iPhone not getting text notifications

I’m having this same problem and this might be the single handily most frustrating thing in the world. They need to fix this problem ASAP. I even went to the Apple store and they were so shocked they gave me a whole new phone....the next day THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD ON MY OLD PHONE IS OCCURRING ON THE NEW ONE. I started it up and set everything up as a new phone too and it is still messed up. It’s ridiculous and needs to get fixed. I just want to be able to know when someone text me and not have to go into the message app every time. Or even hear my phone vibrate as I got the text message but can’t even see the **** thing. It’s ******* me off and they need to fix it NOW.

I'm very new to iphone swapped in my Samsung note 8 for a red iPhone 8plus im so missing my Samsung when i send a texts i dont hear that lil blop sound when u send it wow im not so sure i like this phone

It worked!!! Thank you!

Old phone had a notification that it had been too long since the last back up. Did the back up, now it’s fine.

It was especially annoying, since it was only the notifications from my husband that I wasn’t receiving.

Thank you!

There is a workaround for this, but it *****.

Disable Bluetooth in settings (NOT in control center).

I’ve confirmed multiple times on my iPhone X on iOS 11.3.1.

Re-enable it and the notifications go away again.

Apple defect.

So I can choose to either use my Apple Watch or get text notifications.

sad.

Apple has still not fixed this in 11.3.1. Bluetooth on kills getting message notifications on lock screen. As other respondent noted, turning Bluetooth off in control centre also doesn’t work properly. So 2 bugs for Apple to fix.

After much research, I am convinced that at least in my case, there isn't any setting that will fix this. It's an Apple FEATURE. If you wear an apple watch, and it is paired to your phone, text notifications go ONLY to the watch. So if you turn off Bluetooth on the phone, the watch can't get those notifications, so they go back to the phone.

Ideally, Apple would change this behavior such that the notifications would go to BOTH devices.

But as it stands now, I just turned up the notification volume on my watch, and I haven't missed a text yet.

I’ve had this problem since iOS 11 came out. Now I have 11.4 and it’s still not working. NOT A WORD FROM APPLE! There’s over 4500 people with the same complaint on this discussion. Imagine how many more are not vocal.

This started in September 2017:

iOS 11 has a new "feature". In iOS 11, you are allowed to hide alerts from both general SMS and iMessage conversations directly in Messages app on your iPhone and iPad. This enables you to hide alerts from SPECIFIC senders! If turned on, message alerts will not show up on your iPhone or iPad screen once you turned on the hide-alert toggle.

Somehow this toggle was turned on, on my wife's iPhone 7, just for ME . We have no idea how (so she says). I think that possibly the update process did it. For months and months she was missing my text messages because she was not alerted by any means. The only way to know she got a text from me was to manually go to text messages and check. It was maddening!!! She was always texting with others (even during our conversations) but never responded to mine. We practically ended up in divorce court!

Go to text messages, select the text stream for the specific person, at the top of the screen, to the right of the person's name click on the circle "i" and you will see "Hide alerts" with a toggle. Be sure the toggle is turned OFF. Especially for your significant other!

It took me forever to figure this out. Someone does finally mention it at the bottom of this post.

Had the same problem, but with one person. Turns out while using the info button/screen while looking for a phone number, I must have bumped the "Hide Alert" option and turned it on.

By turning it off, I now get alerts just like normal. Problem corrected.

I have an iPhone 6 that has been going crazy lately.

It sometimes turn on and off while I’m using it.

I don’t get any banners or alerts or badges for my texts. I just feel my phone buzz and I can’t tell if it’s for a text or my mail (cause I set my mail to buzz when new mail comes in)

Someone please help

Same thing happening to me, I don’t get any notifications on my iPhone X, very irritating. Occasionally happens on my lock screen, but I simply will not get any notifications on my home screen or when using my phone. And the do not disturb is NOT on.

One of you must have "Hide Alerts" toggled to the on position. That is what my wife had. It was hiding all alerts when I texted her so her phone did not alert her in any way. She was missing all of my texts. This "feature" can be set per contact/person. For some reason she had it toggled to on for my contact only so I was the only one she was not being alerted for -- put a strain on our marriage! :-) Go to a text message from your wife or on her phone one from you, and click on the circle "i" at the top right. Scroll down and you should see "hide alerts". Make sure it is turned OFF!

It would be lovely if this is what it was for everyone - many posts just like this on this discussion but it is not the problem for most of us.

There is a big list of causes but the most common is that IF you have a Bluetooth device on, especially the Apple Watch, you won’t get the sound notification. A lot of people say a Bluetooth headset will do it too and I - for one - am sick and tired of people saying just turn off all Bluetooth, as if THAT is a terrific fix. I’m not pitching my watch to fix my phone.

I agree with you. Most of the responses are asinine. Apple products should work together, not fight each other. I don’t get notifying both phone and Apple Watch, which is what I want. And it is not just one contact, it is all contacts. Apple needs to work on this.