By now you must have read our guide on how to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3G. If you haven’t then you should. Not only does this let you install iOS 4 on your iPhone 3G, it lets you use it with any carrier as well as enable multitasking and backgrounds. One thing that still needs fixing after all this is the Push Notifications which don’t work on hacktivated/unlocked iPhones. Luckily, there’s a free fix for that called Push Doctor.
Follow these simple steps to enable Push Notifications on your unlocked iPhone:
- Make sure you’ve jailbroken and unlocked your iPhone 3G with iOS 4.
- This is best and easily done on a fresh install of the firmware. Open up Cydia, and add this address to the sources: http://cmdshft.ipwn.me/apt as shown below:
- Once Cydia is done updating, go to the search field and type in Push Doctor. Tap it, and then press install on the top right.
- This takes some time to download and install. Once this is done, restart your iPhone. This is done by holding the power button until the ‘slide to turn off’ message appears. Turn it off and then turn it on again.
- Now you need to add any app from the App Store that uses Push Notifications. Install free apps like Facebook, Meebo, Boxcar etc. When you run them, they’ll tell you that Push Notifications are disabled. Go to settings and enable them. Use the app and allow them to send you Push Notifications when they ask.
That’s it. You should now receive Push Notifications normally. You can test this by using Meebo, the instant messaging app. Send someone a message to send you one back and quickly exit the app. You should get the notification instantly.
Enjoy!
If you have any questions, leave them in the comments below. I’ll be glad to help you out!
i installed push doctor it working BUT my foursquer cant login AND my when i turn off and on the phone my whatsapp also not working.. what to do??? helppp
i used jailbroken 3Gs OS 4.2. Push notification works normaly for Skype & WhatsApp BEFORE i installed Push Doctor. but other apps dont. then i installed Push Doctor, at first it says downloading over 1MB files total including Push Doctor it self. but something wrong while downloadin & installing, it says something about ‘certificate’, ‘server may be busy’.. so i revert to clear the last install. but then i try to re-installed and it says only a few KB total (Contains only Push Doctor). then same thing happened again (certificate failed). but after i reboot, it seems like exactly following the point no 5. But still no notifications on Facebook, echofon, etc.
This notification issue on jailbreak OS 4 is driving me crazy. been searching all over the net n try numerous tips n tricks still wont help,,
I was wondering if it only workson FREE apps on Apple AppStore or what?
I’m glad to share this. hope anyone can solve the issue :)
I have installed Push Doctor but nothing has happened after installing.. Puch notificactions stopped working few days back
FYI: this is very outdated (2010), and nothing works (no solution) to fix the push notifications for the phones that have been jailbroken with Modem Firmware 06.15.00 (BaseBand)…. furthermore, victims suffer from excessive battery consumption, and sometimes phone signal resolution difficulties..
just thought this info would help someone in the future to not waste time on finding a solution
cheerz,
amjo
Hi,
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful blog article post. I will share it on social network sites.
first when i installed push doctor it downloaded 19 something mb and got stuck at the end while installing with a msg in red saying subprocess post installation script returned error exit status 1 — and sub process/usr/bin/pkg returned error…then i forcibly cleared and removed push doctor from cydia…now when i try to download it again it only says its 1.5kb and gives the same errors….any ideas ?