topic Re: WhatsApp Notifications Delivering as Silent in Galaxy Note Series

WhatsApp Notifications Delivering as Silent

rhavokk — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:27:14 GMT

Hi everyone!

I'm having trouble with my WhatsApp notifications. For the last few days all chat/groups notifications are getting to me as "silent notifications".

I checked all my settings (both phone and app) and all of them are set to deliver with sound and vibration.

I reinstalled the app a couple of time, also cleared it's cache, reset it's notification settings and app permissions.

I looked everywhere for solutions to this but nothing worked.

Members_y35skKv — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:28:53 GMT

Same here. There was an update yesterday seems to have messed with the notifications.

rhavokk — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:00:18 GMT

Yeah. I've tried to get an answer using the Samsung Members chat but the only thing they told me to do is to contact the WhatsApp support.

I emailed them and they don't seem to know that this issue is affecting multiple devices.

Ggg123gg — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 14:19:27 GMT

Same here for months!

t0m5k1 — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 20:53:09 GMT

Just started doing this yesterday, factory reset didn't resolve it either.

theinfinox — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:40:13 GMT

✅ [SOLVED] WhatsApp Notifications Not Showing — Hidden Culprit: App Icon Badges

📌 Problem:

WhatsApp notifications completely stopped — no sound, no vibration, no pop-ups.

This happened right after I disabled **"Sound & Vibration"** in the notification settings.

Later, the option disappeared from the UI, and no matter what I did, **I wasn't getting any notifications** for a whole day.

🛠️ What I Tried:

I connected my device via ADB and attempted various resets — permissions, notification listeners, etc.

I avoided uninstalling WhatsApp because I wanted to retain all chat data.

💡 Root Cause Identified:

After trial and error with another non-critical app, I discovered the issue:

> ✅

Since Turning off sound and vibration option silently disables pop-up notifications too.

So :

Re-enabling **App Icon Badges** instantly brought back the option and all WhatsApp notifications — sound, vibration, and heads-up banners.

🧩 Final Fix:

> Go to **Settings → Notifications → App Icon Badges → Enable it *you can see changes in notification settings*.

📎 Notes:

- ADB can help test/reset notification settings, but in this case, it was a **UI-level toggle** causing the problem.

- Even after resetting everything via ADB, **App Badging** was the key to restoring full notification behavior.