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Q: Find my friends notify me has not worked since the ios7 update. Help

Ever since the update to ios7y find my friends app never notifies me when one of my contacts arrives or leaves

 

I've reinstalled it.  I've kept it running in the background etc

 

Not liking the new update at all. But would like up know how to fix the notify function on this app

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Nov 14, 2013 4:18 AM

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Q: Find my friends notify me has not worked since the ios7 update. Help

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  • by wjosten,

    wjosten wjosten Nov 14, 2013 4:29 AM in response to SEG68
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    Nov 14, 2013 4:29 AM in response to SEG68

    Troubleshooting steps here:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4008

  • by SEG68,

    SEG68 SEG68 Nov 14, 2013 4:36 AM in response to wjosten
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    Nov 14, 2013 4:36 AM in response to wjosten

    That was the first place I checked out no fix or help there. But thanks

  • by rudedawg,

    rudedawg rudedawg Nov 20, 2013 12:37 PM in response to SEG68
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    Nov 20, 2013 12:37 PM in response to SEG68

    Any updates or fixes on this, I have the same issue. Hasn't worked since the iOS7 update it will notnotify me when someone leaves or arrives at a location.

  • by BradNet,

    BradNet BradNet Nov 21, 2013 12:00 PM in response to SEG68
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    Nov 21, 2013 12:00 PM in response to SEG68

    I finally got this to work. Here's my procedure (and it's not ideal).

     

    On all phones, background run must be ON for FMF.

     

    On my phone:

    Delete app

    Reboot phone

     

    On my wife's phone (yeah, this is why it's not ideal):

    Delete app

    Reboot phone

     

    Reinstall app on both phones

    Sign in on both.

    Setup geofence via Notify Me when (wife) leaves home on my phone

    Setup geofence via Notify Me when (husband) leaves home on her phone

     

    Et voila.

     

    Notifications started working again.

     

    So, it's not ideal because it requires your target to delete, reboot and reinstall/signin for this fix to work. That said, if you're using it to track your kids when they're out on dates or whatever, you should have access to use this workaround.

     

    Hope this helps!!

    BK

  • by chcn,

    chcn chcn Feb 10, 2014 7:14 PM in response to SEG68
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    Feb 10, 2014 7:14 PM in response to SEG68

    For me just following the instructions in the Find My Friends app's built-in help worked (as suggested at http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4008). In particular, I didn't realize that the Find My Friends app has to be running on the target phone and can't have been force closed. (I wonder if that's the same with a reboot then.)

     

    This seems to have changed from iOS 6. It's a stupid change.