Setting up iOS

With most of my set up and configuration problems solved, One of the last remaining problems is the setup of iOS. I have the app installed, i have ios: in my configuration.yaml file, the overview on my phone looks correct and functions, I have sensor.iphone_battery_level state that is working. Should I have an iphone entity somewhere? there is a device_tracker.brian_iphone but the source type is null and it always shows me as away. I cannot seem to get notifications set up either. Please help.