Hi All,
I have just solved a problem regarding Facebook notifications on iOS that has
been annoying me for a long time.
Normally, I would receive a notification from Facebook on my iPhone about a
comment or mention, but the notification would not have any accompanying
sound.
This was relatively ok as VoiceOver always alerted me that there was a new
notification, but it was a little annoying for me at least.
I think I have found a resolution for the issue I described, and it has
worked on my iPhone and another member of my family’s iOS device.
In a nutshell, to resolve the silent Facebook notifications you have to turn
on all notifications in the Facebook app itself.
This includes, application invites, friend requests, mentions, comments,
tags, pokes, etc.
To do this:
1. Open your Facebook app on your iOS device.
2. Double tap the More tab at the bottom right of the screen.
3. Scroll the page down, or keep flicking until you get to the Settings
options in the left side menu, and double tap.
4. While in Settings, you need to double tap on notifications and then double
tap on mobile.
5. VoiceOver should now read a series of check boxes, and for there to be
sound, these all need to be checked.
6. When you have checked everything, there is no Done button, just a Back
button which will bring you to the previous screen.
7. Keep double tapping Back until you get to the left side menu again, and go
about your Facebook business as normal.
8. Hopefully, the next time you receive a notification from Facebook, it will
have the standard sound to accompany it.
Please Note:
You may need to wait a few minutes for the settings to take effect.
In the mobile notification settings, where all the check boxes are, there is
an option to receive either all notifications or only important
notifications. However, you can change this option to all, but the settings
do not seem to be saved unless all the check boxes are checked as previously
described.
this change seems to be applied on all your mobile devices running Facebook,
as I have an iPod Touch and it made a noise when a notification came through,
and it never done this before I changed the settings.
I hope the results I have achieved can be replicated for you, and if this is
old news, apologies for re-posting something that is already common
knowledge.
Kind regards,
Niall
