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How to Make iPhone Vibrate or Not Vibrate on Silent

Quick Tips
  • Go to Settings > Sounds and Haptics > Haptics, and select Play on Silent Mode.
  • To play vibration even when your iPhone isn’t set to silent mode, select Always Play.
  • If this doesn’t work, go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch and turn on Vibration.

How to Make iPhone Vibrate in Silent Mode

Open Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Haptics, and select Play in Silent Mode.

Now, your iPhone will vibrate on silent. Alternatively, select Don’t Play in Silent Mode if you want your iPhone not to vibrate when it’s silent.

If you want your iPhone to vibrate in both silent/ringer mode, select Always Play.

Tip: Know the difference between silent mode, airplane mode, and do not disturb on iPhone.

How to Fix iPhone Not Vibrating on Silent

If vibration on silent mode doesn’t work on your iPhone after enabling the above setting, follow these troubleshooting fixes:

Fix 1: Enable Vibration in Accessibility Settings

There’s a dedicated global vibration setting in the accessibility settings of your iPhone. If it’s turned off, all kinds of vibrations will not work.

Open Settings > Accessibility > Touch and turn on Vibration.

Fix 2: Enable Vibration for Each Alert Type

On iPhone, you can customize the vibration and select a different vibration pattern for each alert type. That means alerts like ringtones, text tones, mail, etc., can all have different vibration patterns.

However, under the vibration setting of each alert, there is a None option. If selected, that particular alert won’t vibrate.

Step 1: Open Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Ringtone > Vibration.

Step 2: Now, make sure that the None option isn’t selected. If it says None, tap on Synchronized (Default) or choose some other pattern from the list.

Similarly check other alert types like text tone, voicemail, etc., and make sure that some vibration pattern is selected.

Also Read: 4 fixes for vibration not working on iPhone

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Last updated on 26 July, 2024

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  1. Thanks for the post. I was looking for the vibrate on silent option. Didn’t know they’d changed that to system haptics. Your post has been very helpful.

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