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[danmowchan]

I opened this thread to discuss any problems people are having - or not having - with Prowl from the AppStore. I bought this app right away as soon as I heard about it from @atebits on Twitter and I was excited. However, once I got it all set up the push notifications weren't working. I emailed the developer and was given this response:

"Is your phone jailbroken? Jailbroken phones seem to have problems with
Push notifications."

The answer is: yes, my iPhone is jailbroken and I am having problems with push notifications with specifically Prowl. I want to warn potential buyers of this issue that will hopefully be worked out in an update. Has anybody else experienced this?

[ctt1wbw]

No, I think this is one of the reasons why I didn't jailbreak my iPhone this time around. But I got Prowl working and it's pretty cool. Apps have to be open on your Mac for it to work, and since you have your iPhone with you, seems kind of strange to have the Growls pushed to something sitting next to you.

But still a cool nifty little app.

[rapidblue]

Just had a look at the app's description on iTunes. Looks like this can be quite useful if used correctly

[antonioj]

Coming for windows too

http://www.growlforwindows.com/prowl1.png

[funy]

my understanding was that it was the hacktivated phones that had a problem with push notifications (and with youtube as well).

I jailbroke my phone last week and havent had any issues with push, other than beejive being terribly unstable but the recent update fixed that.

I cant speak for 3gs users though

[antonioj]

you´re right...

[Critter]

aye.. same thing here... I've had no noticeable problems with PUSH until installing Prowl.. it's the first app *shrug*

[danmowchan]

Originally Posted by Critter

aye.. same thing here... I've had no noticeable problems with PUSH until installing Prowl.. it's the first app *shrug*

Yeah, all my other Push apps are working wonderfully, I am thinking it may be fixed in an update from Prowl. Perhaps?

[gludington]

Originally Posted by antonioj

Coming for windows too

http://www.growlforwindows.com/prowl1.png

Not to hijack the thread overmuch, but you can also use it to post arbitrary notifications. They provide a perl script to do it from the command line, and others have supplied ruby, php, and python versions, but really any language in which you can do an https GET (really, any language) is capable.

I have been using it for a day or so -- this is going to be fun

[rapidblue]

Originally Posted by gludington

Not to hijack the thread overmuch, but you can also use it to post arbitrary notifications. They provide a perl script to do it from the command line, and others have supplied ruby, php, and python versions, but really any language in which you can do an https GET (really, any language) is capable.

I have been using it for a day or so -- this is going to be fun

True - this app has sooooo much potential