diff --git a/native/push/push-handler.react.js b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
index 8915dd903..af6726747 100644
--- a/native/push/push-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
@@ -1,623 +1,614 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as Haptics from 'expo-haptics';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { AppRegistry, Platform, Alert, LogBox } from 'react-native';
 import type { RemoteMessage, NotificationOpen } from 'react-native-firebase';
 import { Notification as InAppNotification } from 'react-native-in-app-message';
 import NotificationsIOS from 'react-native-notifications';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
 import {
   setDeviceTokenActionTypes,
   setDeviceToken,
 } from 'lib/actions/device-actions';
 import {
   unreadCount,
   threadInfoSelector,
 } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors';
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors';
 import { mergePrefixIntoBody } from 'lib/shared/notif-utils';
 import type { Dispatch } from 'lib/types/redux-types';
 import { type ConnectionInfo } from 'lib/types/socket-types';
 import { type ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 import {
   useServerCall,
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   type DispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils';
 
 import {
   type MessageListParams,
   useNavigateToThread,
 } from '../chat/message-list-types';
 import {
   addLifecycleListener,
   getCurrentLifecycleState,
 } from '../lifecycle/lifecycle';
 import { replaceWithThreadActionType } from '../navigation/action-types';
 import { activeMessageListSelector } from '../navigation/nav-selectors';
 import { NavContext } from '../navigation/navigation-context';
 import type { RootNavigationProp } from '../navigation/root-navigator.react';
 import {
   recordNotifPermissionAlertActionType,
   clearAndroidNotificationsActionType,
 } from '../redux/action-types';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
 import { RootContext, type RootContextType } from '../root-context';
 import type { EventSubscription } from '../types/react-native';
 import { type GlobalTheme } from '../types/themes';
 import { type NotifPermissionAlertInfo } from './alerts';
 import {
   androidNotificationChannelID,
   handleAndroidMessage,
   androidBackgroundMessageTask,
 } from './android';
 import { getFirebase } from './firebase';
 import InAppNotif from './in-app-notif.react';
 import {
   requestIOSPushPermissions,
   iosPushPermissionResponseReceived,
 } from './ios';
 import { saveMessageInfos } from './utils';
 
 LogBox.ignoreLogs([
   // react-native-firebase
   'Require cycle: ../node_modules/react-native-firebase',
   // react-native-in-app-message
   'ForceTouchGestureHandler is not available',
 ]);
 
 const msInDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +navigation: RootNavigationProp<'App'>,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   // Navigation state
   +activeThread: ?string,
   // Redux state
   +unreadCount: number,
   +deviceToken: ?string,
   +threadInfos: { +[id: string]: ThreadInfo },
   +notifPermissionAlertInfo: NotifPermissionAlertInfo,
   +connection: ConnectionInfo,
   +updatesCurrentAsOf: number,
   +activeTheme: ?GlobalTheme,
   +loggedIn: boolean,
   +navigateToThread: (params: MessageListParams) => void,
   // Redux dispatch functions
   +dispatch: Dispatch,
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   // async functions that hit server APIs
   +setDeviceToken: (deviceToken: string) => Promise<string>,
   // withRootContext
   +rootContext: ?RootContextType,
 };
 type State = {
   +inAppNotifProps: ?{
     +customComponent: React.Node,
     +blurType: ?('xlight' | 'dark'),
     +onPress: () => void,
   },
 };
 class PushHandler extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   state: State = {
     inAppNotifProps: null,
   };
   currentState: ?string = getCurrentLifecycleState();
   appStarted = 0;
   androidTokenListener: ?() => void = null;
   androidMessageListener: ?() => void = null;
   androidNotifOpenListener: ?() => void = null;
   initialAndroidNotifHandled = false;
   openThreadOnceReceived: Set<string> = new Set();
   lifecycleSubscription: ?EventSubscription;
 
   componentDidMount() {
     this.appStarted = Date.now();
     this.lifecycleSubscription = addLifecycleListener(
       this.handleAppStateChange,
     );
     this.onForeground();
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       NotificationsIOS.addEventListener(
         'remoteNotificationsRegistered',
         this.registerPushPermissions,
       );
       NotificationsIOS.addEventListener(
         'remoteNotificationsRegistrationFailed',
         this.failedToRegisterPushPermissions,
       );
       NotificationsIOS.addEventListener(
         'notificationReceivedForeground',
         this.iosForegroundNotificationReceived,
       );
       NotificationsIOS.addEventListener(
         'notificationOpened',
         this.iosNotificationOpened,
       );
     } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
       const firebase = getFirebase();
       const channel = new firebase.notifications.Android.Channel(
         androidNotificationChannelID,
         'Default',
         firebase.notifications.Android.Importance.Max,
       ).setDescription('Comm notifications channel');
       firebase.notifications().android.createChannel(channel);
       this.androidTokenListener = firebase
         .messaging()
         .onTokenRefresh(this.handleAndroidDeviceToken);
       this.androidMessageListener = firebase
         .messaging()
         .onMessage(this.androidMessageReceived);
       this.androidNotifOpenListener = firebase
         .notifications()
         .onNotificationOpened(this.androidNotificationOpened);
     }
 
     if (this.props.connection.status === 'connected') {
       this.updateBadgeCount();
     }
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
     if (this.lifecycleSubscription) {
       this.lifecycleSubscription.remove();
     }
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       NotificationsIOS.removeEventListener(
         'remoteNotificationsRegistered',
         this.registerPushPermissions,
       );
       NotificationsIOS.removeEventListener(
         'remoteNotificationsRegistrationFailed',
         this.failedToRegisterPushPermissions,
       );
       NotificationsIOS.removeEventListener(
         'notificationReceivedForeground',
         this.iosForegroundNotificationReceived,
       );
       NotificationsIOS.removeEventListener(
         'notificationOpened',
         this.iosNotificationOpened,
       );
     } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
       if (this.androidTokenListener) {
         this.androidTokenListener();
         this.androidTokenListener = null;
       }
       if (this.androidMessageListener) {
         this.androidMessageListener();
         this.androidMessageListener = null;
       }
       if (this.androidNotifOpenListener) {
         this.androidNotifOpenListener();
         this.androidNotifOpenListener = null;
       }
     }
   }
 
   handleAppStateChange = (nextState: ?string) => {
     if (!nextState || nextState === 'unknown') {
       return;
     }
     const lastState = this.currentState;
     this.currentState = nextState;
     if (lastState === 'background' && nextState === 'active') {
       this.onForeground();
       this.clearNotifsOfThread();
     }
   };
 
   onForeground() {
     if (this.props.loggedIn) {
       this.ensurePushNotifsEnabled();
     } else if (this.props.deviceToken) {
       // We do this in case there was a crash, so we can clear deviceToken from
       // any other cookies it might be set for
       this.setDeviceToken(this.props.deviceToken);
     }
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props, prevState: State) {
     if (this.props.activeThread !== prevProps.activeThread) {
       this.clearNotifsOfThread();
     }
 
     if (
       this.props.connection.status === 'connected' &&
       (prevProps.connection.status !== 'connected' ||
         this.props.unreadCount !== prevProps.unreadCount)
     ) {
       this.updateBadgeCount();
     }
 
     for (const threadID of this.openThreadOnceReceived) {
       const threadInfo = this.props.threadInfos[threadID];
       if (threadInfo) {
         this.navigateToThread(threadInfo, false);
         this.openThreadOnceReceived.clear();
         break;
       }
     }
 
     if (
       (this.props.loggedIn && !prevProps.loggedIn) ||
       (!this.props.deviceToken && prevProps.deviceToken)
     ) {
       this.ensurePushNotifsEnabled();
     }
 
     if (!this.props.loggedIn && prevProps.loggedIn) {
       this.clearAllNotifs();
     }
 
     if (
       this.state.inAppNotifProps &&
       this.state.inAppNotifProps !== prevState.inAppNotifProps
     ) {
       Haptics.notificationAsync();
       InAppNotification.show();
     }
   }
 
   updateBadgeCount() {
     const curUnreadCount = this.props.unreadCount;
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       NotificationsIOS.setBadgesCount(curUnreadCount);
     } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
       getFirebase().notifications().setBadge(curUnreadCount);
     }
   }
 
   clearAllNotifs() {
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       NotificationsIOS.removeAllDeliveredNotifications();
     } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
       getFirebase().notifications().removeAllDeliveredNotifications();
     }
   }
 
   clearNotifsOfThread() {
     const { activeThread } = this.props;
     if (!activeThread) {
       return;
     }
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       NotificationsIOS.getDeliveredNotifications(notifications =>
         PushHandler.clearDeliveredIOSNotificationsForThread(
           activeThread,
           notifications,
         ),
       );
     } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: clearAndroidNotificationsActionType,
         payload: { threadID: activeThread },
       });
     }
   }
 
   static clearDeliveredIOSNotificationsForThread(
     threadID: string,
     notifications: Object[],
   ) {
     const identifiersToClear = [];
     for (const notification of notifications) {
       if (notification['thread-id'] === threadID) {
         identifiersToClear.push(notification.identifier);
       }
     }
     if (identifiersToClear) {
       NotificationsIOS.removeDeliveredNotifications(identifiersToClear);
     }
   }
 
   async ensurePushNotifsEnabled() {
     if (!this.props.loggedIn) {
       return;
     }
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       const missingDeviceToken =
         this.props.deviceToken === null || this.props.deviceToken === undefined;
       await requestIOSPushPermissions(missingDeviceToken);
     } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
       await this.ensureAndroidPushNotifsEnabled();
     }
   }
 
   async ensureAndroidPushNotifsEnabled() {
     const firebase = getFirebase();
     const hasPermission = await firebase.messaging().hasPermission();
     if (!hasPermission) {
       this.failedToRegisterPushPermissions();
       return;
     }
 
     const fcmToken = await firebase.messaging().getToken();
     if (fcmToken) {
       await this.handleAndroidDeviceToken(fcmToken);
     } else {
       this.failedToRegisterPushPermissions();
     }
   }
 
   handleAndroidDeviceToken = async (deviceToken: string) => {
     this.registerPushPermissions(deviceToken);
     await this.handleInitialAndroidNotification();
   };
 
   async handleInitialAndroidNotification() {
     if (this.initialAndroidNotifHandled) {
       return;
     }
     this.initialAndroidNotifHandled = true;
     const initialNotif = await getFirebase()
       .notifications()
       .getInitialNotification();
     if (initialNotif) {
       await this.androidNotificationOpened(initialNotif);
     }
   }
 
   registerPushPermissions = (deviceToken: string) => {
     const deviceType = Platform.OS;
     if (deviceType !== 'android' && deviceType !== 'ios') {
       return;
     }
     if (deviceType === 'ios') {
       iosPushPermissionResponseReceived();
     }
     if (deviceToken !== this.props.deviceToken) {
       this.setDeviceToken(deviceToken);
     }
   };
 
   setDeviceToken(deviceToken: string) {
     this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       setDeviceTokenActionTypes,
       this.props.setDeviceToken(deviceToken),
     );
   }
 
   failedToRegisterPushPermissions = () => {
     if (!this.props.loggedIn) {
       return;
     }
     const deviceType = Platform.OS;
     if (deviceType === 'ios') {
       iosPushPermissionResponseReceived();
-      if (__DEV__) {
-        // iOS simulator can't handle notifs
-        return;
-      }
+    } else {
+      this.showNotifAlertOnAndroid();
     }
+  };
 
+  showNotifAlertOnAndroid() {
     const alertInfo = this.props.notifPermissionAlertInfo;
     if (
       (alertInfo.totalAlerts > 3 &&
         alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay) ||
       (alertInfo.totalAlerts > 6 &&
         alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay * 3) ||
       (alertInfo.totalAlerts > 9 &&
         alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay * 7)
     ) {
       return;
     }
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: recordNotifPermissionAlertActionType,
       payload: { time: Date.now() },
     });
 
-    if (deviceType === 'ios') {
-      Alert.alert(
-        'Need notif permissions',
-        'Comm needs notification permissions to keep you in the loop! ' +
-          'Please enable in Settings App -> Notifications -> Comm.',
-        [{ text: 'OK' }],
-      );
-    } else if (deviceType === 'android') {
-      Alert.alert(
-        'Unable to initialize notifs!',
-        'Please check your network connection, make sure Google Play ' +
-          'services are installed and enabled, and confirm that your Google ' +
-          'Play credentials are valid in the Google Play Store.',
-        undefined,
-        { cancelable: true },
-      );
-    }
-  };
+    Alert.alert(
+      'Unable to initialize notifs!',
+      'Please check your network connection, make sure Google Play ' +
+        'services are installed and enabled, and confirm that your Google ' +
+        'Play credentials are valid in the Google Play Store.',
+      undefined,
+      { cancelable: true },
+    );
+  }
 
   navigateToThread(threadInfo: ThreadInfo, clearChatRoutes: boolean) {
     if (clearChatRoutes) {
       this.props.navigation.dispatch({
         type: replaceWithThreadActionType,
         payload: { threadInfo },
       });
     } else {
       this.props.navigateToThread({ threadInfo });
     }
   }
 
   onPressNotificationForThread(threadID: string, clearChatRoutes: boolean) {
     const threadInfo = this.props.threadInfos[threadID];
     if (threadInfo) {
       this.navigateToThread(threadInfo, clearChatRoutes);
     } else {
       this.openThreadOnceReceived.add(threadID);
     }
   }
 
   saveMessageInfos(messageInfosString: string) {
     saveMessageInfos(messageInfosString, this.props.updatesCurrentAsOf);
   }
 
   iosForegroundNotificationReceived = notification => {
     if (
       notification.getData() &&
       notification.getData().managedAps &&
       notification.getData().managedAps.action === 'CLEAR'
     ) {
       notification.finish(NotificationsIOS.FetchResult.NoData);
       return;
     }
     if (Date.now() < this.appStarted + 1500) {
       // On iOS, when the app is opened from a notif press, for some reason this
       // callback gets triggered before iosNotificationOpened. In fact this
       // callback shouldn't be triggered at all. To avoid weirdness we are
       // ignoring any foreground notification received within the first second
       // of the app being started, since they are most likely to be erroneous.
       notification.finish(NotificationsIOS.FetchResult.NoData);
       return;
     }
     const threadID = notification.getData().threadID;
     if (!threadID) {
       console.log('Notification with missing threadID received!');
       notification.finish(NotificationsIOS.FetchResult.NoData);
       return;
     }
     const messageInfos = notification.getData().messageInfos;
     if (messageInfos) {
       this.saveMessageInfos(messageInfos);
     }
     let title = null;
     let body = notification.getMessage();
     if (notification.getData().title) {
       ({ title, body } = mergePrefixIntoBody(notification.getData()));
     }
     this.showInAppNotification(threadID, body, title);
     notification.finish(NotificationsIOS.FetchResult.NewData);
   };
 
   onPushNotifBootsApp() {
     if (
       this.props.rootContext &&
       this.props.rootContext.detectUnsupervisedBackground
     ) {
       this.props.rootContext.detectUnsupervisedBackground(false);
     }
   }
 
   iosNotificationOpened = notification => {
     this.onPushNotifBootsApp();
     const threadID = notification.getData().threadID;
     if (!threadID) {
       console.log('Notification with missing threadID received!');
       notification.finish(NotificationsIOS.FetchResult.NoData);
       return;
     }
     const messageInfos = notification.getData().messageInfos;
     if (messageInfos) {
       this.saveMessageInfos(messageInfos);
     }
     this.onPressNotificationForThread(threadID, true);
     notification.finish(NotificationsIOS.FetchResult.NewData);
   };
 
   showInAppNotification(threadID: string, message: string, title?: ?string) {
     if (threadID === this.props.activeThread) {
       return;
     }
     this.setState({
       inAppNotifProps: {
         customComponent: (
           <InAppNotif
             title={title}
             message={message}
             activeTheme={this.props.activeTheme}
           />
         ),
         blurType: this.props.activeTheme === 'dark' ? 'xlight' : 'dark',
         onPress: () => {
           InAppNotification.hide();
           this.onPressNotificationForThread(threadID, false);
         },
       },
     });
   }
 
   androidNotificationOpened = async (notificationOpen: NotificationOpen) => {
     this.onPushNotifBootsApp();
     const { threadID } = notificationOpen.notification.data;
     this.onPressNotificationForThread(threadID, true);
   };
 
   androidMessageReceived = async (message: RemoteMessage) => {
     this.onPushNotifBootsApp();
     handleAndroidMessage(
       message,
       this.props.updatesCurrentAsOf,
       this.handleAndroidNotificationIfActive,
     );
   };
 
   handleAndroidNotificationIfActive = (
     threadID: string,
     texts: { body: string, title: ?string },
   ) => {
     if (this.currentState !== 'active') {
       return false;
     }
     this.showInAppNotification(threadID, texts.body, texts.title);
     return true;
   };
 
   render() {
     return (
       <InAppNotification
         {...this.state.inAppNotifProps}
         hideStatusBar={false}
       />
     );
   }
 }
 
 AppRegistry.registerHeadlessTask(
   'RNFirebaseBackgroundMessage',
   () => androidBackgroundMessageTask,
 );
 
 const ConnectedPushHandler: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> = React.memo<BaseProps>(
   function ConnectedPushHandler(props: BaseProps) {
     const navContext = React.useContext(NavContext);
     const activeThread = activeMessageListSelector(navContext);
     const boundUnreadCount = useSelector(unreadCount);
     const deviceToken = useSelector(state => state.deviceToken);
     const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
     const notifPermissionAlertInfo = useSelector(
       state => state.notifPermissionAlertInfo,
     );
     const connection = useSelector(state => state.connection);
     const updatesCurrentAsOf = useSelector(state => state.updatesCurrentAsOf);
     const activeTheme = useSelector(state => state.globalThemeInfo.activeTheme);
     const loggedIn = useSelector(isLoggedIn);
     const navigateToThread = useNavigateToThread();
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const boundSetDeviceToken = useServerCall(setDeviceToken);
     const rootContext = React.useContext(RootContext);
     return (
       <PushHandler
         {...props}
         activeThread={activeThread}
         unreadCount={boundUnreadCount}
         deviceToken={deviceToken}
         threadInfos={threadInfos}
         notifPermissionAlertInfo={notifPermissionAlertInfo}
         connection={connection}
         updatesCurrentAsOf={updatesCurrentAsOf}
         activeTheme={activeTheme}
         loggedIn={loggedIn}
         navigateToThread={navigateToThread}
         dispatch={dispatch}
         dispatchActionPromise={dispatchActionPromise}
         setDeviceToken={boundSetDeviceToken}
         rootContext={rootContext}
       />
     );
   },
 );
 
 export default ConnectedPushHandler;