Hi, I think there was a confusion between badges and banners. Banners are the alerts that are only appearing for a limited time on the screen and then go away on their own. Other require an action on your part.
Hope this helps, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On 2012-09-28, at 10:51 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Thats it. Badges just indicate visually that an app has some kind of alert > or notification that needs your attention. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Sep 28, 2012, at 7:08 AM, Paul Ferrara <paul.ferr...@insightbb.com> wrote: > >> Hi, would someone please explain badges and alerts? >> I thought badges indicate new items, but what else do they do? >> >> Paul >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Kawal Gucukoglu >> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 5:45 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Notifications Again. >> >> Hi. >> >> Some one said if you turn off badges that notifications would read in locked >> screen if you selected the alert option instead. It's not working for me as >> it's not made any difference. Using an I phone 5. >> >> Kawal. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.