How to Fix Missed Call Notification Not Showing in Android

Notification badges on Android phones have made our lives easier. With just a glance, we can check if the application has new notifications. That’s super handy for essential apps like Phone and Messages. However, sometimes a person is not notified of missed calls because the notification badge for the Phone app is not working.

That’s not all. Even the missed call notification counter in the notification panel started working. That is if you clear the missed call notification in the control panel, normally the counter will be reset to 0. However, now the counter starts piling up missed calls. So removing it doesn’t have any effect.

I can understand your pain. Fortunately, there are many fixes that will solve the problem of missed call notifications not showing up on Android phones.

Let’s check them out.

1. Restart the phone

Before we start tweaking some settings, reboot your Android phone. You never know when that little fix might help.

2. Change default phone app

Did you install a third-party dialer app recently? Or did you set some other app as your default phone app? If you’re not sure, don’t worry. Apps like Truecaller are the main cause of this problem. When set as the default phone app, notifications will not appear in the native Phone app. So we need to change the default app.

For that, follow these steps:

Step 1: Open Settings on your phone and go to Apps & notifications or Application manager.

Step 2: Tap Default Apps under Advanced. On some phones, you need to tap the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner.

Step 3: Tap the Phone app. Change the phone app from a third-party app to a pre-installed app. Try making a missed call on your phone. Everything should be back to normal.

Pro tips

3. Clear phone app cache and data

Start by clearing the phone app cache. It will not delete any data from your phone. If clearing the cache doesn’t fix the problem, clear the phone app’s data. Both are different. Clearing data will delete the call history record. Nothing else will be affected.

Here are the steps for the same.

Step 1: Open Settings and go to Applications/Application Manager/Applications & notifications depending on the option available on your phone.

Step 2: Under All apps, tap Phone. On some phones, you may have to tap the three-dot icon and select System apps to find Phone.

Step 3: Tap on Storage then Clear Cache on the next screen.

Step 4: Restart your phone. Check if the problem is resolved. If it exists, follow this procedure again, but tap on Clear data in step 3 instead of Clear cache.

4. Turn on notifications for the phone app

Sometimes notifications are disabled for the Phone app. You need to enable them to see missed call badges.

For that, follow these steps:

Step 1: Follow steps 1 and 2 of the above method — go to the Phone app in Settings > Applications > Phone. You will be taken to the application information page.

Pro tip:

Step 2: Tap Notifications. In case the switch next to Show notifications is turned off, turn it on. Then tap Missed call.

On the next screen, first enable the Show Notifications option. Then make sure Show notification dots is enabled.

If the problem persists, repeat the steps for the Contacts app. Enable notifications and set notification dots for it.

5. Turn off Caller ID and Spam Protection

Sometimes the Phone app’s built-in anti-spam feature messes with its notifications as well. Try disabling this feature.

To do that, open the Phone app and tap on the three-dot icon – select Settings.

Tap Caller ID and spam. Turn off Caller ID & spam on the next screen.

6. Disable third-party apps

If your phone has third-party device management apps like Clean Master, Battery Doctor or some Anti-Virus, try disabling them. These apps that provide spam notification blocking sometimes even treat notifications from the Phone app as spam. So disable it in these apps or disable/uninstall the app altogether.

7. Grant Notification Access to Samsung Experience Home

On Samsung devices, you need to grant notification permission to Samsung Experience Home. For that, follow these steps:

Step 1: Open Settings and go to Apps.

Step 2: Tap Advanced, then Special Access. If the advanced option is missing, tap the three-dot icon at the top and select Special access.

Step 3: Tap Notification access. Turn on the current switch next to Samsung Experience Home.

8. Reset app preferences

Try this fix only if nothing works. While it won’t erase any data from your phone, it will reset all settings on your phone to their default values ​​(just like on a new phone). Know in detail what happens with resetting app preferences.

To reset app preferences, follow these steps:

Step 1: Open Settings and go to Apps & notifications.

Step 2: Open All Apps. Tap the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner and select Reset app preferences.

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No more shocks

Imagine picking up the phone and noticing 20 missed calls. Anyone would be dumbfounded. The shock doesn’t last long as you will realize something is wrong with your phone. Only one missed call but the phone shows 20. Luckily, you won’t have to go through the same experience again. We hope one of the above solutions will fix the missed call notification problem.

Next up: Own multiple devices? Sync your notifications and remove them from any device. Curious to learn how to do it? Check out our next post.

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