Do Not Disturb doesn't allow notification banners to show when unlocked

Do not disturb used to work perfectly fine. All my notifications still came up but was completely silenced, as is the purpose of DND.

But now no notifications show up when i'm actually using my phone, leading to me not seeing notifications for at least an hour. Also, when on DND with my phone locked and I received a notification, it would make my phone wake up, but now I have to manually wake up my phone to see notifications.

I use an iPhone 5S running iOS 8.1 and I have never encountered this problem before. How do I fix it?

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1

Posted on Mar 18, 2015 4:39 PM

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Mar 18, 2015 5:40 PM in response to pzalazar

Also, when on DND with my phone locked and I received a notification, it would make my phone wake up, but now I have to manually wake up my phone to see notifications.


According to how I understand Do Not Disturb, what you're seeing is the expected behavior. From the manual:


Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb is an easy way to silence iPhone, whether you’re going to dinner or to sleep. It keeps calls and alerts from making any sounds or lighting up the screen.





Mar 20, 2015 3:15 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

I am having the same issue as pzalazar. DND should silence the phone, but still show the text preview in the lock screen. Since the update, the text previews for DND assigned text messages no longer show on the lock screen. They also do not show a banner notification as they used to. You have to manually check the text messages to be notified of any new texts.

Mar 20, 2015 3:34 PM in response to ducky fresh

ducky fresh wrote:


I am having the same issue as pzalazar. DND should silence the phone, but still show the text preview in the lock screen. Since the update, the text previews for DND assigned text messages no longer show on the lock screen. They also do not show a banner notification as they used to. You have to manually check the text messages to be notified of any new texts.

Again, according to the manual, when the phone is in DND mode, it does not light up in anyway. You're not supposed to be notified of anything. As I don't use it very much, I don't know what it used to do. I can only say that I'm seeing the behavior described in the manual. And, if they put it in the manual, I would assume it's working the way they intended.


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Mar 20, 2015 3:39 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Hi Meg,

Thanks for your reply. Whether the phone lights up or not, the messages used to appear on the lock screen. My concern isn't that the phone no longer lights up, but message previews are not shown on the lock screen as they did prior to the update. I agree with your assessment of what's in the manual so there is no disagreement there. Just looking for a method to restore past functionality.

Mar 20, 2015 4:48 PM in response to ducky fresh

ducky fresh wrote:


Hi Meg,

Thanks for your reply. Whether the phone lights up or not, the messages used to appear on the lock screen. My concern isn't that the phone no longer lights up, but message previews are not shown on the lock screen as they did prior to the update. I agree with your assessment of what's in the manual so there is no disagreement there. Just looking for a method to restore past functionality.

It appears that Apple has changed the functionality, based on what you're reporting. All you can do is submit feedback to Apple.

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