Google Push only works if iPhone is not in standby?

kAoTiX

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Sep 23, 2009

• #1

I just setup Google Sync on my iPhone following the tutorial by Google.
I sent myself an e-mail from another account and it did push it to my phone, perfect. However, I don't get any e-mails pushed to my iPhone if it is in standby.

Is this normal? Seems some what useless if it is as I would have to physically check my phone every 5 seconds to benefit from my mail being pushed to me.

I've never had my iPhone fetch my mail for me or anything I've always done it manually so I don't even know if it's the same for fetch as well.

 

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sfditty

macrumors regular

• Sep 23, 2009

• #2

It's pushing for me in standby, just a quickly as MobileMe (you could hold your breath vetween when it's sent and when it arrives on the iPhone).

 

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mechie8682

macrumors newbie

• Sep 23, 2009

• #3

It should continue to push regardless

As mentioned by someone else, it should continue to push email to your iphone regardless of whether the phone is in sleep or awake mode.

The same applies to fetch. The iphone goes out and fetches email if asked to do so even while in the sleep mode.

Hope it works out for you.

 

kAoTiX

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Sep 23, 2009

• #4

Still isn't working. I subscribed to this thread when I posted to get notifications of replies. I haven't had a single e-mail come through on my phone since it's been in my pocket and I just came on my pc and found an e-mail sat in my inbox to let me know about the above reply.

My phone still doesn't show anything.
I have full 3G signal here so it's not a network issue.

 

question fear

macrumors 68020

• Sep 23, 2009

• #5

kAoTiX said:

Still isn't working. I subscribed to this thread when I posted to get notifications of replies. I haven't had a single e-mail come through on my phone since it's been in my pocket and I just came on my pc and found an e-mail sat in my inbox to let me know about the above reply.

My phone still doesn't show anything.
I have full 3G signal here so it's not a network issue.

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If it helps, google sync has been flaking in and out all day for me. I finally turned it off in activesync on my phone and reset it for imap. I think they didn't expect the level of demand and it's taxing their servers.