...an update!
It does seem as though there is a general issue with Push Notifications (which the internet does seem to be full of similar reports in the past).
I don't use GMail, but thought I'd set it up and send myself some emails. Guess what? There are no Push notifications for GMail working either. If I go into the GMail app, they then appear.
Of course, my POP3 email doesn't use Push, however, my corporate exchange Push does work, but it seems that this is the only Push notification working.
I actually just looked in the eBay App and yep there is a notification in there unread as it didn't Push notify me.
I'm wondering if it's something to do with the phone being a unlocked phone from the Carphone Warehouse rather than a Voda provided one. I'm on a SIM only contract with Voda. When I did power the phone up from new, it did download a new(er) build which I assumed was a Voda build.
As you can imagine, I paid a lot of money for this SIM free handset and it's getting a bit frustrating that it's not working.
As a check, I'm doing another factory reset, but not attaching to my corporate exhange account as I'm thinking that there may be an issue with the adopted security profile downloaded causing these issues.
I'll report back.
Craig
