Delayed push notifications

[Olorin92]

Hi all,

Has anyone else noticed a significant delay with push notifications (namely with gmail)?

I've got my old iPhone and the Nexus 6P side by side, and at best the push notifications come in 10 seconds later than the iPhone (sometimes it can take up to 10 minutes). I've tried the push notification fix as suggested for other phones, but got no love there.

Any suggestions?

 

[PieOfJustice]

Hi all,

Has anyone else noticed a significant delay with push notifications (namely with gmail)?

I've got my old iPhone and the Nexus 6P side by side, and at best the push notifications come in 10 seconds later than the iPhone (sometimes it can take up to 10 minutes). I've tried the push notification fix as suggested for other phones, but got no love there.

Any suggestions?

Is Gmail app fetching your emails on a timer or is it push?

 

[Olorin92]

Is Gmail app fetching your emails on a timer or is it push?

Set to push, otherwise I'd understand the large delay.

 

[PieOfJustice]

Set to push, otherwise I'd understand the large delay.

I just realized gmail only does push.

I just tested it on my Nexus 6p and it pushed a few seconds after the email was sent. At first however I had to manually refresh for the first test email, then the second test email pushed to the device.

I tested by sending a email from a icloud account on my macbook and sending to my gmail account on my phone.

 

[Olorin92]

I just realized gmail only does push.

I just tested it on my Nexus 6p and it pushed a few seconds after the email was sent. At first however I had to manually refresh for the first test email, then the second test email pushed to the device.

I tested by sending a email from a icloud account on my macbook and sending to my gmail account on my phone.

It's almost as though there's some power saving feature going on once you lock the screen (this is where the delay happens, when locked).

 

[PieOfJustice]

It's almost as though there's some power saving feature going on once you lock the screen (this is where the delay happens, when locked).

Mine was locked as well. Battery saver disabled. Battery Optimization Off. Unplugged/No charger.

 

[Olorin92]

Mine was locked as well. Battery saver disabled. Battery Optimization Off. Unplugged/No charger.

Same here, seems strange that it's taking so long then...

 

[Olorin92]

Also, when deleting an email from the notification, it just keeps popping back up (i.e. not deleting). There's obviously some strange sync issue going on with gmail and exchange

 

[threshfire]

I've had the same problem and haven't found a solution either. Glad to see that I'm not the only one! I posted on Reddit, but it didn't get much play. https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3seyj6/delayed_gmail_syncnotifications/

To try and fix the issue, I've (in no particular order):

• Removed my Google account and readded
• Gone through Gmail settings to make sure that notifications are on, sync is active, managed labels
• Gone through the Google account to make sure that Gmail sync is on
• Restarted
• Uninstalled updates to Gmail from the Play Store
• Reinstalled updates to Gmail from the Play Store
• Force Stopped Gmail
• Cleared data from Gmail
• Cleared cache from Gmail
• Removed it from optimized apps
• Changed my password on computer, then waited for phone to ask to reinput

I'm on a 64 GB Aluminum, unlocked, MDB08M. I do not have my SIM card yet (only Wi-Fi). Perhaps that's the issue?

I'm getting to the point where I'm going to factory reset, but I was really hoping I wouldn't have to, and I'm not optimistic it would help.

 

[Olorin92]

I've had the same problem and haven't found a solution either. Glad to see that I'm not the only one! I posted on Reddit, but it didn't get much play. https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3seyj6/delayed_gmail_syncnotifications/

To try and fix the issue, I've (in no particular order):

• Removed my Google account and readded
• Gone through Gmail settings to make sure that notifications are on, sync is active, managed labels
• Gone through the Google account to make sure that Gmail sync is on
• Restarted
• Uninstalled updates to Gmail from the Play Store
• Reinstalled updates to Gmail from the Play Store
• Force Stopped Gmail
• Cleared data from Gmail
• Cleared cache from Gmail
• Removed it from optimized apps
• Changed my password on computer, then waited for phone to ask to reinput

I'm on a 64 GB Aluminum, unlocked, MDB08M. I do not have my SIM card yet (only Wi-Fi). Perhaps that's the issue?

I'm getting to the point where I'm going to factory reset, but I was really hoping I wouldn't have to, and I'm not optimistic it would help.

Yeah I've done the factory reset already and can confirm it does nothing. I'm beginning to think its the Gmail app, as the rest of my push notifications are faster or the same speed as iOS. Really crap by the Gmail devs if that is the case.

Any decent replacement email apps out there? The Samsung email app was quicker, but not sure if we can get that without rooting and flashing an apk (and even then not sure if it requires touchwiz to function).

 

[Born<ICs]

With my 6P Hotspoting to tablet and pc email arrives on 6P a minute or 2 after them.

 

[dhjean]

I don't know if this is the same or not. I have this issue with both the Yahoo mail app and the Outlook app. My gmail notifications seem to be showing up reliably, but I never get any Outlook notifications, and Yahoo's are sporadic--one our of every three or four. When I open either app, it then seems to go fetch the incoming emails. On my previous phone, when I open the app, they're already there. I don't believe I have anything set differently in the apps. I would love to figure this out.

So, I did a factory reset and installed nothing but Outlook and Yahoo mail. Then I sent two notes to my Outlook, Yahoo, and Gmail addresses, and all three of each note arrived almost simultaneously. I guess, now, I'll start re-installing essential apps and testing.

 

[threshfire]

Was looking around and saw someone posted on the official Nexus forums; if anyone here is still having the issue, please head over and +1/reply so Google can escalate the fix.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/Ayd_1TOemSE

 

[droidfan77]

I'm having the same issue and I've also noticed that IMs on Hangouts are ridiculously slow. You would think that Google would make sure that at least their own apps worked smoothly on their flagship device.

 

[droidfan77]

I think I may have solved my sync issues. In the WiFi advanced settings, I switched the WiFi frequency band from Auto to 2.4Ghz. Ever since I did that I've received notifications on my Nexus 6P just as quickly as I do on other devices.

 

[Bwyan Benton]

Wow, glad I saw this thread. I've been noticing gmail is slow lately. I thought it might have been my ROM/Kernel combo. I use Inbox and it was fine up until lately. Guess it's a bug for Google to fix. I even spent time last night reflashing stock and starting fresh out of box state.

 

[SocksNUrToaster]

This is happening to me too..happens on gmail and as well as Google opinion rewards. It's been happening for a little over a week now...hopefully will be fixed soon..

Is it happening to everybody or just a select lucky few?

Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

 

[SirVilhelm]

Lots of users having this issue

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...syncing-issues-in-gmail-inbox-and-other-apps/

 

[ragavbpl]

I see that lot of people are only discussing about Gmail and other mailing or hangout apps.

I on the other hand am seeing overall notification push delay across all the apps including Whatsapp, Gmail, Facebook etc. I am unrooted and no changes made whatsoever to my android marshmallow. It is also on latest OTA build.
I receive all notifications as soon as I unlock the device, but if my device is lying on a table (even when not in doze mode which means lying for less than 30 minutes) I still don't receive any notification. As soon as I unlock and turn on screen it seems like data connectivity resumed and all notifications starts to flow within 5-10 seconds without even opening those apps to refresh.

I also have not modified any other notification setting and I even tried to keep whatsapp to priority mode + no battery optimization, still Whatsapp is having hard time receiving notification if screen is turned off for more than 5 minutes..

If you are experiencing this kind of an issue and have successfully resolved it, kindly help me.

 

[pifsworld]

I've lost email notifications but I have read that Google know about the problem,

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