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Notifications don't turn on my phone screen anymore

gusping

gusping

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Mar 12, 2012
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Since I've had my watch. When I get a message or any notification, it doesn't wake my phone screen up and show me. All i get the haptic feedback buzz on the watch which is light and therefore I might not notice it. Is there a way to make the notification show up on my watch and phone?

Thanks
 
Working as intended. If your phone is asleep and locked, only your watch will buzz. If you're actively using your phone, the phone will get the notification and the Watch will not.
 
madsci954 said:
Working as intended. If your phone is asleep and locked, only your watch will buzz. If you're actively using your phone, the phone will get the notification and the Watch will not.
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Really? That's terrible. Most notifications don't buzz for me on the watch anyway such as snapchat and facebook so this watch may end up being returned....
 
gusping said:
Really? That's terrible. Most notifications don't buzz for me on the watch anyway such as snapchat and facebook so this watch may end up being returned....
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Yup....notifications are hit or miss in version 1.0. I have been playing with 4 different watches....not all mine.....and they all exhibit the same behavior when conditions are set properly.
 
Anyone want a 42mm SS Classic Buckle? Looks like mine is probably going back.
 
gusping said:
Really? That's terrible. Most notifications don't buzz for me on the watch anyway such as snapchat and facebook so this watch may end up being returned....
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I'm getting Snapchat and Facebook notifications, along with every other that my iPhone would normally do. Have you got them enabled correctly?

In the Watch app on the phone, in Notifications, there's a section that says "mirror iPhone alerts from:" and ensure the toggle is on there. Also ensure in the iPhone's settings, in notifications, that you have the alerts enabled there too.

If you have the phone unlocked and screen on, the watch won't get notifications, so make sure that's not causing you issues too.
 
shandyman said:
I'm getting Snapchat and Facebook notifications, along with every other that my iPhone would normally do. Have you got them enabled correctly?

In the Watch app on the phone, in Notifications, there's a section that says "mirror iPhone alerts from:" and ensure the toggle is on there. Also ensure in the iPhone's settings, in notifications, that you have the alerts enabled there too.

If you have the phone unlocked and screen on, the watch won't get notifications, so make sure that's not causing you issues too.
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Same here, there's nothing wrong with my notifications.
 
shandyman said:
I'm getting Snapchat and Facebook notifications, along with every other that my iPhone would normally do. Have you got them enabled correctly?

In the Watch app on the phone, in Notifications, there's a section that says "mirror iPhone alerts from:" and ensure the toggle is on there. Also ensure in the iPhone's settings, in notifications, that you have the alerts enabled there too.

If you have the phone unlocked and screen on, the watch won't get notifications, so make sure that's not causing you issues too.
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I get facebook and snapchat notifcations but they dont buzz or light the watch screen up so I don't know until i check the time = pointless
 
gusping said:
I get facebook and snapchat notifcations but they dont buzz or light the watch screen up so I don't know until i check the time = pointless
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We've known this forever. Why waste battery until you are ready to view the screen?
 
gusping said:
I get facebook and snapchat notifcations but they dont buzz or light the watch screen up so I don't know until i check the time = pointless
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The screen on the watch does not light up when you receive a notification. That is normal.

Use prominent haptic feedback...it's more noticeable. If you're moving around, it's easy to not feel the taps. Maybe check and see that you're not wearing the watch too loosely to feel them.
 
So you guys saying there is nothing wrong with your notifications, are you experiencing the 10-12 second delay with your text message notifications or are you saying it's nearly instant?
 
cwosigns said:
The screen on the watch does not light up when you receive a notification. That is normal.

Use prominent haptic feedback...it's more noticeable. If you're moving around, it's easy to not feel the taps. Maybe check and see that you're not wearing the watch too loosely to feel them.
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I only get buzzed on messages and whatsapp, nothing else gives me a buzz such as snapchat and facebook
 
Check your notification settings. If that looks right, do a hard reset by holding down both the digital crown and the side button until the watch turns off. Then turn it on and try again.
 
cwosigns said:
Check your notification settings. If that looks right, do a hard reset by holding down both the digital crown and the side button until the watch turns off. Then turn it on and try again.
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Just tried that, still no luck. imessage/texts and whatsapp work find yet everything else doesn't make the watch buzz.
 
gusping said:
I get facebook and snapchat notifcations but they dont buzz or light the watch screen up so I don't know until i check the time = pointless
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gusping said:
I only get buzzed on messages and whatsapp, nothing else gives me a buzz such as snapchat and facebook
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I get buzzed on them all. Check the settings on the watch, watch app and notification settings on the phone. I suspect something is awry in one of those.
 
I'm noticing the same things. Notifications worked fine yesterday. Today not so much. No haptic feedback on most things. Probably flaky software at this point because it was working 90% of the time yesterday and today it's less than 25%. No settings have changed.
 
I wounder if the watch is going off of the sound setting on the iphone for notifications. I've gotten hepatic feedback on the watch for the few notifications I've received, except for my bank which doesn't have a sound notification on the iphone.
 
ohio.emt said:
I wounder if the watch is going off of the sound setting on the iphone for notifications. I've gotten hepatic feedback on the watch for the few notifications I've received, except for my bank which doesn't have a sound notification on the iphone.
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I thought that but turned it on and it made NO difference. Just a buggy mess at the moment.
 
Try to turn on Prominent Haptic in the Sounds & Haptics settings. It will give you a few extra taps for notifications.
 
Same here. I can only get Messages to alert me and now the iPhone doesn't vibrate when I get an alert!
 
It's either a settings issue on watch or phone, or a fault. Go to an Apple Store and have a genius check it out. Might swap it out.

Mine's notifying me on everything. Just had a whatsapp pop up on it
 
shandyman said:
It's either a settings issue on watch or phone, or a fault. Go to an Apple Store and have a genius check it out. Might swap it out.

Mine's notifying me on everything. Just had a whatsapp pop up on it
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So now whatsapp, messages and facebook pop up find but snapchat doesn't. The settings are the same so it should work...
 
gusping said:
I get facebook and snapchat notifcations but they dont buzz or light the watch screen up so I don't know until i check the time = pointless
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the watch screen doesn't light up automatically when you get a notification. it makes a sound or a tap, depending on what you set it as, and then the notification is on the screen when you raise your wrist to look at it.
 
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