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User profile for user: Matt Cooper1
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Duplicate push notifications from AP Mobile

Ever since I bought my first iPad last year, I have been getting two copies of AP Mobile news push notifications on my iPhone. I've tried deleting the app from both my iPhone and my iPad and re-installing it only on my iPhone but I still keep getting two copies of every push notification that AP Mobile sends out (usually the two notifications are within 30 seconds of each other).

How can I make these push notifications stop being duplicated? I do still want 1 push notification but not two.

Please help,
Matt

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 10, 2011 1:33 PM

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User profile for user: GeekBoy.from.Illinois
GeekBoy.from.Illinois
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Jan 10, 2011 2:29 PM in response to Matt Cooper1

I have my iPhone and iPod touch both receive push notifications from the same systems all the time and they don't get duplicates like you mention, so I would guess the problem is really with the pusher (AP Mobile) and not with your iPhone.

I don't use the AP mobile app, but I would guess that you use your email address or something similar to tell the app who you are. More than likely, their back end does not allow for you to have multiple devices configured to receive push notifications, so when you signed in on your iPad, their system just sees it as a second instance of your iPhone. You should be able to test this by creating another user account with the AP Mobile system for the iPad. You could also try contacting them to ask why they are sending you multiple push notifications to your iPhone.
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User profile for user: Chris Luth
Chris Luth
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Oct 20, 2011 4:58 AM in response to Matt Cooper1

I am, too...


I've tried turning push notifications off and back on for the AP app and finally tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app--no change. Upon reinstalling the app, I wasn't asked if I wanted to approve push notifications again, so it remembered my choice from the previous install.


The above was done under iOS 4. I upgraded to iOS 5 and am still having the problem, although it's slightly less annoying now, as the notifications take up less space (with the new notifications screen). I still see duplicates, though.


AP is the only app I'm having this problem with. Two other folks in my household with the AP app do not have this problem. I've been having it for a long time now; I don't recall what instigated it or when it started, but it seems like it's been at least six months if not longer.

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Duplicate push notifications from AP Mobile

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