topic Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP? in Electronics

WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:52:35 GMT

Here's a head scratcher ...

My phone is the Samsung Galaxy A15.

I have a few notifications for texts, Ebay, etc, etc. Different sounds chosen for different apps.

Suddenly my texts no longer sound the chosen alert when I receive one. I just discovered I have received 23 unread texts in the past five days!

Nothing else is affected. I changed the chosen alert sound, and it doesn't matter.

Texts are sneaking in ... silently.

What could be causing this to happen?

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

We rescue cats — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 22:07:15 GMT

This is happening on my iPhone as well @Tinkrbl44 , I just mentioned this to a friend and she is having the same issue. I've tried resetting it, turnining it off and back on and it seems like 50 other things but nothing makes a difference. Then yesterday it all started working . . . today nada.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

spumoni99 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 22:36:04 GMT

@Tinkrbl44Have you googed the issue? There is a lot of information out on google, like clearing the cache etc.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

I am still oxox — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:06:05 GMT

Call their Customer

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shoekitty — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:58:14 GMT

My iPhone does this. There is a notification sound in settings. But it doesn't always work. However, I have found that after you have done what you need to do if you shut phone down, then start up it works. For how long I can't say....nothing works right after last update.on my phone. Somewhere on your phone certain people can be silenced too, don't ask me. I wait til the grand kids come. They fix it faster than the Apple Store.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

shoekitty — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:21 GMT

@We rescue cats wrote:
This is happening on my iPhone as well @Tinkrbl44 , I just mentioned this to a friend and she is having the same issue. I've tried resetting it, turnining it off and back on and it seems like 50 other things but nothing makes a difference. Then yesterday it all started working . . . today nada.

@We rescue cats Did you do last update. . Cause that started everything on my phone. I need to take mine into shop. If I look at my texts certain people are silenced. I didn't do it. Can't undo it Too old for this doo doo

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

kze — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:08:16 GMT

Could you have set it on Do Not Disturb accidentally?

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

stevieb — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:18:02 GMT

@kze wrote:
Could you have set it on Do Not Disturb accidentally?

@Tinkrbl44 Or inadvertently changed the volume setting for text alerts? I know I did that once. It's easy to do without even knowing. Not all alerts are controlled by the same setting.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

shoekitty — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:28:05 GMT

@kze wrote:
Could you have set it on Do Not Disturb accidentally?

Shoekitty said, no, but I do use DND every night. I do undo it most days. I have checked that, as that is so,etching I have done a few times

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

hopi — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:38:08 GMT

My Goggle Pixiel 7 has also has gone rogue. Don't know if the powers that be are doing something invasive.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

We rescue cats — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:38:17 GMT

@shoekitty wrote:
@We rescue cats wrote:
This is happening on my iPhone as well @Tinkrbl44 , I just mentioned this to a friend and she is having the same issue. I've tried resetting it, turnining it off and back on and it seems like 50 other things but nothing makes a difference. Then yesterday it all started working . . . today nada.
@We rescue cats Did you do last update. . Cause that started everything on my phone. I need to take mine into shop. If I look at my texts certain people are silenced. I didn't do it. Can't undo it Too old for this doo doo

I agree with you about being too old for this doo doo! I keep going into settings to re-set the Sounds and Haptics. I even went into Verizon to have them check it, 3 hours later and it worked for 2 days . . . maybe 3! The closest Apple Store is almost 2 hours from me. I use my watch as a reminder for everything, and I miss relying on it. I usually check my glucose every 2 or 3 hours, the alarm reminds me to do so when it is working, my endocrinologist loves those reports.
I've been told that these 'errors' happen as a way to convince users to update their phone, not sure it that is true or not but I truly hope it is not.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

pigletsmom — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:51:14 GMT

Did you check by going through the messages app? Hitting the settings icon, going to messages settings then notifications? Make sure it's not on silent there for some reason. I have mine also set to all of the notification types so I can see right from the lockscreen in case I don't hear the alert.

I do miss my original Samsung that had a little light when you had a notification.I know you can set the flashlight for that but that seems like a bit much. I liked that I didn't have to keep swiping my phone to see if I missed messages. You could just take a quick glance at your phone from across the room and know.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

Tori3569 — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 03:49:01 GMT

90% of the time when someone tells me this is happening, they have their DND on. It's very easy to accidentally hit it on an iPhone because it's part of the control center you can swipe for on the Home Screen. I don't know how it happens on a Samsung but it should be fairly easy to find, as here's one response

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

CalminHeart — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:43:54 GMT

This happens on my iPhone too. Who knows why.

I usually just adjust my sound level and it starts working again.

Check your settings to be sure something didn't change.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

Tinkrbl44 — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:40:43 GMT

I read everything posted here and investigated the Settings ... again.

Couldn't find anything to adjust, so I didn't change a thing.

This morning, it's working again. Go figure.

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Moonlady — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:20:30 GMT

I'd be rich and famous if I could figure that out. It's happened to me, intermittently, with every brand phone I've had. Like everyone, I check every setting and there's nothing amiss. Then I resort to sending myself a "dummy" text from someone else's phone to see if it's working again, with the question of why it stopped working never answered. Very strange, indeed.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 01 May 2025 07:42:03 GMT

@Moonlady wrote:
I'd be rich and famous if I could figure that out. It's happened to me, intermittently, with every brand phone I've had. Like everyone, I check every setting and there's nothing amiss. Then I resort to sending myself a "dummy" text from someone else's phone to see if it's working again, with the question of why it stopped working never answered. Very strange, indeed.

@Moonlady

You're spot on .... people would definitely pay money to get that bug worked out.

Definitely, lol.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

tiny 2 — Fri, 02 May 2025 14:17:47 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

Here's a head scratcher ...

My phone is the Samsung Galaxy A15.

I have a few notifications for texts, Ebay, etc, etc. Different sounds chosen for different apps.

Suddenly my texts no longer sound the chosen alert when I receive one. I just discovered I have received 23 unread texts in the past five days!

Nothing else is affected. I changed the chosen alert sound, and it doesn't matter.

Texts are sneaking in ... silently.

What could be causing this to happen?

@Tinkrbl44

I was so irritated yesterday after spending so much time the last few days fixing this only to have it work for 3 or 4 text messages. I decided I was going to rid myself of the Iphone and get a Samsung only to read and find out that Samsung has the problem also. They are always adding new features to entice you to buy newer yet this basic feature continues to be so problematic with many phones.

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Linda0215 — Fri, 16 May 2025 22:54:13 GMT

Funny you mention this. My iPhone hasn't been alerting me for two days...texts and phone calls. Couldn't figure it out. I tried turning it off and on to reset it, but it didn't help. When I went to my settings, I found the volume turned all the way to the left...off. So I turned it back up and now it's okay.

I just remembered, yesterday I turned my ringer off when I was on a Zoom call. I turned it back on, but it seems this always happens when I turn the ringer off then back on. Maybe it's a bug they need to work on.

Re: WHY WOULD A NOTIFICATION SOUND STOP?

We rescue cats — Sat, 17 May 2025 01:04:49 GMT

@shoekitty just saw your post, but yes, the phone and my watch are both up to date. Now the phone is notifying but my watch does not . . . . LOL! I think that Steve Jobs is haunting me.