications (Settings>Notifications>Mail>Gmail>Notification Sounds>Vibration>Quick). You didn't specifically mention that you still get a vibration so I'm wondering if I misunderstood your post.

Hopefully new IOS will be released soon and workarounds will no longer be needed.