iOS Push Notifications: "Would like to receive Push Notifications" is never asked - ios

I have two apps that received Push Notifications. I upgraded both to Xcode 6, and one works fine, the second one does not ever ask the user for permission to receive Push Notifications, nor does it receive the notifications.
I did update the code in the appDelegate to the new iOS 8 calls:
// register for push notification
if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 8.0)
{
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes: (UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge)
categories:nil]];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotifications];
}
else
{
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge|
UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert|
UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound];
}
And I believe it is working correctly because didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken is being called and I am getting a DeviceToken.
I have:
Recreated (several times) my IDs and Provisioning profiles.
I am testing this on the device, not the simulator
I have tried to load it onto a iOS 8 AND iOS 7 device, neither works.
Checked to make sure that the PN is being sent by PARSE (which I am using to create the PN's). They are. And they are received on the second App.
Pushed up the date on my phone, restarted it, and reinstalled the app (had deleted it first).
Also, the App is listed in the notifications section to receive notifications.
Any thoughts?

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Seeing as your user is receiving the push notifications despite not being presented a permission dialogue, following must be the scenario:
He had a previous build on his iPhone 4s which he had authorized for push notifications.
He quickly uninstalled the previous build and installed the latest build you gave him, without giving a period of one day to device before reinstalling.
Result was that he wasn't presented any dialogue asking for push notifications permissions as the permissions were already granted previously.
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The first time a push-enabled app registers for push notifications,
iOS asks the user if they wish to receive notifications for that app.
Once the user has responded to this alert it is not presented again
unless the device is restored or the app has been uninstalled for at
least a day.
If you want to simulate a first-time run of your app, you can leave
the app uninstalled for a day. You can achieve the latter without
actually waiting a day by following these steps:
Delete your app from the device. Turn the device off completely and
turn it back on. Go to Settings > General > Date & Time and set the
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