Title pretty much says it all. I have the box checked for notifications for app updates via the Google Playstore, but it seems the only way I can find out if there is an upgrade for an app I'm using is to manually open the app and check. Do I need another setting checked besides the "App updates available" under the notification settings or something? Thx!
-Matt
Roflwafflez said:
Title pretty much says it all. I have the box checked for notifications for app updates via the Google Playstore, but it seems the only way I can find out if there is an upgrade for an app I'm using is to manually open the app and check. Do I need another setting checked besides the "App updates available" under the notification settings or something? Thx!
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It could just be because it's a new phone and you haven't spent much time with it yet to figure out it's standard behavior.
I've noticed that on every one of my phones that the Play Store often waits until particular events occur before notifying you of app updates. I always set mine to check but there are a lot of times that I go in and check manually and there are updates available that it didn't tell me about. However, if I don't update and just wait a while, it eventually notifies. It just seems to wait for a particular time of day or for X number of updates to become available or for your phone to do something specific first. I frequently see a lot of stuff happen on my phones right after I complete a telephone call (which I don't make/receive very often), like suddenly I get the Play Store notification and the silly "Login to Facebook to sync your contacts" notification, stuff like that. Sometimes it happens right after restarting the phone. It's just odd behavior. Play Store has always been this way for me, across many different smartphones.
Not to say that there isn't a specific problem with the S6. There still could be. But it's possible that it's just standard Play Store behavior.
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Anyone else have their sync symbol constantly "on" in the status bar... Even with no data transfers taking place? This has only been occurring for the last 24hrs or so. Weird.
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Go under accounts & sync and uncheck one account at a time (try FB first). If the sync goes away, there's probably an issue with that account.
I have that issue as well. I have unchecked all of the boxes and it still does it. For me it does cause issues in getting gmail pushed to the phone. What else uses the sync feature that is not listed in the sync section?
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I have that issue as well. I have unchecked all of the boxes and it still does it. For me it does cause issues in getting gmail pushed to the phone. What else uses the sync feature that is not listed in the sync section?
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After investigating this issue, I have a bad feeling this may be due to a bad/data-mining app - specifically, Tetris by Tetris Games (com.pp.tetris). Here's what I did...
After turning off all the syncing and background data in Setttings > Accounts, the sync icon persisted on the notification bar. I did some reboots, cleared app caches, etc., yet there it remained. I was beginning to get concerned that my phone may have been compromised by a "bad" app, but I didn't know which one. So knowing I had a good backup that I made last week from ROM Manager - I decided to install it.
After installing the "good" ROM, the sync icon disappeared from the notification bar. Where things got interesting is when I tried to restore my apps from the market. All went successfully accept for "Tetris" by "Tetris Games", which reported a download error when trying to restore. After checking the Android Market, I've discovered it is no longer available. Furthermore, I recall playing that Tetris app two days ago, just around the time the sync icon problem started.
So, while this isn't 100% confirmation that Tetris by Tetris Games is a bad app... I have a feeling it may have been sending data without authorization - hence its removal from the App Store.
I strongly urge those users who have it, to uninstall it.
that happened to me when i had the facebook picture gallery synced with the gallery on my phone. so as i logged out of it, it went away.
Interesting... How does one log out of the Facebook picture gallery?
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I never used a tetris app.
How did you log out of the facebook photo gallery?
Have any of you updated to the OTA and seen this issue resolved?
While trying to figure out why I wasn't getting my push notifications I noticed that there are a lot of people having this same problem. It doesn't seem to affect just one brand or model of phone. Nor does it seem to be a specific carrier or firmware version. I finally figured out the problem and decided to post this here rather than in the forum for my device. My particular device is a Verizon GS4, rooted, stock firmware, version MK2.
Originally, I had thought it was only Facebook and eBay that I wasn't getting notifications from. It turned out I wasn't getting any of them except text messages and email.
If you are having the same problem, this is why. The problem is that one of your apps is blocking the notifications. For me, it was Yahoo instant messenger. After a whole day searching and trying every solution I could find, I finally just started uninstalling apps that get push notifications. Once I uninstalled YIM I knew instantly that I had found the cause because I got about 20 push notifications, they were all the ones which I hadn't received. It really wasn't until then that I realized just how many apps I wasn't getting notifications from.
The app that's causing you to not receive your notifications may or may not be YIM. It more than likely will be an app which you downloaded and installed, as opposed to one preinstalled on the phone.
My suggestion would be to go through your apps and uninstall, one at a time, any apps you've installed which receive push notifications. More than likely, you will instantly get some notifications when you find the one causing the problem. Once you find the faulty app, you should be able to reinstall it without a problem. If you reinstall it and the problem returns, you will at least know where to begin looking for a solution.
If your problem is only with a specific app, then you may need to check your settings for that particular app. With, for example, the Facebook app, if you uncheck the messages box in settings, you will only get push notifications during certain times. So that may be your problem if its just Facebook. Or similar if its a different app.
I hope this actually helps someone. Any questions, I'm subscribed and I will respond right away.
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I've stumbled upon this google security setting:
http://imgur.com/Rq1syoH
"Scan device for security threats". According to Google, "when this setting is on, it regularly checks your device activity and prevents or warns about potential harm."
That does not explain anything to me. Does anyone know what exactly this setting does?
Nothing weird about this. It does what it says it will. Let's say you accidentally download and install some malware. With that setting on it will warn you before you run it.
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So it doesn't do what it says in the description? It doesn't "regularly" check the phone, only if you install apps? Does this also mean, the setting is useless if you turned off app installations from other sources than the play store?
I wouldn't say that, simply because sometimes malware slips through the play store screening process.
Then how would the phone suddenly discover malware from an app, when the play store couldn't discover it? The play store and Android are from the same company.. Also, that doesn't match the description "regularly checks your device" at all.
Does anyone here ACTUALLY know, what this setting does?
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/2812853?hl=en
From Google. ?
I was just trying to help man, relax.
So, ever since the N update on my S7 and now on the S8, my email doesn't push/sync right away at all anymore. I have to go into the email for it update. I'm not sure whyy it's doing this. I haven't set it up that way, have background data allowed, and don't have any battery saviors set up to do this...
Any ideas on this why this is happening?
Nougat's overly aggressive doze is the cause here. Fix: https://androidtutorial.net/2017/05/02/fix-delayed-push-notifications-galaxy-s8s8/
The option under Special Access you want to look at is Optimise battery Usage.
I have the same issue. I have gmail set so that it is NOT Optimized for battery. I still don't get gmail updates (and therefore no notification) until I open the app (usually). Sometimes I do get the notification soon after the email is sent to me. Rather random.
After messing around for a while, I think it is a no notification thing and not a lack of synchronizing the emails. If I send myself a gmail, I get no notification, but I can look in my google account and see where gmail has synchronized. Then I go to gmail and the message is there.
^yep, could be related...but how to resolve?
Possible Solution - Worked for Me (So Far)
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^yep, could be related...but how to resolve?
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So, I solved it by going to the app manager and disabling the gmail app. Since it is a system app, it doesn't uninstall it, but reverts it back to some previous version. That version has been giving me the appropriate notifications for every email I have received since.
I think I will look at disabling updates for gmail for a while.
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So, I solved it by going to the app manager and disabling the gmail app. Since it is a system app, it doesn't uninstall it, but reverts it back to some previous version. That version has been giving me the appropriate notifications for every email I have received since.
I think I will look at disabling updates for gmail for a while.
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I deleted data for the app. That also fixed the problem (for now anyway)
This has been an ongoing issue for me for over a year. It was an issue on this phone, my S7 edge and Note7.
Often I will see an email on my phone, read and archive it, then go about my business. Several hours later I go into Gmail on my PC and that email is still sitting there, unread.
Actually sending out an email on the phone seems to make the sync update, but other actions like reading, moving, or deleting emails doesn't. I've had times where my emails were still unread on the Gmail website 12 hours after reading them on the phone. I have the app's battery optimization settings turned off, and I have even gone into the app several times during that period and pulled down to check for new messages. It's pretty awful that the sync has such serious issues and nobody is fixing it.
Deleting the app's updates doesn't work for me. It might fix the issue briefly, but it always comes back pretty quickly, even without any updates to the app.
The only thing that fixed the issue for me was installing an app called something like "Gmail Push Fixer". It worked wonders on my S7 edge. Unfortunately, the app requires root so it isn't an option on my Snapdragon S8+.
Dear XDA Forum!
first: yes i used the search function although i couldn't find a thread which addresses my issue in general, also i tried a few of the fixes regarding the notifications although it didn't solve my problem.
Phone: Doogee S88 Plus
OS: Android 10
I received this phone a while back and i'm pretty happy about it, although i noticed a very strange behaviour regarding nearly all apps.
Apperantly, every app that isn't a foreground app, will get killed or at least will not send notifications until they are opened which, you sure can think, is damn annoying.
Also, apps won't start with Android Auto, except Google Apps like News, calendar, maps and such. Spotify, Audible and every "external" apps will refuse to start on android auto until i open them manually on the phone, then they will show up on my car as well.
i checked the installed software and noticed a preinstalled energy saving app (which is funny with an 10Ah battery but well ) called com.cydroid.softmanager
Thinking this could be an issue i uninstalled/deactivated the app via ADB, although it didn't get better in any form.
And yes, of course i checked the battery optimization which is turned off for the usual apps which send notifications like Signal, Threema, Outlook, Authenticator and such
As i use Signal as my SMS/MMS app, i can say that i will not receive SMS/MMS notifications as well, i will receive them if i use the standard SMS app Messages though.
Also notifications in general are activated.
Maybe it has something to do with Doze? I'm currently at my wit's end.
I already thought about rooting the device, although it doesnt seems like that there is any rom out there for it, it has the option for OEM Bootloader unlock in the dev options though, but to be honest it's been a long while since i rooted android devices except from Samsung.
Hopefully you guys can help me!
Kind regards
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also i think it has to do with the background apps in general since foreground apps like my VPN (Cyberghost) will keep running without issues
also i noticed if i restart the phone all the apps will start correctly in the background, so it seems, since i'll get the notifications immediately