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itguy12

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For the past few days, my apps such as FB and Gmail have not been sending notifications or auto syncing. Manual update does work on both though. Any thoughts?

ATT Atrix 4G
Model MB860
Android 2.3.4
System version 4.5.91.MB860.ATT.en.US
Build 4.5.91
Kernel 2.6.32.9-00001-g41bc3e0
Webtop WT-1.2.0-110
Baseband N_01.77.30P
 
Here's another person frustrated by the Push notifications on Android (Not limited to the Atrix) and says that logging in on a Blackberry will fix it.

Honestly, I think it's rubbish as I moved from Blackberry to the Atrix. But, when I was running Blackberry as my main phone, the push notifications on my FroYo tablet never worked right.

But hey, give what he suggests a try:
Facebook Push Notifications - SOLVED!!! - Android Forums

And here's another thread in the Galaxy S forums where they are told basically the same I mentioned... that the FB is a FB issue.... and, the GMail is the same way. Really, it's an Android issue where they still have not figured out how to make Push notifications work right as a whole in the OS.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-fascinate/115669-no-facebook-notifications.html
 
Just some more reading on the general issue with flaky push notifications on Android...

Push notifications not working - Android Forums

Here's a guy that says the only thing that gives him notifications on his Droid is Gmail...
Push Notifications

It's really annoying after coming from Blackberry. Yeah, there were a few times that notifications broke, but it was usually an app update that needed to be patched, or a backend data issue. They were few and far between.
 
I found this on another forum and it worked for me. I have a Motorola Atrix running V2.3.4.

Apparently there is a sync "enable" button that is akin to the GPS / Network / Bluetooth switch. To get to it (per the other forum), I simply added an Android Widget onto my screen that was called "Power Control". On the widget, the button that was 2nd from the right was the Sync toggle button...and it was grayed out. As soon as I selected it (green bar underneath) I had syncing. After getting it turned on I just dragged the widget to my wastebasket so as to never run the risk of disabling it again.

From here I went into the sync options for my Google accounts (Settings->Accounts->Google) and there they were - the check boxes to let me enable/disable automatic syncing. I turned this on yesterday and my emails, calendars and contacts have been syncing immediately.

The only thing I can think of is that for some very strange reason, this switch was disabled out of the box. Unlike the GPS, Network and Bluetooth toggles which you can get to easily, I was never able to find the Sync toggle without the widget. Go figure!

Also, this is supposed to get your Facebook sync going real-time as well.

I hope this works for you like it worked for me!
 
stevencf said:
I found this on another forum and it worked for me. I have a Motorola Atrix running V2.3.4.

Apparently there is a sync "enable" button that is akin to the GPS / Network / Bluetooth switch. To get to it (per the other forum), I simply added an Android Widget onto my screen that was called "Power Control". On the widget, the button that was 2nd from the right was the Sync toggle button...and it was grayed out. As soon as I selected it (green bar underneath) I had syncing. After getting it turned on I just dragged the widget to my wastebasket so as to never run the risk of disabling it again.

From here I went into the sync options for my Google accounts (Settings->Accounts->Google) and there they were - the check boxes to let me enable/disable automatic syncing. I turned this on yesterday and my emails, calendars and contacts have been syncing immediately.

The only thing I can think of is that for some very strange reason, this switch was disabled out of the box. Unlike the GPS, Network and Bluetooth toggles which you can get to easily, I was never able to find the Sync toggle without the widget. Go figure!

Also, this is supposed to get your Facebook sync going real-time as well.

I hope this works for you like it worked for me!
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I created an account just to thank you! I've been looking everywhere for a solution and all I kept finding were terrible excuses about data and a broken gmail app. Thank you!!!
 
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