Push notifications on Android and iOS connection and shutdown, settings and problems

Unpleasant situations can happen when using any software, and the VKontakte mobile application is no exception. P The program is very convenient and functional, but occasionally some functions begin to fail, and push notifications are one of them.

Many users are faced with the fact that notifications about reposts, likes, subscriptions, friend requests, comments and messages stop coming. How to solve this problem?

There are several reasons why notifications on Android stop coming:

Incorrect settings in the VKontakte mobile application.
Alerts in the system are disabled.
The VKontakte mobile application has limited activity.
Communication problems.

Now about each in more detail.

Disabled notifications on Android

Have you configured notifications or have all the checkboxes been checked, but notifications are not received? You should check your operating system settings.

Having gone into the settings, you need to select the “Applications and Notifications” section and find the VKontakte application in the displayed list of programs. After opening the client settings, you need to go to the “Application Notifications” tab and check if all the sliders are active.

You should also go to the Data Transfer tab and enable the slider for mobile data transfer in the background if you want to receive alerts when you are not using your smartphone.

There are alternative operating systems based on Android, one of which is MIUI. Settings in this OS are displayed slightly differently.

In the system settings there is a general tab responsible for receiving alerts, called “Notifications”. You can set up VKontakte application notifications by going to the “Application Notifications” section and selecting it from the list of programs.

Note! In these sections, you can configure the notifications themselves, namely, enable or disable vibration, sound, pop-up alerts, indicator light, etc.

How to fix Push notifications on Android

Push notifications

An important safety factor is the speed of response to events.
A message about an event or incident that arrives 10 minutes later or does not arrive at all, in most cases, deprives all investments in video surveillance, security, access control, and smart home systems. For private houses, apartments, offices, small shops, without our own security personnel, we always install systems controlled via a smartphone or tablet, which allow you to view video, control automation, open and close door locks and gates, taps and other devices. And you often hear that the application works poorly, does something, but does not deliver notifications. But it's not always the developer's fault. Often the reason is in the smartphone, or more precisely in its operating system. Let's fix Push notifications. The Push notification delivery service from Google and the operating system are responsible for delivering messages to your phone, and then they transmit the message to the application for which it was intended. On Apple devices there are usually no problems, but on Android devices the delivery of notifications is done in such a way that application developers have to work hard to make messages arrive on time, and they do not always succeed. Actually, Android itself does not prevent message delivery; problems arise due to the fact that each manufacturer has a bunch of its own add-ons and “improvements” to the base operating system. Let's figure it out.

What to do if messages are not delivered at all?

Here are some possible reasons:

The user has not registered any active Google account on the phone;
Outdated version of Google Play Service . It is necessary to update it, this may require updating the entire smartphone system;
Notifications for the application are turned off (checkmark on the application page in the phone settings);
Application operation in the background is limited (the setting is located in the “Data Usage” menu);

In order for your security system application, or for example from WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, Vider, to receive a message, your phone must contact the server and check if there is a new message for it, pick it up if there is one, and transfer it to the desired application so that it will already display it. This means that the phone must always be connected to the Internet, even if it is in your pocket. All this consumes the phone’s battery, and many manufacturers, trying to extend the operating time of the smartphone on one charge, prohibit Push notifications, or make checking very rare.

But if delivery of a message from social networks with a delay of several minutes is usually not critical, then for security and safety systems every second is important.

So, the reasons for delays in Push messages should be looked for precisely in “energy saving systems” (for example, Stamina on Sony devices), “application optimization”, etc. and here every manufacturer of Android-based smartphones invents its own wheel, and often remakes it from update to update.

In this article we will try to collect descriptions on disabling these Push message energy consumption optimizations for different phones.

It is worth saying that disabling Push notifications has a very weak effect on energy consumption, compared to the consumption of LTE or a power-hungry application. Enabling or disabling Push message optimizations changes the battery life of a smartphone on a single charge by a maximum of a couple of percent.

Samsung Galaxy S6

The application that harms us on Samsung Galaxy S6 is called Smart Manager . This is a separate application that can also be found in system settings.

In the Smart Manager application, you need to click OPTIONS in the upper right corner. "Setting up notifications." And turn on the "Performance degradation" switch. The name is very strange and confusing, given the fact that it degrades performance in the off position. To receive Push notifications, the switch position must be as in the picture. The “Energy Saving” switch does not produce much effect, but you can also turn it on.