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!
does the “old” Push Doctor version work with iOS 4? no version update from the Push Doctor developer?
Hi. I’m on 3GS IOS4.1, jb & unlocked with pwanage tool and update to ipad baseband.. my push isn’t working. i have installed push doctor and its the same. nothing happened. any idea how to fix this?
Yes it works fine with iOS 4. I've had no issues so far during my usage so
far.
it's not working for me, do i have to delete apps before installing push doctor ?
Have u enabled Push Notifications in Settings? What exactly is the issue?
first time trying a jailbreak/unlock.
the redsn0w app is stuck at uploading ramdisk & the Iphone shows Downloading Jailbreak data.. and it's been like that for ~20mins or so. is this normal? maybe i'm being impatient (since i'm nervous)
the “downloading jailbreak data..” on the ihone with the image just went away too as i was typing this.. but the app still says 'uploading ramdisk'
ok — macbookpro – 10.6.4
itunes 9.2
backed up iphone
installed ios 4.0
ran redsn0w
rebooted
iphone jailbroken ;-)
installed ultrasn0w from cydia
rebooted
iphone unlocked ;-)
installed push doctor
rebooted
installed push doctor
installed facebook
everything works as expected! ;-)
thanks so much!!
No certificates :( :(
Push Doctor was working fine for me on iOS 3.1.*. After I upgraded to iOS 4.0, when I try to install Push Doctor, Cydia gives me the error message: “Error: Running. Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)”
What to do?
Works like a charm on iOS4!! Didn't expect it since PushFix didn't work for me either…. Thanks again!!
It's not working for me either- notifications are definitely enabled and I even tried reinstalling the apps with notifications.
Awesome, I can confirm that it works with iOS4, thanks alot…
I got exactly the same problem, have to push the Okay button but the message doesn't go away…
What to do now?
After reboot, removing Push Doctor and installing it again I'm receiving the following error:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1…
After removing it again and reinstalling it no error message came up!
Now going to see if everything works… Will let you know!
Edit- Got it working! There was a few things- apparently this update, at least in iOS 4, is not compatible with Rock.
I uninstalled Push Doctor and all other applications it installed, deleted all apps that used Push Notifications, restarted the phone, and installed Push Doctor again in Cydia, and then all Push Notification Apps.
I then still had to wait a few hours for notifications to become available, I guess to be registered in Apple's servers.
Ah, I figured it out. When I tried to reinstall it, after force-quitting Cydia, it said at the bottom of Cydia's scrolling installation screen that Push Doctor was out of certificates. I kept trying about every hour and finally got lucky. You should cross your fingers and do the same.
After a while I got lucky too! Thanks for the tip!