iPhone not getting text notifications

I know for a fact my issue is with BT being connected to anything; car, headphones, speaker. When connected to anything via BT, the notification alert sound is pushed through the connected devices speaker instead of out of the phone speaker.

This can be a problem in the car since if you're not streaming from the phone and listening to the radio the sound doesn't push through to anywhere and you'll miss notifications. For headphones, if they're connected but not in your ears you'll not hear anything either.

Since this is my first time back into iOS in 4+ years I'm not sure if its supposed to work this way or not, but its truly annoying and the cause of missing plenty of important notifications.

After many attempts on other suggestions, I tried yours. Works a treat, I don’t know if this is only an intermittent fix or whether it’s a permanent solution, I would suggest anyone reading your reply would give this a try as it has worked for you, and now me. Thank you for your input .

I have same issue with my IPhone 7 plus and apple watch 2...

Strange thing - some notifications work - for example from SMS messages, but some - not. Specifically when the apple watch is connected via the Bluetooth to my iPhone and iPhone screen is locked - no notification/ no sound, but when you unlock the iPhone or wake it up - you see the notification is there - in the notification area...

But no sound was played, and screen was not waked up.

Also, no notification coming to the watch...

But if i disable the bluetooth - everything works just fine.

Just download the update - 11.0.3 - hoping that that update will fix the issue - but its still there. Still no notifications...

It could be that the notification is only meant to show up on the watch I did find a link to another thread talking about that.

If you don’t put the passcode into your watch where do you see and hear the notification??

I have same issue with my IPhone 7 plus and apple watch 2...

Strange thing - some notifications work - for example from SMS messages, but some - not. Specifically when the apple watch is connected via the Bluetooth to my iPhone and iPhone screen is locked - no notification/ no sound, but when you unlock the iPhone or wake it up - you see the notification is there - in the notification area...

But no sound was played, and screen was not waked up.

Also, no notification coming to the watch...

But if i disable the bluetooth - everything works just fine.

Just download the update - 11.0.3 - hoping that that update will fix the issue - but its still there. Still no notificatinos...

UPDATE: After the 11.0.3 update I restarted the watch and everything started to work...

I linked to another threat above. Am I right that I till you put the passcode into your watch your phone wakes and gets notification and tone. When you enter the code into the watch phone doesn’t wake and no notification tone???

I think that’s how it’s meant to work

This page was very helpful to solve my problem. I tried a lot of things so I’m not sure which one did the trick.

https://appletoolbox.com/2017/08/fix-messages-and-imessage-problems-in-ios-11/

https://appletoolbox.com/2017/09/no-text-or-message-notification-alerts-or-sound s-on-iphone-fixes/

I deleted the conversations on my phone.

I disabled notifications for iMessage rebooted and re-enabled

I changed silence mode to be “when phone unlocked” instead of always.

Upgraded to IOS 11.03

I have discovered that since installing iOS 11, if bluetooth is enabled, I get no sound on the lock screen. I use a FitBit so BT is always enabled. My FitBit buzzes with the incoming text, but not the phone. This is a problem, a bug that certainly needs to be fixed. Other annoyances since this upgrade include horrible lag time and frequent screen freezes on apps that have worked perfectly before. My battery drains faster now too. I regret doing the upgrade. My iPad wants me to upgrade from 10.3.3 to iOS 11.0.3 (which is on my phone) and I am holding off for now.

Sounds similar to what I'm experiencing. I reset the phone yesterday and message alerts came through and the screen lit up. This morning, nothing again. Made a purchase at the supermarket this afternoon and got a customary credit card alert and the screen lit up (as it always did before iOS11.x.y.z). I don't have time to experiment with various settings so the issue appears to come and go depending on my phone's mood.

I'm a bit tired these constant OS updates for what appears to be update's sake. I need RELIABLE tools that I can depend on to help me get my job done, Apple.

I just troubleshot my mom’s phone which was experiencing this issue. We realized that she had accidentally tapped “do not disturb” in control center. We recommend that everyone double check this, as the inverted color scheme on the icon isn’t immediately obvious as being “on” or “off “ if you don’t use this feature regularly. There is still value to skeuomorphic UI conventions.

I too have this problem. It’s very frustrating...essentially defeating the purpose of texts. I was thinking they would fix the problem with 11.3. I guess we’ll have to wait for 11.4. I have an ip6.

Here’s a quick check...You don’t have to turn off Bluetooth, but if you have any bluetooth device ON, then the text sound will get ported to that item and you will not hear it. It will be playing on your bluetooth device. So for example if you have a headset using Bluetooth....but it is NOT on your ear, and it is sitting at your desk....and it is left on and connected to your phone...the sound will play, but it will be ported to your headset so you won’t HEAR IT. The phone ringer will still ring on the phone and the headset. The sound for text will not. Not turning OFF your headset and NOT having it in your ear will drive you nuts looking for how to turn the sound back on.

If you are upgraded to ios 11 or higher, check your date& time if it is automatically set or not, If not, go to SETTINGS> GENERAL> DATE & TIME> and tick the "SET AUTOMATICALLY" to ON (GREEN button). Once done, try restarting your phone for about 5 minutes. After that try a "test" text message to one's number so that you can see if it works for you!

I have the same problem like you, my usual time on phone is 10 minutes in advance before updating to ios 11, I haven't encountered this "out of order messaging" and "not receiving notified Text" until I recently updated to ios11, tried so many suggestions from the forum but nothing works, so lately (just this today) I found out that ios 11 requires automated time and date. This works on me, try it. Hope I could help.

Just like others in this thread, I have this problem on my new 8 Plus on 11.0.3, and after trying EVERYTHING mentioned, I will get very temporary (like one or two alerts) resolution, and then always goes back to no alerts.

The one and only thing that solves the iMessage alerts is to turn off Bluetooth. Even if Bluetooth is on with NO devices connected, I eventually end up with no alerts.

I have a smart watch as well (Garmin VivoActive 3 in my case). Turning off Bluetooth is not a solution. My wife has the 7 plus on the same software version and a Garmin smartwatch connected by Bluetooth and she has never had this issue. It is very frustrating trying to come up with a commonality to all our phones and this problem.

Regards,

TD