[iOS 17 DB3] Workaround for no iMessage notifications

I don’t know how many others have this issue, but ever since dev beta 1 I’ve been missing texts left and right. No notifications sometimes, perfectly normal notifications others. It’s definitely a bug, but I believe I found the issue and workaround.

If your phone is on mute (with the side switch), your watch doesn’t sound OR vibrate when a text message comes in. If your phone’s sound is turned ON, then your watch will vibrate or sound when a text comes in (whichever you have the watch set to) and your phone will stay silent.

So I guess the workaround is to leave your sound on, on the phone, all the time so that way your watch can deliver notifications…

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LJay71@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

That's interesting that the mute switch trick works for you. I've been experiencing this and keep sound on all the time.

clamzz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Thanks for the tip! I have this bug all the time — only restarting devices has fixed it so far.

DaveCPA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I haven’t had this issue. Have you reported? Restored?

Steve@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y

Reported, yes. Restored, no. Too lazy! I’ve seen a number of people mention also having the problem, just not on this site. Turns out my trick may not be helpful for everyone with the issue though lol