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Q: My apple watch doesn't vibrate when I receive a message please help

HI

 

my Apple watch doesn't vibrate to notify me of a message. Please help

 

thanks

simon

Apple Watch Sport 38mm, iOS 8.3

Posted on May 3, 2015 5:32 AM

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Q: My apple watch doesn't vibrate when I receive a message please help

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  • by iris12,

    iris12 iris12 May 3, 2015 8:23 AM in response to bearwocc
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    May 3, 2015 8:23 AM in response to bearwocc

    It's a very slight vibration. Do you have the haptic setting all the way up under sounds and haptic on the watch app on your phone. You can also try turning prominent taptic on

  • by john242,

    john242 john242 May 3, 2015 8:37 AM in response to bearwocc
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    May 3, 2015 8:37 AM in response to bearwocc

    Setting on your phone not the watch app. Sounds> check vibrate is on then check on text tone, mail etc,  vibration and ring tone are set .Then go to the watch app >notifications and mirror my phone,should sort it . Notification privacy is off.

  • by patrickh40,

    patrickh40 patrickh40 May 3, 2015 12:29 PM in response to bearwocc
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    May 3, 2015 12:29 PM in response to bearwocc

    There's another thread on this subject that helped me.   Assuming your iPhone and Watch notifications are all on...

     

    Reset the iPhone and Watch.   Other users have unpaired and repaired the Watch.

     

    While I didn't have to unpair the watch, resetting both devices solved my problem (no notifications at all on the watch).

     

    To override the iPhone settings as a troubleshooting step, I used custom settings in the Watch App to ensure the sound, vibration, taptic all hit my watch.  

     

    I also set the repeat to 3 times...alert me three times if I don't acknowledge the "alert".   I doubt I'll keep this at 3x notifications, but just experimenting to see if this is truly fixed.

     

    Hope this helps....

  • by mrjayd,

    mrjayd mrjayd May 20, 2015 12:11 PM in response to patrickh40
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    May 20, 2015 12:11 PM in response to patrickh40

    where did you go to set it to repeat 3 times?

  • by Dhdhdjeidifirjri,

    Dhdhdjeidifirjri Dhdhdjeidifirjri Jun 15, 2015 4:01 AM in response to bearwocc
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    Jun 15, 2015 4:01 AM in response to bearwocc

    Hey Guys, Anyone not getting notifications should try to switch off wrist detection in the general settings tab on the apple watch app on the iPhone. I have not been getting notifications of any sort until I switched that feature off, I am now getting all my notifications. I tried everything all sorts of resets and this is what fixed it for me.


    If this fix does work for you then I believe your infra red sensor is not working properly.

  • by eponymous,Helpful

    eponymous eponymous Jun 22, 2015 4:33 AM in response to bearwocc
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    Jun 22, 2015 4:33 AM in response to bearwocc

    I've had this happen a couple of times now. The watch just stops giving any sort of notification - vibration or sound. What's more, it doesn't vibrate when you force-touch it either.

     

    The fix (in my case) was really easy: Switch the watch off and back on again.

    To do so:

    1. Press and hold the side button (under the digital crown) until you see the three options (power off, power reserve and lock).
    2. Slide 'power off' to switch off the watch.
    3. Wait until it turns off, then press and hold the side button again.

     

    When it re-starts, you can test whether vibration is working again by force-touching the watch face.

     

    Hope that helps.

  • by Gporto,

    Gporto Gporto Jul 9, 2015 6:24 PM in response to eponymous
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    Jul 9, 2015 6:24 PM in response to eponymous

    I could  be wrong, but I think this bug is related to Do Not Disturb. I have placed my phone in Do Not Disturb and the Watch mirrors that setting. When I take the phone out of Do Not Disturb, the watch does not follow suit. I can turn it back off on the watch manually, but the vibrate seems to get hosed. Anyway, turning off the watch and turning it back on fixes it for me.

  • by bikerblue,

    bikerblue bikerblue May 12, 2016 11:04 PM in response to bearwocc
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    May 12, 2016 11:04 PM in response to bearwocc

    I  not that techno  and I know this may sound stupid  I had this problem and read all the posts which was good, however I ended up live chat with Apple help who were great. I did all the things that previous posts ad suggested first including reinstalling iwatch. It turned out that I hadnt realised that  phone has to be blank screen. Not open on the home screen for the watch to vibrate. If the phone is open on the home screen  messages go directly to the phone and not on the watch so it doesn't vibrate.  I did say I wasn't that techno! Just thought I would mention it.

  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit May 13, 2016 3:25 AM in response to bearwocc
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    May 13, 2016 3:25 AM in response to bearwocc

    Hi ..

     

    To add to the replies here, make sure your Apple Watch software is up to date. Instructions here > Update the software on your Apple Watch

     

    And on your iPhone as well. Tap Settings > General > Software Update