I've been trying to get Pocket Outlook (8125/Wizard) to provide mail notifications when new (IMAP) messages are received.
Automatic polling is working fine -- the headers and/or messages are retrieved appropriately at the indicated intervals. I'm aware that Messaging cannot be in the foreground if notifications are to be received -- so I've tested with messaging completely closed or minimized.
I also specifically enabled (in sounds/notifications) sound notification for "new e-mail message" and made sure the sound was playable.
It's all to no end. New messages (headers and/or complete text) do come in from IMAP, but there's no notification of any kind. Nothing visually appears. No message text appears (despite the configuration setting that says it should). No audio notification occurs.
I have changed the Messaging paths to use the storage card rather the internal memory -- this unfortunately required me (apparently) to disable the Today messaging line (to avoid the Storage Card2 problem -- I'd love to find an alternative way of getting something back on the Today screen in this regard). However, even before I made this change I wasn't receiving any mail notifications of any kind.
Any suggestions appreciated! Thanks.
calendar notifications
I have the same issue with calendar notifications. everything is enabled, just it does not notify me. It just happened suddenly.
Anyone knows what ther problem might be? I am using Calendar+.
Thanks
Hi, since upgrading my Xperia to 2.1 I've notice something really annoying and all I want is for it to STOP!!!
Has anyone noticed whenever they sign into their google/twitter/faceache account the mobile's automatically sync's it's contacts? However instead of updating the outdated information with recent edits (either online or on the handset) it adds to it!! Often leaving a single entry with multiple parts (if you get what I mean) and multiple copies of the same address, number, email and notes in a single contact.
Does anyone here a solution to this?
I just want it to bleedin' STOP!!!
It's sooooo damn bloody annoying!!
I like the mobile contact list to remain the same, unaltered by it's software sync utility yet I like my emails to be pushed... So far, I've played with the phone till i'm completely stressed, only to achieve nothing!
STOP SYNCING my contacts!!!!
ALSO...
Where's the option to have assign different colour flashing LED status, for various types of notifications?
i.e.
Green - missed call
Blue - new sms
Orange - new email... etc...
Did you try going to the "Sync Settings" and turning off Sync? Menu button on the contacts list, go to "Account & Sync Settings" and uncheck "Sync Contacts" ?
when opening facebook on the settings you can disable the updates
UltraNEO* said:
ALSO...
Where's the option to have assign different colour flashing LED status, for various types of notifications?
i.e.
Green - missed call
Blue - new sms
Orange - new email... etc...
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I use Blink, its free in the market and works fine
Prerequisites:
- Install Light Flow Legacy (but also keep the regular Light Flow, this is mandatory).
- Now the LEDs will work even with Always-On screen on, and the annoying permanent notification from the notification bar will disappear.
- It will prompt you to disable the regular Light Flow. It will also generally work better.
- Enable Samsung workaround in Light Flow, when prompted.
Email:
- For Gmail and Google Apps email, replace Gmail app with Google Inbox app (it will probably replace Gmail anyway one day). Unfortunately Gmail does not work with Light Flow, unless you disable notifications altogether in Gmail's settings (in which case you get LED notifications from Light Flow but no notification bar notifications - you don't want this, or maybe you do if you really like Gmail over Inbox).
- In Google Inbox, set the "Pulse Notification Light" to Off for each account.
- Unfortunately, the Samsung Email app does not seem to work with Light Flow. But other email clients may work if you have work email accounts.
SMS:
- You can either use Samsung's SMS app (which turns on the screen on every message and this can't be disabled so it's not for me) or Textra (works, tested) or other SMS app.
- Hangouts doesn't work with Light Flow in SMS mode. Google Messenger (the new SMS messaging app from Google) does not work with Light Flow (which is a pity because it's very nice and clean).
Other messaging systems:
- Whatsapp and Hangouts work with Light Flow already (but Hangouts does not work with LightFlow for SMS messages if you set it that way). Make sure you disable the notification light in their settings.
Facebook, Instagram:
- Not tested, maybe someone else will
Hopefully this helps someone.
You can set up Lightflow to work correctly with Gmail, albeit with a slight kludge. And the built-in messaging app doesn't light up the screen on every message for me.
After some conversations with the developer, this is what works for me to get LF working:
1. Download and install the regular paid version. Don't bother to set up any notifications.
2. Download and install Lightflow Legacy (it's free). It will alert you that you need to disable, but not delete, the full version, and offer to disable it for you. Accept that option. This is NOT the same as disabling an app in the application manager. Don't disable it in the application manager.
3. At some point, it will prompt to to enable the Samsung workaround. Choose that setting.
4. Do NOT turn on administrators, even when Lightflow prompts you to do so.
5. In device Settings, go to Accessibility, scroll all the way down, and make sure Light Flow Legacy in On.
6. Back to Lightflow Legacy: In General settings, check (or make sure these are checked): Enable Light Flow, Show LED in Priority Mode, Accessibility check.
7. Go to Lightflow Legacy and set up your notifications. For some apps you'll need to check the Switch screen on and Wake screen when in pocket options to get notifications to work. To avoid the issue with screen locking and needing to use a PIN to unlock the screen, choose "Phone screen default length" as the value for Screen on length. The drawback to this is that your screen will light up for 5 to 10 seconds when you get a notification for these apps, but it's the only way to avoid having the phone prompt for a pin or password when you turn on the screen after getting a notification from one of these apps. NOTE: This won't work correctly with Always On Display or Night Clock turned on. Both of these options prevent Lightflow from turning on the screen, so you'll get the default blue flashing LED.
7b. Apps I know require these settings are Gmail, E-mail (Samsung's app),
8. For the built-in SMS app, uncheck the boxes for Monitor SMS Conversations, and check the option for Monitor notification bar.
9. Finally, go back to device Settings, choose Notifications, click Advanced, scroll down to Light Flow (not Legacy), and and turn off notifications. Make sure notifications are ON for Light Flow Legacy. (You might not see an option for regular Lightflow. That's OK.)
10. In device Settings / Display, make sure LED indicator is set ON.
With these settings, everything seems to be working for me, with the only drawback being the screen turns on for notifications from Gmail and Email. If you set up notifications for an app and just get the regular Blue LED instead of what you've programmed, follow step 7 for that app.
The Hangouts thing is very disappointing. Thanks for the info though!
It's really a shame to have to choose between a useful feature like AOD and getting the right LED color.
halo0 said:
The Hangouts thing is very disappointing. Thanks for the info though!
It's really a shame to have to choose between a useful feature like AOD and getting the right LED color.
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Try setting up the screen on workaround (Step 7) for Hangouts
It doesn't work because I use always on display.
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You can set up Lightflow to work correctly with Gmail, albeit with a slight kludge. And the built-in messaging app doesn't light up the screen on every message for me.
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You can only set LightFlow to work with Gmail if you are willing to either disable all notifications in Gmail, or set the display in LightFlow to turn on for a bit on every received email. Both are unacceptable for me.
As for the Samsung SMS app, mine always turns on the screen upon receiving a message. If you look on forums, everybody complains about this for every Samsung device and there is no workaround.
For me at least, having the screen turn on on notifications is completely unacceptable.
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You can only set LightFlow to work with Gmail if you are willing to either disable all notifications in Gmail, or set the display in LightFlow to turn on for a bit on every received email. Both are unacceptable for me.
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But you're not the only person using this device, are you? For some this will be an acceptable tradeoff.
As for the Samsung SMS app, mine always turns on the screen upon receiving a message. If you look on forums, everybody complains about this for every Samsung device and there is no workaround.
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Have you looked at the settings in the app? There's an option to turn off (or on) pop-ups. Have you tried turning it off? As I said, I get no screen on when I receive an SMS, so it's simply not true that "everybody" complains about this.
For me at least, having the screen turn on on notifications is completely unacceptable.
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And I repeat, my steps work, and will be acceptable for many. XDA doesn't exist to satisfy only you.
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But you're not the only person using this device, are you? For some thois will be an acceptable tradeoff.
Have you looked at the settings in the app? There's an option to turn off (or on) pop-ups. Have you tried turning it off? As I said, I get no screen on when I receive an SMS, so it's simply not true that "everybody" complains about this.
And I repeat, my steps work, and will be acceptable for many. XDA doesn't exist to satisfy only you.
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Actually, have *you* tried to turn off the obvious pop-up setting in the default SMS app to see how the screen behaves ? Do you think that people would complain on forums with no solution in sight, if it was a simple setting ?
As for the rest of the nonsense, not worth getting into.
(sorry for the typo in the headline - it's of course the 'PFG' build I'm referring to...)
If flashing the new stock firmware for my S7E, I have suddenly noticed that no notification icons (with counters) whatsoever (for missed calls, text messages, emails) are now being displayed on AOD.
This is what I know for sure:
My S7E (with the PFG firmware installed) does NOT display AOD notification icons for:
- New/unread Email messages (built-in Samsung app)
- New/unread Gmail messages
But since I haven't been using the S7E for that long, and because I'm a bit of a 'flashing addict' (flashing every new firmware as soon as it becomes available), I have to admit that I can't be 100% percent sure that this wasn't also the case with my last installed firmware build (PF3).
Nevertheless, I distinctly remember actually seeing AOD notification icons for (in the very least) missed calls and text messages in some of my earlier installed builds...
The strange thing is: My S7E is perfectly able to show notifications for new/unread Gmail messages on the Edge screen, when I do the back-and-forth swipe on the AOD screen... So why not have a similar notification icon and counter for new/unread Gmail messages on the AOD screen? This totally baffles me... ;/
Are any of you guys out there experiencing anything similar? I really hope you can help me shed some more light on this issue.
I just tested on pg3 and calls, messages and mail show up like they should. I'm pretty sure It'll go away after a clean flash. Maybe try clearing cache from recovery first.
baedaa said:
I just tested on pg3 and calls, messages and mail show up like they should. I'm pretty sure It'll go away after a clean flash. Maybe try clearing cache from recovery first.
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I'm talking about notification icons on the AOD (Always On Display). And the AOD does NOT display notifications of new emails messages, neither in Gmail or the built-in (Samsung) Email app...
Hi!
Like a lot of people, I've had problems with push notifications which seem to have been at least partially solved by exempting specific apps from battery optimization. The other issue I'm seeing with notifications is that they are not cleared or have a long delay. For example, if I delete an email in gmail on my computer, the phone notification will take at least two minutes to clear. This sometimes happen in reverse - I'll delete/read an email on my phone, and the gmail web will still show the email as unread.
Also, if I get a notification from facebook, if I clear it on my computer it won't be cleared on the phone. This I suspect might be a Nova launcher problem, but I'm not sure as I've had so much trouble with notifications even before I switched to Nova.
Can anyone help sort out the notification clearing problems?
Anyone?