In Lollipop, I had the following problem: while my phone was set to priority mode with only exceptions made for incoming calls/SMS from starred contacts. However, for some twisted reason, Facebook Messenger decided to still give a sound notification. The fact that there's a notification from the led and on my screen doesn't bother me (in fact, I find it quite usefull) but I use Priority Mode while I'm studying, training, ... so that I'm not disturbed for every mail, notification, ... I get but people can still reach me if it's urgent.
Since the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, I was very delighted to notice this issue was solved. It worked like a charm! BUT, now it doesn't anymore Since a few days, I recieve sound notifications while in Priority Mode, from Facebook Messenger. I've tried, re-installing the app, deleting the last apps I've installed before it stopped working, ... but nothing works.
I also tried to get a workaround through an app called "Automate", but I'm getting an error due to the fact my device isn't rooted, I think (and I prefer to keep it that way).
Anyone else who encountered this problem and perhaps have a soluion, anyone experienced with Automate to solve this? I'd rather stick with my unrooted device and my stock ROM (so not Cyanogen or something likewise).
Same problem here anyone found a solution?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5. When I ran Cyanogenmod 12 I had no problems receiving push notifications. Immediately after upgrading to Cyanogenmod 13, I found that the phone would sometimes fail to show push notifications. I'm an on call sysadmin and I rely on push notifications via Pushbullet to alert me when a server has issues, so this is very important for me.
Here's a breakdown of the apps I use and their push notification behaviour:
* Pushbullet - This seems to notify me if I've opened the app in the last few days, otherwise not at all. I recently went a month without opening it and when I finally did, several notifications from earlier in the month all arrived at once.
* HipChat - I don't use it much, but I had a guy message me weeks earlier and my phone didn't give me any notification. Like Pushbullet, I think the app has to be recently opened for push notifications to work.
* Gmail - Some notifications happen instantly, some happen after a few hours, and some don't happen at all. I have two Gmail accounts configured and have been using my primary account heaps, and only today found out that someone had emailed my secondary two days ago and I hadn't been notified. Both accounts have their inboxes synced and notifications emailed. So it doesn't seem to be related to the app being stopped in Gmail's case. I only found it because I manually refreshed the secondary's inbox.
* WhatsApp - These always come in instantly as far as I'm aware.
* SMSes using the Messaging app - These always come in instantly as far as I'm aware.
Firstly, I have excluded these apps from battery optimisation. If I go to Settings > Battery > Menu > Battery optimisation, I can see the following are listed as not optimised: Android system, Gmail, HipChat, Pushbullet.
Next, I installed an app called "Root- Push Notifications Fixer". It has a tool called Play Services Monitor. See screenshot (imgur.com/a/7hQ95). An email came in at 8:36am according to Gmail's timestamp. You can see the phone received a GSYNC_TICKLE at 8:37am however my phone didn't make any notification at this time. The notification happened at 10:31am (or maybe it was 9:40am - I don't remember). My point is that this doesn't seem to be a network issue. The phone is aware of the push notification but hasn't proceeded any further.
I'm fairly sure this isn't related to doze mode, because as I've said it's gone up to a month without notifying me and I use my phone all the time. I'm also confident it's not network related due to the previous screenshot and the fact that I've been on several different wifi networks as well as data. I've read that it could be because the notifications aren't priority, but I don't know how to verify this.
Is there something obvious that I'm missing? By the way, I'm a Linux sysadmin and a software engineer (but not for phones), so I'm competent with ADB shell if you want me to get my hands dirty.
Some additional information shown in my About Phone screen, if that helps:
* Device model: SM-G900F
* Android version: 6.0.1
* CyanogenMod version: 13.0-20161013-SNAPSHOT-ZNH5YAO21L-klte
* Kernel version: 3.4.0-g46d41dd
Hi !
As you may know , the cyanogenmode has vanished so no more updates from it and it might be a rom build issue
For your particular issue you can search for an answer on the rom thread as we don`t develop that rom and more users or the developer can provide assistance
You may also consider changing the rom if the development on the one you use has been stopped
Cheers !
Heya,
So I'm using Whatsapp Web and every time I get a message, it instantly lights up my phone screen. This happens also if the chat is active, meaning I don't get a notification (of course not) but the screen lights up anyway. The phone is too fast to notice the notification, while my old S8 used to ignore notifications if I was on Whatsapp Web.
Any tricks to this? It uses a lot of battery for the screen to keep blinking on
It doesn't seem to happen to me. I'm using the same wifi for my phone and my laptop. My phone only beeps if I don't check the message on my web whatsapp on the laptop. Note that I only use the browser version not the macos whatsapp app.
Zude said:
Heya,
So I'm using Whatsapp Web and every time I get a message, it instantly lights up my phone screen. This happens also if the chat is active, meaning I don't get a notification (of course not) but the screen lights up anyway. The phone is too fast to notice the notification, while my old S8 used to ignore notifications if I was on Whatsapp Web.
Any tricks to this? It uses a lot of battery for the screen to keep blinking on
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I would have to agree with the previous comment, Im not finding an issue with the app giving me notification have you tried to uninstall it, or just reset the cache/data on the device. The only thing i know that can make it play up in the way you're talking about is if you have sideloaded GMS?
my issue is very different, while I'm connected to whatsapp web (phone and pc on the same network), after a while whastsapp web shows "phone not connected to the internet" and notifications doesn't show on the phone. After I open whatsapp on the phone, I recieve all the messages that weren't arriving.
When I connect to my cellular data on the phone and over wifi on the pc, there's no issues.
It seems that reinstall plus disabling "wake" helped. Now if I'm active on a chat, phone doesn't react, if I'm not, phone vibrates. Just as it's meant to be.
I have the "no connection" problem too. If you find a solution, please do tell
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
I simply cannot recommend Android to my normie friends and family.
Let me restate this: It is not our job to fix Google's bugs.
This is a US-centric view.
If you can't tell: I am a bit aggravated right now.
I could not get my GMail, GCal, and other notifications to come through properly on Pixel 5's Android 11 OR S21 Ultra's Android 11.
This has apparently been an issue that many an Android user suffers through silently -- and, some don't even know that this is happening to them. I guess they're embarrassed to publicly state that their mobile OS is subpar.
When you get an e-mail or if a calendar event reminder is coming up, and even if your phone's screen is OFF/locked: you should get an \*\*\*instant\*\*\* notification. No delay whatsoever.
Well, if my screen was off/locked, I wouldn't get these notifications or it would take 10+ minutes to show. But, once I unlocked my phone: boom, notifications. And, sometimes even if my screen wasn't locked, there would be a serious delay or no notification.
After spending loads of time trying to fix this problem, me and my friend finally stumbled upon a solution: ./adb shell dumpsys deviceidle disable
A reboot eliminates this setting modification, by the way.
Do not tell me that instant e-mail notifications are not necessary. Many of us work jobs that require them to be instant.
No end user should ever have to go through this. iPhone users certainly don't go through this.
If Google doesn't care about Android users, then, why should I, as an Android user, care about Android too? Just switch to iPhone, I guess.
Google pays Apple $10bn+ every year and makes better software for iOS than it does for Android.
Just look at the damn widgets that iOS users get.
So, $10bn/year plus the cost of the software developed to cater to iOS users.
This makes Google a simp cuck to Apple, nothing else.
Would Apple ever return this favor? No.
Therefore, Google management is a simp cucked by Apple, nothing more.
We are fools to be using this OS.
If Google is willing to subsidize my iOS software updates and experience to the tune of billions of dollars every single year -- then, why not just switch?
Clearly, my experience has shown me that Android can be cheaper -- if I don't value my time.
Statistic after statistic bears it out: iPhone users are wealthier.
I am tired of being an Android luser -- why should I take on such abuse and neglect by the main author of my mobile OS?
Before you start patronizing me: YES, I tried every other bloody trick in the book to fix this issue.
No end user should ever have to go through this! No end user should have to run adb commands to enable basic functionality.
There are some basic things that modern smartphones should just be able to do: instant notifications, 3rd party camera support, functioning RCS or some other form of E2EE messaging built-in, reliable local backups, a nationwide network of repair facilities, etc.
Android fails on all of these.
iPhone ordered. Glad to leave this Android ghetto behind.
Hey Google, if you have some self-respect: then, instead of paying Apple $10bn an year and doing iOS development, how about you actually work on some basic Android functionality instead?
You are right and I fully share your emotions regarding nasty state of notifications we often observe in our phones.
However, apart from google, there is a 3rd party: the china cellar/basement where our phones are produced. Owners of these cellars think they are very clever guys when they implement power management tools in their ugly stock ROMs. Guess what these power management tools do with notifications!
Sometimes (not always) you have to know how android is programmed in order to fight with power management. Especially, this is true with phones that run 6-7-8 versions of android.
I have 2 more or less modern phones in my family. They run on A10 and do not have these problems with notifications.
Yes, phone OSes and software can be annoying. But I don't think iOS is the solution.
Regarding the problem, I suppose you've already tried changing the sleep settings, but if not: maybe deviceidle whitelisting could be helpful.
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I have 2 more or less modern phones in my family. They run on A10 and do not have these problems with notifications.
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I never had these problems with Android 10.
So, yeah, it MAY be Android 11.
I am downloading the May update for my S21U. Let's see if this fixes it.
hkjo said:
Yes, phone OSes and software can be annoying. But I don't think iOS is the solution.
Regarding the problem, I suppose you've already tried changing the sleep settings, but if not: maybe deviceidle whitelisting could be helpful.
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Even the folks in that thread are having mixed results.
I just ran the blanket OS-level command as described in my original post.
I haven't faced any noticeable depreciation battery life due to this.
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I never had these problems with Android 10.
So, yeah, it MAY be Android 11.
I am downloading the May update for my S21U. Let's see if this fixes it.
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It doesn't.
The May update didn't fix this issue.
Isn't it true that whitelisting via ADB only DISABLES Battery Optimization for a particular app, and you can do the same thing via the Android interface? And we all know that turning Battery Optimization off doesn't do squat to get notifications sooner.
OR does whitelisting via ADB (supposed to) do something more powerful than disabling Battery Optimization? Thanks so much.
Looking forward to your reply
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Isn't it true that whitelisting via ADB only DISABLES Battery Optimization for a particular app, and you can do the same thing via the Android interface? And we all know that turning Battery Optimization off doesn't do squat to get notifications sooner.
OR does whitelisting via ADB (supposed to) do something more powerful than disabling Battery Optimization? Thanks so much.
Looking forward to your reply
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AFAIK: Whitelisting a single app thru the UI and thru ADB has the same effect. I disabled battery optimizations on all apps and still faced a delay. Perhaps, Google will take care of this issue eventually. But, I doubt it.
But, yes, disabling deviceidle thru adb works as a full-proof solution.
I'm still testing to see if disabling "Android Adaptive Notifications" works.
Also, I wonder if there's a way to see if the phone received the email but just chose not to show us the notification.
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AFAIK: Whitelisting a single app thru the UI and thru ADB has the same effect. I disabled battery optimizations on all apps and still faced a delay. Perhaps, Google will take care of this issue eventually. But, I doubt it.
But, yes, disabling deviceidle thru adb works as a full-proof solution.
I'm still testing to see if disabling "Android Adaptive Notifications" works.
Also, I wonder if there's a way to see if the phone received the email but just chose not to show us the notification.
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Sorry for the late response.
Thanks for confirming the adb whitelist and disabling battery optimization are the same.
I tried: adb shell dumpsys deviceidle disable
but I'm still getting delayed email notifications, once the device has been sleeping for 5-7 minutes.
I don't think Google will ever give freedom back to it's users. They want control. Years ago, I think Gmail had push notifications, but Google pulled that back. My guess is they want to reintroduce it in the future as a paid service because they felt they had very little in their gmail pipeline at the time. Google's favorability is declining, but I'd still take Android over IOS. I still use Google Voice. Other than that, I wouldn't have any Google accounts on my phone.
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Sorry for the late response.
Thanks for confirming the adb whitelist and disabling battery optimization are the same.
I tried: adb shell dumpsys deviceidle disable
but I'm still getting delayed email notifications, once the device has been sleeping for 5-7 minutes.
I don't think Google will ever give freedom back to it's users. They want control. Years ago, I think Gmail had push notifications, but Google pulled that back. My guess is they want to reintroduce it in the future as a paid service. My thought is, they felt they had very little in their gmail pipeline so they removed push notifications to reintroduce it at a later time. I hate Google, but I'd take Android over IOS at this point in time. I still use my Google Voice account. Other than that, I wouldn't have any Google accounts on my phone.
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./adb devices
./adb shell dumpsys deviceidle disable
./adb disconnect
If that didn't work for you, go into the GMail app and look closely at the settings to see if there is something off.
Also, does disabling GMail and using Outlook instead work for you?
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I don't think Google will ever give freedom back to it's users. They want control.
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The EU, Japan, and the US are all cracking down on Apple now. Google won't be able to control this beast too much for too long.
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./adb devices
./adb shell dumpsys deviceidle disable
./adb disconnect
If that didn't work for you, go into the GMail app and look closely at the settings to see if there is something off.
Also, does disabling GMail and using Outlook instead work for you?
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I didn't use the: adb disconnect
Just "exit" the cmd and unmounted the phone.
I don't use the gmail app but have a gmail accounts ( in addition to other email accounts) I use through another email app. But every email app I try has this issue after the phone's been sitting for 5-7 minutes.
I mean, what is google trying to do? Save battery power to reduce mining of essential minerals for new batteries? Or they simply don't want people getting instant information?
We need someone with the expertise to check if the e-mail made its way to the phone or not.
This will tell us if the issue has to do with just notification display OR something with the internet/server.
nixnixnixnix4 said:
We need someone with the expertise to check if the e-mail made its way to the phone or not.
This will tell us if the issue has to do with just notification display OR something with the internet/server.
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I was reading in this thread about PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK
I asked if it was even possible if you can apply this PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK to other apps.