# Not getting iPhone Message Tweets
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-iphone-message-tweets/812589
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 17, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-iphone-message-tweets/812589 "2018-04-17T17:25:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-iphone-message-tweets/812589/1 "2018-04-17T17:25:26Z")
Yes, I have Googled the problem thoroughly and made sure that all of my settings are as they should be.
1. In “Sounds and Heptics” I have chosen “tweet” for my text tone.
2. I have “do not disturb” turned OFF.
3. If I go to “notifications” and then go to “messages”, I have “allow notifications” turned on. The sound is listed as “tweet” I have “show on locked screen”. I have “show in history”. I have "show as banners (persistent).
There isn’t anything else I can do in terms of saying, “Yes, damn it, notify me when I get a message!”
So, why am I greeted with silence even when a message is sent?
Other people say they have the same problem, but that there is seemingly no solution. Are they right?
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-iphone-message-tweets/812589/2 "2018-04-17T17:28:14Z")
To be sure, have you previewed the “tweet” sound when choosing it? It exists and works on your phone?
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-iphone-message-tweets/812589/3 "2018-04-17T17:35:42Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> To be sure, have you previewed the “tweet” sound when choosing it? It exists and works on your phone?
Good question. Yes, I did, and it sounds loud and clear.
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### Author:  [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-iphone-message-tweets/812589/4 "2018-04-17T21:45:55Z")
Go to a message from a contact where you haven’t heard the sound. Tap the circled “i” at the top right of the screen. Is the “Hide Alerts” toggled on or off?
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### Author:  [@pidgeon92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pidgeon92)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-iphone-message-tweets/812589/5 "2018-04-18T23:24:39Z")
Is your ringer on with the loudness at a reasonable level? Volume and ringer are two different things, and it drives me crazy with some applications that use the ringer for sound. I usually keep the ringer switch off.