iPhone not getting text notifications

Apple released a software update. I did a little testing and I was getting notifications now, while Bluetooth was on. I had to turn off Bluetooth to get notifications as well. I can’t state for sure as it was a limited test.

I have the exact same problem with messages, but there's more!

When I send a message (SMS or imessage), it keeps loading forever, although the message leaves and I get an answer as well. It keeps loading for some time, then the messages gone! The ones that I was trying to send and the ones I received!

I updated my iphone 6 to iOS 11.2.1 and ALL messages are gone! ALL meaning every single message in the last 6 years or so!

So now, I receive a message, no notification, the message is gone after some time! Nice one ha? Message list clear!

I tried everything written here: no luck!

I have an SE with all the recent iOS 11 updates. Your "fix" does not work on my phone. I still do not receive any sound with my notifications. I made certain that notifications are enabled. I adjusted the volume. I disabled Bluetooth from the Control Center. I restarted the phone. Nothing. Zero. Zip. Nada.

and please don't say turning off bluetooth. I love my watch and I do not think that turning off one apple product to fix another apple product is a fix. I do see that it works but I do want to use my watch - and headphones - on bluetooth.

I stopped receiving notifications today and was stumped, even after reading through this forum - till my son asked if "Hide Alerts" was on.

On the text screen, go to the "i" in circle at top right of screen and check through options. "Hide Alerts" should not be switched on.

Somehow it had got switched on, on my phone, so I switched it to off, and that fixed it for me.

Solved my issue. I wasn’t getting a ding when my wife messaged me after IOS11.2.1 update, I think.

In my wife’s (on my phone) Contact > Edit > Alert Tones, no tone was selecited. Selecting one was the solution!

I also have the same exact thing when updating my IOS FINALLY from 9.3.2 to 11.2.1. Text and missed call alerts doesn't display on the locked home screen. Every tip stated here doesn't do a **** thing. I have to shutdown and restart my Iphone SE then it shows them. But after awhile it then conveniently doesn't show them again at all. This is clearly a bug with version 11.2.1!

I hope Apple fixes this ASAP............. can't keep on restarting my Iphone...... sheesh!!!😠😠😠

Same problem with iPhone X (11.2.1). When bluetooth is enable I don't receive notification with sound. Since I use bluetooth most of the time (headphones, etc) this is very annoying. Apple fix this!!

I’m a little confused by everyone who has an Apple Watch. Don’t you get your message notifications on the watch, thus not needing for the phone to notify? Then, when my watch isn’t on my arm, I still get them on the phone. I think it’s this way by design.

Also, for those of you struggling with this issue, have you tried backing up, restoring phone to factory, then restoring backup? That always seems to clean up bugs for me.

Notifications work when I have watch on, but with watch off and Bluetooth on notifications have no sound on ip. My new iPhone X has this issue out of the box, so back up, restore probably wouldn’t help.

I had this same exact problem with my new IPhone X. I chatted with a very nice Apple Genius and they were stumped. It even was pushed to a supervisor. Then they called me to see if they could talk me through a solution.... Nothing. It wasn’t until I took my IWatch off to charge that it dawned on me. It was because I had the IWatch on and paired with my phone. If you have an IWatch paired with your phone, it will not ring or alert you via the phone...it will be via the watch!! Your text and phone call will be present when you unlock your phone. When the watch is charging or off, my phone rings and alerts me with sound when in the locked position. Problem solved? Depends on if you like this feature or not. Have not discovered a way to change it. Hope this helped.

I think your right about the Apple Watch because I do have one paired, but the person I live with doesn’t have Apple Watch but if he leaves Bluetooth on he SOMETIMES doesn’t get an alert with text message. It’s hit and miss. As soon as Bluetooth turned off it works every time. Annoying when you want to use Bluetooth headphones.

Hello Tom,

If you have Bluetooth turned on and are using a Bluetooth headset the sound is redirected to the headset and will not go to the iPhone speakers.

This is a huge problem for the iPhone that has been around forever. Example, I wear a suite for work and use a Bluetooth earpiece when on a call and when the call is finished I remove the earpiece and place it in my suite coat pocket. If I receive a text or email I will not be notified because the notification is being directed tyo my Bluetooth earpiece which I do not have in my ear.

The only notification that you can hear through the iPhone is a phone call. This is very irritating and the only phone that worked as we both would like was the blackberry. This should be super simple but since 99.9999999% of apple workers never use the iPhone in this manner it will probably never get fixed.

I have an iPhone X and it looks like out of the box it is set to alert once for message notifications. With previous phones, I believe it was set to alert twice.

After turning bluetooth off I got all the notifications after muting.

Also changing this to alert twice seems to have resolved the issue also.

Have tried every solution offered in this thread and not one of them works. I have a 7plus with updated software 11.2.1 I'm not sure why apple doesn't respond, but I won't have to worry about it, once I switch back to an Android phone.