Background App Refresh not working

“So far, the only workaround I found is to reinstall the app. But according to other posts I am not the only one with this problem. Called Apple Support, this issue however is not a 'known issue' .....”

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Report this issue and your fix to Apple…

To the OP and all participants:

This seems to be catching on, by reports on these forums. so,…

Report this to Apple:

Do your part: Let Apple know what is going on here. Provide them with feedback on this. They may not get back to you directly, but the more feedback they received on this, the more they will know what is going on, and what needs to be fixed in updates to come. Apple will know nothing of your occurrences and findings, if you don’t report it to them.

1. Go Here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
2. Select: "Bug Report" for the "Feedback Type"
3. Comment: oh when this issue began, and how you have troubleshot it this far. Include the URL of this thread.
4. Proceed from there aw necessar

"Background App Refresh not working: [...]I don't receive whatsapp message, banking notifications, mail from the GMail app. I need to open the app to see if there is a new message/mail/money transfer and so on.[...]"

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If getting no notifications..

Clear you Notification History:

1. Go here: Use notifications on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
2. Scroll to: Open from Notification Center
3. As it Reads: To clear your notification history, tap the Close button, then tap Clear

"Background App Refresh not working: Screen turning black: Hi, I have this problem whenever I watch a video from any source on my MacBook Pro M3 there's always a flash of black color right after a white flash on the screen. I tried turning off dark mode, true tone and Night Shift nothing worked."

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Add Face ID Back:

Since the iOS version, Face ID went away. So, add a new Face ID, and it ought to not open on its own.

"Background App Refresh not working: What do you mean by 'Since the iOS version, Face ID went away. So, add a new Face ID, and it ought to not open on its own.' FaceID works fine :-)"

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Thank you for the followup reply.

Add a Face:

After iOS 17, Apple inadvertently removed user's faces from Face ID. So, they had to add new Face to use. Something I went through, for certain. So, even it if it exists, then remove the current one, and then create a new one