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User profile for user: Tbstock
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14 points

Email Sound Notifications Not Working After ios 18 Update - Temporary Fix Found

I am not receiving email sound notifications after updating iPhone 14 to ios 18. After trying many offered solutions I have discovered that I DO RECEIVE SOUND NOTIFICATIONS if I uninstall (delete) the native ios "Mail" app and then reinstall it from the App Store. The PROBLEM is that this "fix" only lasts for one day and reverts back to NO SOUND NOTIFICATIONS being received the next morning.


So, if I delete and reinstall the native ios Mail app I receive sound notifications for A SINGLE DAY ONLY and the no sound notifications for emails received condition reappears the following day.


I am not tech savvy enough to know why this happens BUT I have tested this over several days and find it to be 100% accurate. Perhaps someone can figure out why delete / reinstall of the ios "Mail" app offers only a temporary (single day) fix.

iPhone 14

Posted on Sep 28, 2024 1:56 PM

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User profile for user: Norfolklass1
Norfolklass1
User level: Level 1
8 points

Posted on Oct 4, 2024 4:08 PM

Hi I updated my phone to 18.1 and still no sound when receiving e mail, has anybody got any further ideas on how to get e Mail sounds back thanks

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User profile for user: OggyOg
OggyOg
User level: Level 1
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Oct 30, 2024 5:31 PM in response to stevenjv

i have had this issue since iOS 18 update. It’s weird. It’s hit and miss sometimes my iPad and iPhone will sound but mostly they’re silent. Tried usual stuff notification and badges and other things listed here but it doesn’t work. Even after update to 18.1 it’s still not resolving issue. Any ideas? 🤔

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User profile for user: stevenjv
stevenjv
User level: Level 1
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Oct 31, 2024 10:28 AM in response to Tbstock

No - I held off and so far yesterday and today everything seems back to normal. Fingers crossed. I was getting sound notifications for Gmail and the phone was ringing when a call came in - it was just text notifications that were the main problem. Checked the Messages app in Settings and it looked like the 18.1 backup may have turned off both the RCS and MMS messaging so turned them both on again. Reset was the last resort and I was unsure whether a backup to ICloud would result in me backing up the problem and then going in a circle and still having the same problem with text notifications when I restored my settings.

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Email Sound Notifications Not Working After ios 18 Update - Temporary Fix Found

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