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!
Same error here… =/
at the end i think i can read it saying something went wrong, maybe server is down or push fix certs ran out…
let me kno if u find a soution plz
Works like a charm on 3G with 4.0.1 installed. Thanks :)
Works for me with most apps, facebook still won’t send me indications though. Any ideas why?
wow! finally! It has saved my life. Don’t forget to reboot your device!!!
Also, by this source, you can find a fix for youtube.app if it’s not working on your iphone. S, in my case, solved 2 big troubles!
Thank you guys!
After installing I have a new icon on my springboard called ‘terminal’. What is it and can I delete it?
What are all the programs that comes with pushdoctor?? I wanna delete them but I don’t know Wich ones came with the app.
They are all required for Push Doctor to work
Worked for me on iPhone 3GS with iPhowned 4.1 !!
I hacktivated using limeRa!n. Used push doctor and did every reboot i can. My push won’t work. Don’t know what else to do..heelp please!
Lol, to anyone who gets a missing repo error:
the repo URL is http://cmdshft.ipwn.me/apt
as in ******* cmdshft **********
NOT ******* cmdshift **********
works great!
used: iphone 4
fw: 4.1
Jailbreak: yes
unlock: no
I installed pushdoctor as explained above. For a short time push notifications worked for me. Now it is not working again. I have a jailbreaked 3g running on 4.1 and Baseband 06.15.00. I dont get push notifications either from Facebook, nor from Skype, nor from Whatsapp.
Can anyone help me?
Tanx!
R.
Its weird that push notifications would stop working suddenly. Tried restarting your iPhone? Did you install any Cydia app after which notifications stopped working?
its nt working for my iphone 3g ios 4.1…..pls help imran……..i need to get notification for whatsapp an viber pls help imran
how can i buy push doctor ???
Iphone 3GS
Unlock: yes
IOS 4.1 or 4.2
repository could not be found :(
Hi
for my iphone 3gs ios 4.1 its not working :(
anyone plz help how to enable push notifications ?
thanks
Works just fine…!!!
Added Push Doctor, restarted the iPhone and downloaded Facebook again but I’m still not receiving the push notifications. Any idea why?
Hi Everyone,
I have an iPhone 3g with firmware 4.1 and baseband 6.15.00 but dont know whether my push notification is working properly or not because sometime my phone shows i got mail when i have locked my phone and sometime it doesn’t but on behalf of any application which has a push notification facility i haven’t received any msg when the application is closed.
So can anyone tell me whether i should install push doctor or not, i am confused..
Please HELP…
Hey. Does this work too on jailbreaked Ipod touch?
You don’t need this for iPod Touch. Push Notification just work on jailbroken iPods.
Hi there,
I am using Hactivated Iphone 3GS BB6.15 and I am unable to install Push Doctor…. I keep getting install errors, I read on other threads that its due to no Certificates available? Guys us there any hope for me here? when will these certificates become available again? and is the prob due to this?
thanks in advance
I also have a 3GS with the 6.15.00 BB hactivated for T-Mobile and I am not able to install Push Doctor, it always gives an error, no matter how many times you try, waiting hours and days in between.