I recently upgraded to the 8.4.1 OS and my phone stopped vibrating when I receive calls, texts, etc. I've checked the settings and it's set to vibrate even in silent mode. It doesn't even vibrate when I try to test other vibration options in the settings area. I've restarted my phone several times as well. I have to keep my phone on silent while I'm at work, so I'm missing calls all day long. Help!
iPhone 6, iOS 8.4.1
Hi smash8,
If you are having issues with your iPhone not vibrating as it should when you receive calls, you may want to try some things to troubleshoot.
First, quit all running applications and test again -
Next, I would try restarting and if needed resetting the iPhone -
Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If the issue is still present, you may want to restore the iPhone as a new device -
How to erase your iOS device and then set it up as a new device or restore it from backups
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best to you.
Thanks Brett! I tried all of those things, including restoring my phone from scratch and, sadly, it still won't vibrate. Any other suggestions? Should I just take it into a nearby Apple Store?
Hi smash8,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. Due to the nature of the issue you described you may find more information by using another one of Apple's support resources - https://getsupport.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action.
My phone was also not vibrating. I enabled/disabled then re-enabled and nothing. I remembered that in the past when vibrate was functioning I had also enabled the led lights for notifications. I think when I disabled the led lights it somehow also disabled the vibrating (bug). Now its working.
This is what I did.
1. enabled the led lights.
2. text myself from a different phone, to verify the led light was on. When the text came in the phone led light flashed and it also vibrated.
3. I disabled the led lights.
4. text myself again, and this somehow fixed my problem. The vibrate function is working. Must be a bug, but I'm afraid to re-create it.
Hope this helps you.
Hi gilbertofromsavage,
Thanks for the info! I meant to update this post sooner, but I ended up taking my phone to the nearest Apple store and they found that the vibrating mechanism in the phone had broke. Turns out it was just coincidence that it happened around the same time that I upgraded the OS. It was under warranty so they fixed it for free and it's vibrating once again. Thanks! 🙂
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