Granted, there are not many apps in the App Store that are supporting Push Notifications at this point, and for some that may be leading to a little question as to how to enable the notifications.
Well, to begin with, the “Notifications” listing in your iPhone’s settings will not appear as an option until you launch an app that has that support. In my case, you can see (in the below image) that app is Tap Tap Revenge 2.6.
Anyway, simply launch an app that has support for Notifications then go back to your iPhone’s settings and then you will notice a new listing called “Notifications” that will be listed as “On.”
Once there, you can then go in and customize the settings on an app by app basis.
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July 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Does that mean push notifications are off if there is no app installed that uses them — one would presume, butcha never know, eh?
Looking for things to do to improve the poor 3.0 / 3G s battery life.
–David.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Good question David, I have not found any other way to turn them off, so yes, I would assume that if you have no apps using (or that can use) Push then it could be considered off.
Otherwise, once you have one installed, you can them turn them off if you wanted. (as seen in the pic above).
July 14th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
are push notification available on the 3G OS 3.0 or only on the 3GS. My 3G (running OS 3.0) does not have a ‘notifications’ option in the setting.
March 11th, 2010 at 5:16 am
David: If you install any application that uses push notifications and after using some time you remove that application. till the device token is registerd on the provider server or server remove your device token self. you'll get notification alerts. and even if you didn't install any application that uses push notification you get this setting on/off.
April 18th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
My notifications settings are on, but when i open my apps that use them it says "Connect to itunes to use push notifications." So i went to itunes and it didn't tell me how to use them. What do i do?
June 28th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
i have da same situation as well , special when i use e-buddy which is support Push notification
October 7th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
I get the same message too on my ebuddy.. Please help
November 2nd, 2010 at 5:37 am
mee too i dont know what to do
January 4th, 2011 at 12:50 am
i have an ipod and it says i hav to connect to itunes to turn on push notifications… please help me im lost !!!!!