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Q: Find my friends geofencing not sending notifications on arrivals and leaving locations

Not send a notification when leave or arrive at locations.  Everything in settings is set up.  It was working after upgrade to ios7 but has stopped.  Also when I go into notify me, it doesn't show the current location like it used to and I have search for the locations I have already added.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 10, 2013 5:01 AM

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  • by jboehm,

    jboehm jboehm Oct 14, 2013 11:06 PM in response to Manicbobo
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    Oct 14, 2013 11:06 PM in response to Manicbobo

    Really annoying problem with FMF in iOS7.  For notify to work. FMF must be open and you must have the Multitasking enabled. If you kill FMF notiy stops working.  THIS IS A BUG!!

  • by seecoolguy,

    seecoolguy seecoolguy Oct 29, 2013 4:01 PM in response to jboehm
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    iPhone
    Oct 29, 2013 4:01 PM in response to jboehm

    what is odd, is that this feature works on an iPhone 4S, and iPhone5S, but does not seem to work on the iPhone4.  that is... geofencing from the iPhone4 do not send a notification to the 4S and 5S, however geofencing on the 4S and 5S are sent to the 4 and 4S without issues (or from the 4S out to the 4 and 5S).

     

    seems to be a geofencing issue with the iPhone4.  one question I have, how do I make sure multitasking is enabled?

  • by Doc Dougherty,

    Doc Dougherty Doc Dougherty Oct 29, 2013 8:48 PM in response to Manicbobo
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    Mac OS X
    Oct 29, 2013 8:48 PM in response to Manicbobo

    I don't get any geofenced notifications on my iPhone 5 running IOS 7 or on my 1st Gen iPad running IOS 5.1.1.

    But I am pretty sure that it was working soon after the IOS 7 upgrade so I don't understand how it could get screwed up without an update to the app (unless of course the server is doing something). 

     

    But I don't understand how geofencing is implemented. Apple says that location updates are sent only on request from a friend.  So if there is going to be a geofence, it has to be in the device of the person setting up the fence. So that device has to poll the target (or poll the server which tracks the device) to get the location and then compare it to the target location and calculate the distance, then generate the notification locally.  This will put a battery drain on the targeted device as it is polled for location and has to do a GPS position update and send the data back to the server (or the server has to look at the device status and extract either the cell site/wifi net it is tethered to or the device location if it is collectable).

     

    Anybody have any ideas?

  • by OzziesMAC,

    OzziesMAC OzziesMAC Nov 22, 2013 8:36 AM in response to seecoolguy
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    Desktops
    Nov 22, 2013 8:36 AM in response to seecoolguy

    Geofence is NOT working on none of my iPhone 4S at all running iOS7.

    It was working just fine prior to the upgrade to the new iOS so it has to

    be a bug.

     

    No official info at all from Apple anywhere?

  • by Claudio,

    Claudio Claudio Nov 24, 2013 6:42 AM in response to OzziesMAC
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    Nov 24, 2013 6:42 AM in response to OzziesMAC

    Geofencing is not working at all after OS 7, no matter what iPhone you have. I'm surprised that even after the upgrade of the app to look more like part of the new OS , this has not been resolved . Find it also curious that there is no word from Apple on why ...? Hopefully some of the moderators are reading these posts and will direct this to the engineers so it can be promptly fixed , I do miss it since I was able to see my relatives and friend arrive or leave their jobs or homes and plan accordingly when to call them

    or know they have arrived safely at their homes      

  • by AndyMP,

    AndyMP AndyMP Nov 28, 2013 6:46 AM in response to Claudio
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    Nov 28, 2013 6:46 AM in response to Claudio

    Any update on when this will be fixed?

  • by bluechipBMW,

    bluechipBMW bluechipBMW Nov 30, 2013 11:13 AM in response to Manicbobo
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    Nov 30, 2013 11:13 AM in response to Manicbobo

    I don't know Apple went ahead and released this knowing it's not working.  I wish they would acknowledge this and let us know when it will be fixed or at least that they're working on it.

  • by Manicbobo,

    Manicbobo Manicbobo Dec 8, 2013 6:20 AM in response to Manicbobo
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    Dec 8, 2013 6:20 AM in response to Manicbobo

    Geofence worked on my 4,4s,5 and for a day or two on my 5s.

    All were running ios7. Then it just quit one day.  I am seeing this same problem posted all over and nobody from apple seems to be paying attention to this problem.  It was nice knowing when my grandson left school & when he got home using the geo fence.  This is one of those things you see a lot of other people having trouble with & apple is oddly silent about. Myself & others pop a lot of money at apple keeping up with the latest iToys, and passing our "old" phone down through the family & it seems really odd when they go silent over a problem with one of their own apps.

  • by mathieu4225,

    mathieu4225 mathieu4225 Dec 19, 2013 4:02 AM in response to Manicbobo
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    Dec 19, 2013 4:02 AM in response to Manicbobo

    Doesn't work anymore for me either. I asked Siri to remind me something when I arrive at home, it never reminded me anything, I've been home for an hour now and still nothing.

     

    I get friends moving notifications once in a while and sometime an hour late.

     

    Please upadte.

     

    Thx

  • by Toby Patton,

    Toby Patton Toby Patton Jan 26, 2014 6:52 AM in response to jboehm
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    Jan 26, 2014 6:52 AM in response to jboehm

    I agree, I'm having the same issue!!

  • by mgreenbergco,

    mgreenbergco mgreenbergco Feb 11, 2014 12:00 PM in response to Manicbobo
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    Feb 11, 2014 12:00 PM in response to Manicbobo

    I asked about this at the Apple Store.  They were aware of the problem and suggeste that I back up my iPhone and then do a Restore from backup.  This apparently reloads the OS onto the phone.  It worked and I get my notifications again. 

  • by Preacher46,

    Preacher46 Preacher46 Mar 16, 2014 4:50 PM in response to Manicbobo
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    Mar 16, 2014 4:50 PM in response to Manicbobo

    After IOS 7.1 update I am know receiving all notifications!

  • by Doc Dougherty,

    Doc Dougherty Doc Dougherty Mar 16, 2014 8:11 PM in response to Manicbobo
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Mar 16, 2014 8:11 PM in response to Manicbobo

    With the update to iOS 7.1, all of the geofencing functionality seems to be back. It even appears to work when the target iPhone does not have FMF running. So I am guessing that some OS functionality has been restored but probably reimplemented in a new fashion.  In any case, it is much better than it has been for at least a year.

  • by OzziesMAC,

    OzziesMAC OzziesMAC Apr 12, 2014 8:16 AM in response to Doc Dougherty
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    Desktops
    Apr 12, 2014 8:16 AM in response to Doc Dougherty

    OK mine stopped working again.  7.1 fixed it then after a few uses it simply stopped working again.

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