IPhone – How to turn on email notifications when Find My iPhone is used

You can setup your gmail account as default iCloud account.

To do this :

1. Go to settings
2. Mail Contacts, Calenders option
3. Add new Email Account
4. Choose iCloud Account
5. Choose Get a Free Apple ID
6. When it asks for Email provide your Gmail Address
7. It will then pair your email with iCloud account so that you can use it as primary iCloud account
8. Once setup is done go to iCloud in Settings and change the account from iCloud me address to your newly setup Gmail iCloud Account

Hope it helps :)

This sound weird per-se. I use the Gmail app for a long time now on my iPhone 5 and never have I received back-dated notification, especially if I removed it (via the x button) from the Notification screen.

I suppose this could occur if you leave your Gmail message unread in your inbox AND you restart your iPhone or the Gmail app.

Also, go to Settings > Notifications > Show > 1 Recent Item (instead of the default 5 recent Items).