IOS 8 Silent push notification not working without Xcode

Question

I'm trying to test out the silent push notification and I notice that my Iphone (IOS 8) can only receive silent notifications when my device is connected to Xcode. While it is unplugged, I can only receive one silent push in probably 5-10 tries. This only happen to IOS 8 because I have another phone which is running on IOS 7 and not even a single silent push is missed. Anyone face the same issue ?

More details: If the phone is connected to power source, I'm able to get silent push notifications perfectly...

Answer 1

Seems like you are using Debug certificate while interacting with APNs from the server side. And it only works while a device is in the debug mode.

For untethered push notification handling, you need to use Release certificate.

This article would give a better understanding on using certificates with APNs: https://quickblox.com/developers/How_to_create_APNS_certificates