Why doesn't my calendar alert me when events are upcoming?
I have my Google Calendar synced up to my iPhone 4S and by all the settings I can find, it looks like I am supposed to recieve alerts 15 minutes before every event. However, this has never happened.
How come there is no alert being displayed when an event is upcoming? I can see it in Notification Centre, but there is no banner or alert.
Something that seems to work for Google calendars: on your phone, go to Settings => Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Scroll down to the Calendars block. Select Default alert times. You can then chose phone alerts by type of event.
Well, in case anyone is monitoring this, I found the answer on another site!! It has to do with using Mac (or iOS) Calendars, where you've subscribed or otherwise display a google calendar. On the Apple side, it will set up a default notification and there appears to be a bug or miscommunication between Apple and Google. So you have to turn off alerts on the Apple side. Doing so will allow Google Calendar alerts on the Google side (if you have any set up) to be sent normally, at the correct time, only once (or how ever many you've set up), and from the correct official google calendar account. Here are the instructions from http://support.amitree.com/en/articles/1551880-receiving-too-many-email-alert-notifications
How To Stop Them You can disable these additional Apple email alerts by going into your Apple Calendar settings on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple PC. The suggestions below should not stop the Push Notifications on your device.
iPhone/ iPad Instructions
- Open the Apple Calendar app
- Look for and Tap on (!) Calendars at the bottom of the screen
- Scroll to find the relevant Calendar (i.e. Folio Transactions, {name}'s Transactions)
- Tap on the (!) to the right of the Calendar name
- Scroll down to Notifications section
- Tap the toggle switch to disable Event Alerts
Apple/Mac PC Instructions
- Control-click (right-click) on the name of the calendar (i.e. Folio Transactions) in the calendar list, then choose Get Info.
- If you don’t see the calendar list on the left, choose View > Show Calendar List.
- Select “Ignore alerts,” then click OK.
I have also been having the same problem and have found that the solution is to set the reminder in the Google Calendar web interface to "pop-up". You can set this to be your default reminder by going to Settings -> Calendars -> Notifications (in the same row as your calendar). You can set up multiple reminders here.
I'm fairly certain that this didn't used to be the case but I'm not sure when it changed (or if it definitely did change). For reference, I'm using an iPhone 3GS on iOS 5.1