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lock screen notifications not working

I just upgraded to iOS 5, and I have an iPhone 3G S 32GB. Notifications are working -- I receive them, badges work, the pulldown works -- but I don't see any notifications on the lockscreen. I've double checked to make sure that all the apps I want have "View in Lock Screen" on, but nothing is showing in the lock screen. When I double tap the home button, the camera icon pops up, so that's working. But no notifications.


Anybody have any suggestions, or experiencing the same problem?

iPhone 3GS, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 12, 2011 7:30 PM

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Oct 13, 2011 4:03 AM in response to Jonathan_Frankel

This took some figuring out and some web research but the lock screen notifs only show notifs that actually come in since the phone was last locked. Try it - go into Mail (assuming it's enabled), get it fetching new mail, quickly press the sleep/wake button. If you have new mail, that's what will pop up. Not quite what I thought it was going to be!


Edited to clarify - there's no "pull-down" gesture for the lock screen - the notifs just appear if there are any.


Alot of the 3rd party apps don't seem to work in Notif Centre - maybe because they have to be updated to iso5 compatibility?

Oct 13, 2011 8:00 AM in response to Mutley D

You're absolutly right! And the solution would be so simple. Just one more option to choose the "active lockscreen" and offer at least the NC on lockscreen.


Who needs widgets in the NC - it's about the Lockscreen! And stock ticker and weather may be fine, but it is intangbile why there isn't a calandar widget, and why no third-party-widgets are allowed.


ios5 had the potential to be something special, now its a big disappointment. I cant understand apples policy, I just can't....


Btw: Look at rim what might happen, if you ignore customers too long...

Oct 13, 2011 12:07 PM in response to Mutley D

I think i figured it out.

You need to turn everything on, not just the notifications.


Go into SETTINGS, then NOTIFICATIONS.

Select each item you want to include, one at a time, going into each one's options.

If Alert Style is set to "None", this seems to be the default, change it to "Banners"

Then scroll down to the bottom and make sure that "View in Lock Screen" is ON.

I turned them all ON.


that fixed the problem for me.

lock screen notifications not working

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