Since upgrading to iOS 11 I only get Mail push notifications when in Mail or the Home screen. Otherwise all my queued up messages appear when I open Mail. I see the same behavior on my iPhone and iPad. Is this a known problem, and is there a workaround?
iPhone 7, iOS 11
aghkzn wrote:
I have the same problem. I am using Gmail account with ios mail app. No push notifications!
That's because gmail does not support Push, except for the gmail app.
In general, Push requires that the email provider supports it. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have decided that they will not support it for their free services, except when using their app instead of the iOS mail app.
Google and Microsoft will support Push on iOS mail for premium (paid) accounts. Microsoft will also support Push for Microsoft Exchange email accounts.
My client has paid G-Suite accounts from Google, and Push isn't an option for those accounts either.
iCloud access via IMAP should support push notifications, but I find that it doesn’t work properly anymore in ios11.
I am using iCloud. I’ve been using it successfully for years.
The Push notifications appear to be working pretty reliably on my iPad Pro, which uses the same email account, and I was getting them on my iPhone the whole day yesterday. But today they are not again. I upgraded to iOS 11.0.1 last night.
Anyway, back to my original post, which is not related to Exchange or GMail. I find it weird and frustrating that I get Mail push notifications fine on my Mac, and even on my iPad which is running the same version of iOS and as far as I can tell is configured the same. Sometimes when I fiddle with the settings on the iPhone (most recently setting Fetch New Data from Automatically to Every 15 Minutes), I get the push notifications for a while but then they stop after a while.
A few days ago I tried doing an iTunes backup and restore which wasted an entire evening of my life and didn't help the problem.
Similar problem with both my iPhone 7+ and iPad.
Push email for my iCloud.com address had been working fine, but suddenly stopped working a few days ago - possibly after the latest iOS update.
It now acts as if Manual is selected - it only gets mail for the iCloud.com account when the Mail app is opened or a manual refresh is done. Otherwise, it never gets pending emails.
Other push accounts, such as Outlook.com, work fine.
My Mac also receives the iCloud.com mail in real-time.
Changing it to Fetch works as expected - and receives emails after 15 minutes or so.
Since Push for iCloud.com email stopped working on both my iPhone or iPad, I'm guessing it's not a device problem. Both were working fine. Both stopped working at the same time a few days ago without me changing any settings.
I've done the usual things: normal reboot, forced reboot, toggled the Push/Fetch/Manual settings, toggled the Mail setting for my iCloud account.
I wish I could say the same. I have found that if I fiddle with the settings it may work for a few hours but then goes back to not. I’m curious to know if you continue to get push notifications tomorrow.
FWIW, my iCloud email has been Pushing consistently ever since it magically started working again a few days ago. I'm guessing it's now good until the iOS12 release 😉
No changes were done on my end to get it working.
Thank you. I am running 11.0.3. And you’re right that’s not the subject of the thread however someone stated in this thread they had the same problem. I am running exchange and I get notifications and cannot have them go away despite clearing up the notifications.
Thank you. I re-added the exchange account but every time I clear the notifications they keep showing back up. I have not marked the messages as read. I didn’t used to have to mark them as read for them to not show up in the notification Center after I cleared them…
I have iPhone 7 Plus iOS 11.0.3 . I can not see any place to change email notification sound. Please send me by email how can I do this ? In notification place for each email I don’t see the option about changing type of sound.
My email address is: a.olyaei@***
Thank you very much
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This is a public forum; posts in this forum can be viewed by anyone with an Internet connection. That means billions of people. And not all of them are honest. So posting your email address is really asking for trouble. I've asked the hosts to remove it.
Yep, same here. Calendar no longer syncs with Google Calendar, either, unless you open Calendar on iPhone to refresh it. This might be linked because in Settings/Accounts and Passwords/Gmail, you have Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Notes.
I am a seasoned user of iPads and have checked all my settings and I have reset the iPad as well, nothing works. I get no notification that email has come through until I open my mail box and they all come through at once, very frustrating.
In the hope of keeping this thread on track, I want to reiterate that I am referring to using IMAP with my iCloud account on an iPhone. This supports push notifications and is described in this article:
Mail server settings for iCloud email clients - Apple Support
This configuration allows push notifications on my Mac and iPad but doesn't work reliably on my iPhone since upgrading to iOS 11.
Solved what? There are several different issues in this thread. They have different causes, and different troubleshooting steps.
What specifically needs to be solved for you? What kind of email account? What have you done so far to troubleshoot it?
iOS 11 Mail push notifications problem
