iPhone 5 receives text message, but doesn't always make an audible sound.

miamialley · Dec 26, 2012, 03:17 PM

iPhone 5 receives text message, but doesn't always make an audible sound. Beginning a few days ago, a few times per day I'll receive a text and the phone will vibrate, but make no sound. Other times it works as it should. Should I think this is hardware or software problem?

ucfgrad93 · Dec 26, 2012, 03:19 PM

The iPhone won't make the sound when you receive a text and you are already in Messages. It is very annoying.

miamialley · Dec 26, 2012, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

The iPhone won't make the sound when you receive a text and you are already in Messages. It is very annoying.

No, the phone display is off when this happens.

Zaft · Dec 26, 2012, 04:10 PM

had this happen couple times. just restart the phone

miamialley · Dec 26, 2012, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Zaft

had this happen couple times. just restart the phone

Did it. And did a hard reset. The issue still persists.

FSMBP · Dec 26, 2012, 05:19 PM

Is your volume turned up?

miamialley · 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by FSMBP

Is your volume turned up?

Yep. Volume is up and mute is off. I can receive a text with the alert one second and 10 seconds later get a second text and it will make no sound.

00h2itr · Dec 29, 2012, 09:07 AM

Just upgraded from my 4S to 5, 2 days ago. Noticed this same symptom right off the bat.

Here's some background... I restored via iTunes from my 4S. I have message notifications turn off on the lock screen so I don't see what is being texted.

I've done the following:

If i'm in a message with person A, and just hit the top button to black out the screen, and person A texts me back I will receive no audible notification however the text arrives.

In the same scenario if message with person A is up, hit the top button and screen goes black but person B texts me, I will receive an audible notification.

If I'm texting person A, then after I sent my text and I hit the home button so that person A text history is not actively on the screen and then I receive a text, I will get audible notification.

I've also tested putting the baner notification back on. Guess what? I get audible notification. I turn it back off, nothing.

I'm going to reset my phone back to stock, and manually configure the phone with no restore. I want my phone to not display incoming texts but still provide audible alert on every single one.

I started on iOS 6.0.1 and saw there was an update to 6.0.2 so I updated hopting it would resolve the issue, it did not.

YMMV and HTH

Bobby Corwen · Dec 29, 2012, 09:19 AM

This used to happen to me on iPhone 4.

It seems like a symptom that cropped up after the iOS was used for a time and got sloppy and would stop responding with its alerts perfectly.

Like it just got lazy.

Nothing in settings really made a difference.

Hard resets helped for awhile once in a while it seemed.

It such a weird organic problem.

How can a system so tightly integrated and locked have such a sloppy progressive change to stop working?

Like, nothing is editing the program that sets your alert tones from responding, so how can this issue even happen?

It's such a weird but real phantom issue.

It's also kinda scary because what if you miss an important message and can't trust your phone Anymore.

I wish they would fix this definitively with an update and rewrite and reaffirm this bit of code to make it as flawless as any other element of the OS since it is a critical and core component of the phone usage.

Jnardis · Dec 29, 2012, 09:29 AM

Having the same issue. I thought it was me. I keep switching back and forth from vibrate to ring thinking it was on vibrate the whole time. It's really annoying when the phone isn't near me.

Mrfatboy · Dec 29, 2012, 09:51 AM

The problem certainly is not localized to iMessages. I have seen the issue with voxer and google voice app. The problem must be deep down in ios and push.

It's very irritating. I wish apple would spend some of that 120 billion cash reserve to find this bug. If you can't trust your phone to give you alerts its worthless.

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Dec 26, 2012, 03:19 PM	#2
ucfgrad93 macrumors G4 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Colorado	The iPhone won't make the sound when you receive a text and you are already in Messages. It is very annoying.
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Dec 26, 2012, 04:10 PM	#4
Zaft macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2009	had this happen couple times. just restart the phone
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Dec 26, 2012, 05:19 PM	#6
FSMBP macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2009	Is your volume turned up?
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Dec 29, 2012, 09:07 AM	#8
00h2itr macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	Just upgraded from my 4S to 5, 2 days ago. Noticed this same symptom right off the bat. Here's some background... I restored via iTunes from my 4S. I have message notifications turn off on the lock screen so I don't see what is being texted. I've done the following: If i'm in a message with person A, and just hit the top button to black out the screen, and person A texts me back I will receive no audible notification however the text arrives. In the same scenario if message with person A is up, hit the top button and screen goes black but person B texts me, I will receive an audible notification. If I'm texting person A, then after I sent my text and I hit the home button so that person A text history is not actively on the screen and then I receive a text, I will get audible notification. I've also tested putting the baner notification back on. Guess what? I get audible notification. I turn it back off, nothing. I'm going to reset my phone back to stock, and manually configure the phone with no restore. I want my phone to not display incoming texts but still provide audible alert on every single one. I started on iOS 6.0.1 and saw there was an update to 6.0.2 so I updated hopting it would resolve the issue, it did not. YMMV and HTH
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Dec 29, 2012, 09:19 AM	#9
Bobby Corwen macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jul 2010	This used to happen to me on iPhone 4. It seems like a symptom that cropped up after the iOS was used for a time and got sloppy and would stop responding with its alerts perfectly. Like it just got lazy. Nothing in settings really made a difference. Hard resets helped for awhile once in a while it seemed. It such a weird organic problem. How can a system so tightly integrated and locked have such a sloppy progressive change to stop working? Like, nothing is editing the program that sets your alert tones from responding, so how can this issue even happen? It's such a weird but real phantom issue. It's also kinda scary because what if you miss an important message and can't trust your phone Anymore. I wish they would fix this definitively with an update and rewrite and reaffirm this bit of code to make it as flawless as any other element of the OS since it is a critical and core component of the phone usage.
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Dec 29, 2012, 09:29 AM	#10
Jnardis macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2010	Having the same issue. I thought it was me. I keep switching back and forth from vibrate to ring thinking it was on vibrate the whole time. It's really annoying when the phone isn't near me.
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Dec 29, 2012, 09:51 AM	#11
Mrfatboy macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2008	The problem certainly is not localized to iMessages. I have seen the issue with voxer and google voice app. The problem must be deep down in ios and push. It's very irritating. I wish apple would spend some of that 120 billion cash reserve to find this bug. If you can't trust your phone to give you alerts its worthless.
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