I have and iphone, and i'm not getting notified when someone texts me (imessage or text message)?

First i turned off my phone and then i tried turning the notifications of the messages off and on i did the the same thing with imessage (turned it off and on) help please? What do i do?

Text them back

Make sure your cellular data and normal settings are on. Try texting yourself with your own phone and wait a few minutes for a response. If nothing happens, call yourself from another cell phone and everything should resolve itself. All of your missed texts and calls should start popping up.

This used to happen to me in my 4S. I would be tinkering around with my settings and accidentally "freeze" my phone and wouldn't receive anything from anybody for hours. I tried every setting, reset, etc. Available and it didn't work. Then I tried calling myself from another cell and all of my texts came flooding in, lol.

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