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Android phone rings but the incoming-call screen does not appear

A missing call screen can result from Phone app notifications, display-over-app permission, default-phone selection or a stuck call app—not the cellular connection itself.

Direct answer

A missing call screen can result from Phone app notifications, display-over-app permission, default-phone selection or a stuck call app—not the cellular connection itself.

What this covers

  • The observed symptom matches this record
  • Customer-accessible settings, connections and external components
  • Diagnosis before reset, deletion or component replacement

What it does not cover

  • ×A model-specific error code with a different documented meaning
  • ×Internal electrical, battery-cell, gas, refrigeration or sealed-component repair
  • ×A guarantee that every model exposes the same control label
Try in this order0 of 4 completed
  1. Capture the exact symptom

    Reversible

    Answer from the notification shade if possible and check whether missed calls appear in the Phone app.

  2. Run the smallest isolation test

    Reversible

    Confirm the intended Phone app is default and its incoming-call notifications are allowed at full-screen priority.

  3. Correct only the proven cause

    Reversible

    Remove battery restrictions from the Phone app and update/restart it before clearing data.

  4. Verify before changing anything else

    Reversible

    Receive test calls while locked, unlocked and inside another app.

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Visible sources support the visible claims. Home Product Support records the publisher, the fact used and the review date; community reports can suggest an issue but do not become a published fact on their own.

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What should I check before resetting anything?+

Answer from the notification shade if possible and check whether missed calls appear in the Phone app.

What is the safest isolation test?+

Confirm the intended Phone app is default and its incoming-call notifications are allowed at full-screen priority.

When should I stop troubleshooting?+

Contact the carrier only if calls never reach voicemail or the call log; do not clear Phone storage without syncing contacts.

Change recordAug. 17, 2026 — Published as an independently scoped question with a distinct isolation test, verification and safety boundary; source boundary: Google Android Help.
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