bell icon with slash. android 7

[christopher bbbb]

Bell with slash icon ONLY appears next to ONE of my contacts, and ONLY in messaging screen. I am clueless. This is an imporant contact TIA

 

[anon(238680)]

Welcome to Android Central. I would take that as you have no working phone number for that contact that SMS recognizes.

 

[christopher bbbb]

I can talk and text with this contact but texts don't alert and I need the alerts

 

[anon(238680)]

Okay, would have helped to have that upfront. Look in the settings for that contact and see if you have alerts turned off. Am assuming (again) that alerts work for your other contacts?

 

[christopher bbbb]

That's it. In setting>notifications, notifications on appears. . I clicked on that thinking I was turning it on, but its actually the opposite. Seems quirky to me. Thanks for your help!