Gmail Notifications not Working

[AlexRogers]

All of a sudden, gmail is no longer letting me know when a new email arrives. The settings are still the same, but now I have to go in to gmail and refresh the app. After the refresh, I get a notification. What could be going on here?

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[jimbo1mcm]

Battery Pull

Do a battery pull and reset your notifications

 

[soulpatch]

You didnt turn off your sync did you?

 

[aminaked]

You basically never need to pull your battery out of your droid. I think that's a blackberry thing.

Re-check all settings and make sure sync is on for your account.

You're not using a task killer are you? Don't.

After all that, you may need to clear "gmail storage" data via phone settings > applications > manage applications

 

[RadRyan122]

I've been having trouble with this too. I went to check the sync settings for my gmail account and it didn't have a check box for me to turn it on for any of the services. I can force it to sync manually, but it won't let me turn the automatic sync on. Any ideas what might be causing this?

 

[dbigdawg]

All of a sudden, gmail is no longer letting me know when a new email arrives. The settings are still the same, but now I have to go in to gmail and refresh the app. After the refresh, I get a notification. What could be going on here?

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Did you disable background update or is your task killer killing it?

 

[AlexRogers]

Ok. Ive just tried everything and it's still not working. I don't have a task killer either. Where are the background settings?


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[aminaked]

on droid x it should be:

setting> data manager > data delivery

let us know if turning that on works

 

[RadRyan122]

On my X I don't even have a task killer, I have background updates turned on, and everything else syncs up fine. The only time I have trouble syncing is with my google account.

 

[aminaked]

On my X I don't even have a task killer, I have background updates turned on, and everything else syncs up fine. The only time I have trouble syncing is with my google account.

You said there was no checkbox next to your account. If you go to phone settings > accounts and sync > choose your account, you should see a checkbox next to gmail. Is it checked?

Are you totally sure you have background data checked? You might want to double check under settings > data manager. When I uncheck background data, it removes the checkboxes I was talking about.

 

[RadRyan122]

You said there was no checkbox next to your account. If you go to phone settings > accounts and sync > choose your account, you should see a checkbox next to gmail. Is it checked?

It's not checked, because it doesn't exist. When I go to Settings > Accounts > My Google Account, it shows me the options to sync all three, and I've seen screenshots with a checkbox to the right, but for some reason it just isn't there. I have no idea why, either.

 

[aminaked]

that's odd. On the droid X when I go to phone settings > accounts > click on main gmail account, it takes me to a screen where I can check "Sync gmail"

 

[ncolliso3188]

It's not checked, because it doesn't exist. When I go to Settings > Accounts > My Google Account, it shows me the options to sync all three, and I've seen screenshots with a checkbox to the right, but for some reason it just isn't there. I have no idea why, either.[/QUOTE]

I have the same exact problem! Only have the three sync options; Calendar Contacts and Gmail. I don't have a check box or anything. I even removed the account and re-added the account and still don't have the sync option. Its very annoying to refresh the mail to get the notifications

 

[aminaked]

Maybe try toggling background data off then on in phone settings > data manager

Also, if you have the power widget installed, make sure that the two arrow in a circle is turned on (that's sync).

I know this for sure: if I toggle off background data, the checkboxes next to gmail, contacts, and calendar disappear.

You might have found a bug.

 

[dulaney22]

Mine has been acting up for a couple days. It wouldn't auto sync and it put my new mail in the "All" box instead of "Inbox." Now when I try to open the app it FCs.