Weird! It’s really annoying! Almost unbearably. I can’t miss text. Hopefully Apple reaches out again with someone that knows what they are talking about. My worry is this is one of those bugs they never fix.
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iPhone 12 / iOS 14.1 users - Missing Text/SMS Messages?
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Weird! It’s really annoying! Almost unbearably. I can’t miss text. Hopefully Apple reaches out again with someone that knows what they are talking about. My worry is this is one of those bugs they never fix.
Agreed. Both my daughter’s mom and my girlfriend have Android, so it’s definitely important that I receive these text notifications!
Mine are coming from other iPhones. I don’t get notifications that I have the message. Would never know I got one.
Mine is not receiving either. i.e. Verizon Messages+ shows 20-30 messages from my neighbors on our group thread, and all but 5 were not in the iOS Messages app (nor, are they on my laptop Messages app, FWIW)
I had this issue right away, let's say minutes after setting up my new iPhone 12 (transferred from an XR) on the AT&T network. I tried the ol' resetting network, restoring from backup, etc... Nothing worked, 48hrs later I had enough, I called AT&T and granularly got to an engineer. Did a bunch of tests with my iPhone 12, from my SO's iPhone 11, and a spare Android (work) phone. That night they were able to fix incoming calls from non-AT&T & non-iPhones and also they had to RESET my 5G config "profile" cause I noticed it kept turning on/off randomly, but alas texts from an Android were still on hiatus. Needless to say, they escalated a ticket by the end of the call which I received a copy of that "internal" ticket. Come Monday around 2am or so my iPhone started going bonkers (buzzing) non-stop. With one eye semi-open, I noticed all the missing non iMessages started to flow-in, about 60 or so I missed on/off since that Friday, plus missed phone calls outside of AT&T network and a few voicemails as well.
So the best advice I can offer is make that call to your wireless provider and get an engineer team involved.
SIDE NOTE: My iPhone 12 was purchased via the Apple store instead of going through my normal AT&T trade-in (the first time I've gone this route). So I don't know if that made a difference with the small inconvenince in my experienece.
Cheers!
So the best advice I can offer is make that call to your wireless provider and get an engineer team involved.
SIDE NOTE: My iPhone 12 was purchased via the Apple store instead of going through my normal AT&T trade-in (the first time I've gone this route). So I don't know if that made a difference with the small inconvenince in my experienece.
Cheers!
I'm having the exact same issue with not receiving notifications when I get an message on my Iphone 12 pro - iOS 14.2. Its a bit random, because sometime I do get notification, and sometimes I don't - super annoying! My wife has an iPhone 8, and she has the exact same issue - so properly not related to 5G... please fix it Apple!
I agree This definitely isn’t a carrier issue... I just got the new iPad Air WiFi only and I am having the same problems. It’s got to be something with the iOS or the new hardware...
I was able to resolve the issue of MMS/Group messages. Before anything else, I'm on Verizon, bought the iPhone 12 Pro Max through iUP through Apple. Also, doing these steps would reset all your settings including apps and data apps. You would have to install back all the apps you desire. Also to note, I also have Google Fi on my iPhone 12 Pro, and I used the same process, and it started to work as well. Same goes with my wife's iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Here's what I did to make it work.
Here's what I did to make it work.
- Checked to make sure the iCloud backup includes Messages, which is found in Settings -> iCloud -> Messages (This should be green to make sure all your messages are backed up.
- Forced the iCloud backup three times to make sure all messages are backed up.
- Erase the iPhone 12 Pro Max in Settings --> General --> Reset --> Erase All Content and Settings.
- Erase all cellular plans as well. This would remove all MMS settings that were carried over from the backup (I think).
- When reset is done, set the iPhone up as new, and sign in with your iCloud account. DO NOT RESTORE FROM iCLOUD BACKUP. I did this twice and got me back to square one.
- Install all the apps you need.
- To recover all iMessages, go to Settings --> your iCloud account --> iCloud, and initially, Messages would not be checked. Enable the option (set to green). This would eventually recover all the messages you have saved through the iCloud backup.
- To monitor if you're not losing messages, install the Message+ app and configure (only for Verizon).
I contacted Verizon app support and they had me send screenshots and connected me with a developer. It seems they have fixed the QR code problem with Message+. However since downloading it, I can see how bad the problem really is in all the group SMS messages I am still missing. Someone needs to fix this soon, this is dangerous.
Also having this issue! I am missing many messages in a group text where one person has an Android phone. These are important texts about medical issues that are not coming through! I have the 12 Pro running 14.1.
just installed 14.2.1. Hopefully that fixes it! I was missing info about a baby being born! Come on now Apple, missing texts is a huge and dangerous issue.
just installed 14.2.1. Hopefully that fixes it! I was missing info about a baby being born! Come on now Apple, missing texts is a huge and dangerous issue.
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This seems to be getting worse for me. Texting between me and my wife, both on iPhone 11 with iOS 14.2. Today about half of the messages she sent triggered no notification at all.
Seems like a fairly major-ish bug. I’ve reported it so hopefully that means something.
Looks like today's 14.2.1 update could address this. Only mentions missing MMS messages, but that's all I've noticed, personally.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211808
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211808