iOS 10 SMS and iMessage notification issues

Hi Guys

I had the exact same problem and in total frustration struggled a whole day only to put my phone on and off and just happen to try and turn it back on and it didn't want to come back on so in panic pressed all the buttons I possibly could and I found a lil switch like button on the top left corner on the side just above the volume buttons and this switch happens to be the silent switch hahaha I feel like an absolute moron. But hey at least I eventually figured it out. Hope it can help some people. I tried everything you guys had on this blog and didn't work. And it was all because of that little switch.

Preshinie89 wrote:

Hi Guys

I had the exact same problem and in total frustration struggled a whole day only to put my phone on and off and just happen to try and turn it back on and it didn't want to come back on so in panic pressed all the buttons I possibly could and I found a lil switch like button on the top left corner on the side just above the volume buttons and this switch happens to be the silent switch hahaha I feel like an absolute moron. But hey at least I eventually figured it out. Hope it can help some people. I tried everything you guys had on this blog and didn't work. And it was all because of that little switch.

I don't know what blog you're talking about.

The mute switch has been mentioned five other times in this thread, including at the top of this page. If that's you're problem, flipping the switch is the answer. However, for most people in this thread, the problem was one of several other things.

Go to your actual text messages conversation and click on the i with the circle on the top right hand corner. Make sure your “hide alerts” is not turned on.

This worked for me, for some odd reason it was turned on. Hope this helps.

So, I’ve still been having this issue and I’ve noticed it’s in relation to something specific.

This only happens when BLUETOOTH is switched on. As soon as I switch Bluetooth off, I get all my notification sounds back. My boyfriend also noticed he started to have the same issue with his iPhone 6s after updating his iOS.

I’ve seen other forums where people have had the same Bluetooth/notification issue so if you’re still having issues with notifications making no sound/vibration see if your Bluetooth is switched on. If so switch it off and see if that works in getting your sounds back.

I suspect there is a bug there somewhere if you find the same as me, that it’s only affected by Bluetooth being switched on. Apple haven’t given any feedback on it yet however.

I tried all the suggestions in this group and none worked -- until I shut down my Apple Watch and turned it back on. Before, I was getting notifications via the watch only. I don't know what it did, but it now works.

Same problem here. And all the replies here are not functional. The kicker is I have the same issue on android and windows. The problem is Facebook/messenger. Apple ok'd poor programmng and google and windows just completely ignored the whole thing.

Adjust both the “Ringer Level” and the “volume” level. To adjust volume level, hold both the home button and volume up/down both simultaneously.

Worked for me to stop the embarrassing ringing doing church and to restore sound later. Seems to be a different feature relative to my iPhone 6 when I only had to turn down the volume to put it in vibrate mode.

Hope this helps.

I have the same problem this has been jumping from I message to texts I’ve had six I phone six and two I phone 7 plus and had this issue since ios10 I’ve done a full restore and the issues has came back on 7 phones came anyone help

I was trying the trick of turning bluetooth off (which works - I reliably get msg tones if bluetooth is off). But then I did as you suggested and removed my email address from the Send&Receive in the msg app. Now I get msg tones & vibration even with bluetooth on - which makes it a much better solution. Congratulations on a great catch! I wonder if Apple knows of this solution.

For me, this problem was annoying but is now in the rear view mirror. I now have an iPhone 8 and am on the latest iOS 11 release, and no sign of this problem. Thank goodness *smile*. I expect that the updates to iOS are what took care of this for me.

This is what I did it work. I don’t use Bluetooth but my iPhone never made a sound with or without Bluetooth. I’m also posting Incase this helps another.

I'm having the same issue. No notification sounds for anything. I tried different stuff including what you just said. Nothing works.

Whats more frustrating is I have an iPad with same ID and same exact settings that is updated to iOS 10 and that has no issue. I get the sound notifications on that. What's the point of having the phone if I don't know when I get a message?

I am having the same problem with my iPhone 7 (iOS10.0.2). Turning off my email from 'Send & Receive' does not fix.

Unacceptable for a phone that costs $750!

Am also having the same problem. No vibrations, no sound, no banners with imessage, and apparently some text messages as well. Apple: please respond and provide a fix to this problem.

Tried a hard reset (multiple times) no luck

Open and closed I message app, signed in and out with apple i.d. (multiple times) no luck