iOS11 notifications disappearing from lock screen

Add me to the list of people with this problem. And what I love most is the absolute silence from Apple. I'm sure there is some justification for this, similar to their justification for slowing down older phones.

I have had this too! I tried turning off “show in history” under my messages notifications tab and has seemed to fix it. Someone else had posted this fix, so I decided to try it.

I also agree that Apple needs to fix this. The last 2 “updates” have brought me issues.

I have this issue also - there is no rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes text notifications show on lock screen and stay, sometimes they show and then disappear quickly, and many times they don’t show at all. Why does Apple ignore this??

THIS DOES NOT WORK. The only thing that works is to turn off "show in history" but like many others have said, this is a workaround, not a solution. This is clearly a bug that is affecting many users. I have had this issue on two separate iphone X's. PLEASE FIX THIS APPLE!

Okay people, after 2 replacement phones and several factory resets the Apple Genius gave me the fix a WEEK ago and it’s still good so I will keep you all updated. Back up your phone. Connect to iTunes and factory reset it there. Then set the phone up AS A NEW PHONE, NOT FROM A BACKUP.

yeah that was the first app I tried... imessage notifications still disappeared even with nothing but the default apps installed. I really think it's either a faulty handset or a bug in the OS. Apple's only provided solution has been the one you describe, and since it didn't work for me I don't know what else to do. :/ Just keeping "show in history" turned off, as annoying as that is.

Hi Ron,

If you go to Settings> Display & Brightness. Scroll down to the Display Zoom section then tap view. If you switch it from Standard to Zoomed then back to Standard this somehow makes the notifications return to the lock screen. If you had apps arranged a certain way, it will mess that up. Also, it solves the problem for awhile. The items on the lock screen such as the time, date, and any notifications seem to disappear again.

This issue has been plaguing me also since the iOS 11 update. I’ve spent hours on the phone with Apple support and completed countless resets, all to no avail. I love my iPhone 6 but if Apple can’t solve this I will be switching to another phone. I was surprised to find so many others with the same problem especially since Apple support let me think it was just me. Wish I had a solution to offer but I shall keep monitoring in the hopes somebody will.

None of these work for this issue, which is that the notification occurs, but does not persist. It happens, but disappears inappropriately from the lock screen without being dismissed. These fixes do not help this.

My fix was advised by the Genius Bar and I’ve posted it a few times. It’s been three weeks that my phone has been without this glitch and this is my THIRD PHONE with this problem. I backed up my phone, connected it to iTunes and through iTunes I factory reset the phone. Then I disconnected it and started it over as new. You will not lose your photos or contacts if you have backed up your phone.

I'm having this issue as well. Has nothing to do with Temporary or Persistent notifications. And I haven't found any permanent or temporary fixes for this. I don't think it happens with all apps, but mainly my Messages app... So any text that I get only stays on the lock screen for probably 10 seconds or less and then disappears. And I don't mean, disappears as in the screen goes dark, I mean literally goes away and I've noticed I've missed a lot more texts lately because if I'm not near my phone, I would typically look at the lock screen later on to see if I missed any messages... but now I have to open it all the way up and check from the app... Really inconvenient... I'm surprised they didn't have this fixed with the new patch that came out like two days ago...

Omg just read through this entire thread to see if there’s any fix and I can’t believe it’s been almost4 months and nothing. Pathetic by Apple. This is affecting people’s day-to-day lives in a sense. You could miss an important business meeting. A family member being sick. anything.

I have found that it’s only happening on iMessage for me and I’ve only noticed it for one contact. Most of their messages show up and stay but there is the occasional ones that don’t.

Not good enough

I just did an update and this issue persists. My message notifications are disappearing from lock screen. I do not want to turn off show in history because once I unlock my phone, they’re gone. This issue must be fixed (hello Apple people). I’m missing import messages from customers and it’s affecting my business negatively. I need to be able to see message notifications on the lock screen. Fix this issue or I , dare I say, am considering getting an os that works. Android has some great phones now. FIX THIS ISSUE APPLE!!!!!!!

Ok I just watched it happen. I keep my phone plugged into my car charger. I own a pool maintenance business so I do not bring my phone with me into customers houses. I’ve dropped phones in pools before. Anyway I returned to my truck and started it. Saw a notification from my wife appear for a second and disappear. So I unlock my phone and check my messages. There were 2 other people who messages me (customers) Had I not seen my wife’s message notification disappear, I would not have known about my clients messages. This is really annoying and could be affecting my business. This can’t only be happening to me. I can’t keep this phone if this persist.

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!