Facebook Push Notification Fix. Try these simple steps!

chrlswltrs · Feb 22, 2012

Hasn't been working at all today. I just remembered I saw something in the thread about the email thing being unchecked so I just checked my settings and it was checked. I unchecked it so hopefully they will start working now.

chrlswltrs · Feb 22, 2012

I really want to know if mine is working, but if all the days for my Facebook to be quiet...

Rush · Feb 22, 2012

chrlswltrs said:
I really want to know if mine is working, but if all the days for my Facebook to be quiet...

I know that feeling. lol. If you have followed the steps correctly, then you should be ok. Check in applications - notifications - other applications to see if the BB app is there.

chrlswltrs · Feb 23, 2012

It is working now! At least for some things.

I have noticed that it works for comments on wall post or if someone post to your wall.

It does not work if you have notifications for when "close friends" update their status. You get no push notification for that. I'll report back with other notifications that do and do not get pushed as I notice them.

Anyways glad to finally have some push notifications on Android!! :cool:

Rush · Feb 23, 2012

It does not work if you have notifications for when "close friends" update their status.

Did you subscribed to those friends statuses? Nonetheless, I'm happy that it works for you. There are thousands of Androiders who would love to know that there is a way for "push notification" to be sent to their Android devices and I'm hoping that many will see this thread.

chrlswltrs · Feb 23, 2012

Rush Lindsay said:
Did you subscribed to those friends statuses? Nonetheless, I'm happy that it works for you. There are thousands of Androiders who would love to know that there is a way for "push notification" to be sent to their Android devices and I'm hoping that many will see this thread.

Yeah I have a couple I am subscribed to, I get notifications, just not pushed to my phone.

I wish Facebook would just update their app to give us push notifications without needing a blackberry, but at least this works

crankerchick · Feb 24, 2012

chrlswltrs said:
It does not work if you have notifications for when "close friends" update their status. You get no push notification for that.

I think this is a limitation in the app itself and not specifically the push notifications. If you notice, in the app if you click the globe thingy to see your notifications, it doesn't show close friend updates there either.

chrlswltrs · Feb 24, 2012

crankerchick said:
I think this is a limitation in the app itself and not specifically the push notifications. If you notice, in the app if you click the globe thingy to see your notifications, it doesn't show close friend updates there either.

Actually it does show status updates if you are subscribed, I just checked the app.

Rush · Mar 9, 2012

Stuntman · Mar 10, 2012

cwagmire said:
Ok, so I'm not receiving push notifications either, but I'm wondering if mine is stemming from another problem.

I hate getting email notifications so I have a lot of those unchecked under notifications tab, but does this also affect push notifications? I feel like now I have to choose between being bombarded with emails and get push notifications on my phone or no email and no push.

I use FriendCaster Pro for notifications. It basically reads your emails that are sent from Facebook and then deletes them and then notifies you that there are Facebook updates. I find this to be a satisfactory way of getting push notifications. When I get a Facebook update, I get an email. FriendCaster sees this email, plays the Facebook notification sound and then deletes the email. This way, my inbox is always clear of Facebook emails.

Rush · Mar 11, 2012

Stuntman said:
I use FriendCaster Pro for notifications. It basically reads your emails that are sent from Facebook and then deletes them and then notifies you that there are Facebook updates. I find this to be a satisfactory way of getting push notifications. When I get a Facebook update, I get an email. FriendCaster sees this email, plays the Facebook notification sound and then deletes the email. This way, my inbox is always clear of Facebook emails.

Sounds good, but I just prefer the 'facebook for Android app' over any other.

Stuntman · Mar 12, 2012

Rush Lindsay said:
Sounds good, but I just prefer the 'facebook for Android app' over any other.

Rush · Mar 20, 2012

*A-hem*

Just a nice bump.

dockster · Mar 25, 2012

Lets see if this works. Just enabled the PUSH notifications

Rush · Mar 26, 2012

dockster said:
Lets see if this works. Just enabled the PUSH notifications

Dockster, did it or didn't the steps work for you? Let me know.

Kindie75 · Mar 29, 2012

I have tried this (using BB emulator) and it didn't work for me

I am on a rooted ICS stock rom. I don't know if that may be the reason. I think I will odin back to GB to see if that will fix the problem....

Rush · Mar 29, 2012

Kindie75 said:
I have tried this (using BB emulator) and it didn't work for me I am on a rooted ICS stock rom. I don't know if that may be the reason. I think I will odin back to GB to see if that will fix the problem....

I'm not sure if that's the problem.. If you have follow the steps correctly and it doen't work for you - I don't know what to tell you. Maybe a second time around might just work for you.

chrlswltrs · Mar 29, 2012

Kindie75 said:
I have tried this (using BB emulator) and it didn't work for me I am on a rooted ICS stock rom. I don't know if that may be the reason. I think I will odin back to GB to see if that will fix the problem....

I'm on a rooted ICS ROM (CM9 not stock though), so I don't think that is the issue

egingell · Apr 9, 2012

Well, it worked for me -- ICS FC15 - SGS2; however, Likes still don't come through and that's the only reason I don't use the Facebook app for notifications. Still going to stick with MB Notifications for now.

Also, there is a weird side effect where I will get old notifications as if they are new if someone deletes a post he or she just made in the same thread.

Edit: P.S. I used the BB emu version 7.1.0.98 (9900).

RAFCRIK · May 11, 2012

egingell said:
Well, it worked for me -- ICS FC15 - SGS2; however, Likes still don't come through.

Idem here.

But I notice I don't receive mails for likes either. While FB says it does sent email notifications if someone likes my post. Maybe this is more a bug in FB itself then the FB app?

Do iPhone and BB users receive notifications for likes?

crankerchick · May 11, 2012

For folks not being able to get this to work, the next time you are with a friend with an iOS device or a blackberry, just ask if you can use their phone to sign into your facebook. All you have to do is sign in and sign out. It has worked fine for me and the many otber friends of mine that I have done this for.

crankerchick · May 11, 2012

RAFCRIK said:
Idem here.

But I notice I don't receive mails for likes either. While FB says it does sent email notifications if someone likes my post. Maybe this is more a bug in FB itself then the FB app?

Do iPhone and BB users receive notifications for likes?

I think the likes notifications are sporadic. Sometimes I get them email and sometimes I don't. Sometimes i get a push notification in the app and sometimes i dont. They show up in my notifications within the app, but I don't always get a notification in the notification bar.

Rush · May 11, 2012

crankerchick said:
I think the likes notifications are sporadic. Sometimes I get them email and sometimes I don't. Sometimes i get a push notification in the app and sometimes i dont. They show up in my notifications within the app, but I don't always get a notification in the notification bar.

I've noticed lately that since the latest change of the notification icon (not the one we now have, the one before that looks like a square box or envelope) I haven't been getting notification as accurate as before.

I guess it's time to do the process all over again. Clearing data from the FB app and/or uninstall and reinstall the application doesn't seem to be of much help anymore. Nevertheless, it is still a lot better than waiting to be notified by email.

Stupifier · May 11, 2012

I found something interesting as a side effect to completely REMOVING the default HTC Sense launcher from my phone (you must be rooted to do this). I replaced it with Go Launcher EX as a system app. Once Sense was removed, FB push notifications magically worked. I don't use push notifications, but I thought it was worth mentioning in here.

For whatever reason, removing Sense let Push Notifications through.

chrlswltrs · May 11, 2012

crankerchick said:
I think the likes notifications are sporadic. Sometimes I get them email and sometimes I don't. Sometimes i get a push notification in the app and sometimes i dont. They show up in my notifications within the app, but I don't always get a notification in the notification bar.

I never get notifications for likes, that is the only thing that kind of sucks

Stupifier said:
I found something interesting as a side effect to completely REMOVING the default HTC Sense launcher from my phone (you must be rooted to do this). I replaced it with Go Launcher EX as a system app. Once Sense was removed, FB push notifications magically worked. I don't use push notifications, but I thought it was worth mentioning in here.

For whatever reason, removing Sense let Push Notifications through.

Sense tends to make a lot of things not work right. I will NEVER have a phone with Sense.

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