iPhone message tone notifications inconsistent

Thanks, this fixed my problem! I had noticed the crescent moon for weeks now against my wife's texts (that I never got a notice for). I must have accidentally enabled this while swiping.

Similar issue here. All notifications set properly. First noticed it with the Ring doorbell. With bluetooth off, the ring notification audio works. With Bluetooth on, only the banner works, but not the audio notification. Text notifications are sometimes, but not consistent. Other apps only work in audio, with Bluetooth off.

Figured it out. I turned off Do not disturb and it works perfectly now.

I have a brand new iPhone X. Apple replaced the old phone (which was only five months old) because of the text tone problem, but the new phone does the exact same thing. I only intermittently get a text tone. When my husband texts me from his Android phone, my iPhone will make a text sound but, in order for it to make a sound the next time he texts, I have to back out of the text so only the header shows. This is not the case when others text me. Most of my friends have iPhones, and backing out of the text doesn't remedy the problem. Whether it makes a text tone or not is totally random. I have wasted hours on the phone with Apple Support, and they all say they've never heard of this problem. I find this hard to believe since over 1,000 people have posted that they have the same problem. Another of my friends said her phone worked fine until she did the last update, and now her phone doesn't make text sounds either. I'm totally disgusted with Apple and the fact that they deny the existence of this issue, and I don't know what to do except continually check the phone to see if there are text messages on it. There is no point in going back to the Apple store and getting a new phone or wasting more time with Apple Support because the problem is in the software.

I am having the same issue with iOS 11 on my 6S. no notifications on lock screen, all settings are correct and I have just done a full restore. Frustrating. I am on AT&T, not sure if it a carrier issue with iOS or not, but figured I'd mention since I also restored network setting too, hoping that might help.

My problem with message tones is this: when a new conversation is started I get a notification tone, but for subsequent messages the tone reverts to a kind of Swoosh in reverse, not audible unless you're looking out for it. If I make any changes in the course of the conversation such as choosing a new tone, the next incoming message sounds it correctly, then subsequent messages lose that tone again. I have checked Messages, Notifications and Sounds settings, have restarted and hard reset, and re-installed iOS11. Any ideas?

I'm having the same issues with my Iphone 8 Plus. When the screen is locked my phone doesn't vibrate or make a sound when I get an e-mail or text message. I think it has something to do with IOS 11. I reset my phone numerous times. It will work for awhile and then stop working. It's very frustrating.

Did the restore, it didn't fix the problem. My phone is still inconsistently sounding text notifications with: bluetooth off or on, for imessage and SMS, using default and custom tones. It's definitely ios11-related.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue yet? When my screen is locked I get no notification that I have a text message. I only know when I open my phone and see the badge app icon. All notification settings correct, this has only started happening since the ios 11 update.

It definitely has to do with bluetooth.

I have my fitbit connected with my iphone SE.

I do get notifications on my fitbit, but most of the time not on my iphone.

Since one of the latest iOs 11 versions there is also a problem with connecting with my car kit.

Just finished upgrade to iOS 11.4 and tested 2x SMS which alerted on locked iPhone with BT on (and signed in on Mac). Then got 3 automated SMS login codes from Apple: First one didn't sound but showed up on unlocked iPhone, second one alerted on Apple Watch, third (with Watch in Airplane Mode) did not sound or wake iPhone.

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Well, I just turned on Messages in iCloud on iPhone, waited for upload and tested again. All I can say is that SMS alerting is still unreliable. Can't figure out a pattern. Some alert, many don't.

I just activated SMS Forwarding to my Mac mini, tested SMS and got alert on iPhone and Mac. A second test came through to Mac only while using the Mac. A third test alerted on iPhone while Mac was asleep. I

** Messages in iCloud does not seem to be enabled in macOS 10.13.4. Maybe 10.13.5 soon....

Turning Bluetooth off does nothing for me. Still am not getting any audible alerts, just vibrations. This issue just started on my iPhone 7 yesterday 1/9/18. Nothing has been changed or updated on my phone. Still at iOS 11.2. Have not updated to 11.2.2 because a friend of mine had to wipe and restore his iPhone 6 after applying this minor update.

I powered off my phone yesterday and turned it back on. Notification sounds returned for a few minutes, then disappeared again????

Same issue here and turning bluetooth off and back on did not enable the audible alert. If anyone has found a way to have both the apple watch and imessage work fully after the update it would really help.

I have the exact same situation with my X. Frustrating situation as I set the phone down with the conversation open and walk away to come back to a important text with just a "swoosh" sound, no chime or alert tone that had been assigned to this contact.

We have this problem too, both my wife and I, since installing IOS 11.4 on our iPhone 8's. We've contacted Apple Support, went through the "Game Book" with NO changes to the problem, other then wasting our time.