iOS11 notifications disappearing from lock screen

Hi,

I’m using an iPhone 8 running iOS 11.0.2 and I’m finding that text message notifications are disappearing from my lock screen. For example, I received a message at 4.45pm and it appears on my lock screen, however if I don’t open it and leave it to deal with later, it has disappeared from my lock screen (phone has not been unlocked since). It is also not showing in my notification centre. Has anyone else found this or does anyone know a fix for it?


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Posted on Oct 7, 2017 11:13 AM

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Posted on Nov 8, 2017 6:22 AM

I don't believe this is the case here. Originally this was my thought as well, and I went through several troubleshooting steps to determine the issues. I have almost all notifications turned off, except for messages, and mail (the ones I notice the issue on). I don't use live wallpapers, I have all motions turned off, and I don't use night shift or anything else that affects the lock screen. I even tried turning off my apple watch completely, as well as control centre access from the lock screen. Finally, I did a complete factory reset of my phone, did NOT restore from back-up, and it was still happening with only default apple apps installed. None of these steps solved the issue.

The ONLY thing that has fixed it for me is turning off "show in history". This leads me to believe there is a bug with notifications being stored in history which causes them to disappear from the lock screen after a period of time.

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Oct 27, 2017 5:27 AM in response to Hannahxjayne2330

I’m having the same issue, if I don’t swipe into the message notification, and instead leave it sitting there, it just disappears. It leaves the little “1” on the messages app, but no push notification anywhere. It's driving me crazy. I've tried everything, from uninstalling specific apps, to turning off my Apple watch, to completely resetting my phone and set it up as new. Nothing works! I've turned off "show in history" for now, as this thread says... hopefully that does something. iPhone 8, iOS 11.0.3. I hope this is fixed soon!

Nov 15, 2017 6:21 AM in response to Hannahxjayne2330

Same thing here for an iPhone 8 Plus. Mine has something to do with the native mail app and the use of the phone and charging. As long as I don't use it as a phone, don't charge my device and don't check the native mail app, they will stay on the lock screen and history. As soon as I do either of these activities, they vanish. Only text notifications, nothing else. All other notifications, except i message, work fine. Have swapped phones, done a soft reset, done a hard reset, reset network settings and nothing works. Started day one when I got the new phone. I have been in direct contact with an Apple tech for about a month and a half. Sent all the logs as it was happening and they still can't figure it out. ios11 is by far the worst "upgrade" to ever be released.

Feb 2, 2018 9:36 AM in response to merlin4900

This is the exact thing I experience. While I fully sympathize with you, this forum is not monitored by Apple. You should definitely take your phone in to the Genius Bar if the problem is impacting your business. One other person in this thread found success with a replacement phone. You should request another handset and see if that helps. Best of luck!

Mar 29, 2018 10:26 AM in response to Rysz

Temporary/Persistent settings refer to banner notifications, not lock screen notifications.


Apple should *not* recommend this as a solution. I'm also experiencing the same behavior on my iPhone X, iOS 11.2.6. I get the badge notifications, but notifications inconsistently disappear from the lock screen or are simply not displayed.


- DND is turned off

- DND is not scheduled to turn on

- DND while driving is turned off

- Notifications > Show Previews is set to Always

- Notifications > *application* > Show on Lock Screen is turned on

- Notifications > *application* > Show Previews is set to When Unlocked



This has happened to me frequently enough to believe there is definitely an issue with notifications not appearing on the lock screen when they should. It's not something I've been able to consistently reproduce.

Apr 15, 2018 6:37 PM in response to Vixyswillie

Just spent 52 minutes on the phone & the rep is going to get back to me on Friday. He was very patient & seemed to be trying his best as I had been in the store this week for 2 hours & on the phone w/ them 3 other times. We have tried a number of things & I already did a restore & he did say we may have to do it again but maybe don't follow that up w/ a back up from iCloud...I will keep folks posted. I might add that more folks should sched a time w/ support ( they are very good about calling right on time ..maybe just a few minutes after sched time) & then they will be more aware of the issue...( I sched on line thru Apple.com)

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