iOS push notifications stopped working

I have 5 different Android phones all on LAN WiFi connection. All software updated rebooted and BI server pinged through BI app. All worked like clockwork for years. I still find the BI push notifications intermittent. I can walk around the property and all phone have good prompt notifications, then do the same thing a few minutes later and only 1 phone will get notifications. I don't have any more hair to pull out. Anyone else notice intermittent notifications?
 
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I have 5 different Android phones all on LAN WiFi connection. All software updated rebooted and BI server pinged through BI app. All worked like clockwork for years. I still find the BI push notifications intermittent. I can walk around the property and all phone have good prompt notifications, then do the same thing a few minutes later and only 1 phone will get notifications. I don't have any more hair to pull out. Anyone else notice intermittent notifications?
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Yes, I am seeing this. Also getting notifications that sometimes take up to 5 minutes to arrive.
 
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Per Ken, I deleted all Mobile Devices on BI server, uninstalled the BI phone app and reinstalled, then reboot phone, then re-enable Mobile Devices on the BI server. Make sure phone has all the correct permissions for notifications. Right now all 5 of my Android Pixel phones are getting low latency notifications again, all the way down to Android 8.1 devices. I did notice some small changes to the BI app menu after reinstalling app, so you cannot do just an update. As far as pics, I never got pics of triggers for years. I use sms notifications with pic added. Most people use Pushover app for trigger pics. Thanks for all of Ken's help!
 
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but if you are just looking for a simple push and a quick setup, the pushover email option is simple to setup.
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That's what I decided to do when I started having the notification issue on my Android phone. Not only is it a great alternative, but it allowed me to uninstall the Blue Iris app off my phone. I love Blue Iris, but their phone app was not my favorite.
 
I just started playing with Google’s Generative AI in Home Assistant for notifications. So far it seems to be identifying people well, but I haven’t tried it with animals yet.

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I have Blue Iris notifications also appear on my Galaxy Watch 5 and, weirdly, pictures/thumbnails show on the watch, but when viewed on my S20+, there are no pictures.
 
I guess the notifications have stopped again. I updated to the latest stable version and all notifications have stopped. I have also noticed, almost every time since about the last 2-3 updates, it fails the first attempt saying there's a dll file open or something. The updates now take a long time to download and install compared to before. Has anyone else noticed this?
 
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I guess the notifications have stopped again. I updated to the latest stable version and all notifications have stopped. I have also noticed, almost every time since about the last 2-3 updates, it fails the first attempt saying there's a dll file open or something. The updates now take a long time to download and install compared to before. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Notificataions stopped for me and my wife today as well.
 
For those of you with Android phones and are frustrated with the delayed notifications - there is a fix! You have to manually turn off the "doze" feature that was introduced into android operating systems a while ago. See instructions from the following links:

Reddit post "doze_stopper_an_app_fix_for_delayed_notifications"
Reddit post "for_anyone_whos_updated_to_android_15_can_you"

Buried in those links is the ability to wirelessly turn off this android feature with LADB (Local Android Debug Bridge). Follow the instructions in this youtube video and then enter the following command in the LADB command console:
dumpsys deviceidle disable​

Yes, I paid the $5 or so for the LADB app (by tytydraco) in google play as I couldn't be bothered trying to install it from the Github repository - GitHub tytydraco/LADB

This turns off the doze feature of android and you will get instantaneous alerts again. With the feature turned off on my galaxy s25 ultra, I haven't noticed any additional power usage. However, you will need to do this on every powercycle of your phone (which is slightly tedious, but I keep a copy of the command stored in notes and just copy / paste it into LADB. Note that the command is case sensitive so make sure you copy / paste it as lowercase).

Alternatively - the developer of the blue iris software needs to figure out a way to add the app to the dumpsys deviceidle whitelist (you can view white apps are whitelisted from the "doze" feature by entering the "dumpsys deviceidle" command into LADB and seeing the printout of whitelisted apps). They just need to add the app to the deviceidle.xml when it gets installed. Maybe take some inspiration from this stackoverflow post?
Hope that helps others!

Update
I have been able to add the blueiris app to the deviceidle whitelist and this persists even after restart. No guarantee it'll persist if the app is updated, but it's better than having to remember to disable the deviceidle entirely after every powercycle. Enter the following command in LADB to add the app to the deviceidle whitelist:
dumpsys deviceidle whitelist +com.blueirissoftware.blueiris​

You can confirm this has been added to the whitelist via the "dumpsys deviceidle" command and seeing the new entry under "Whitelist user apps:" section of the command printout
 
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