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[Q] Arrives Gmail, Problem?

Okay, so i have the HTC Arrive now, and i really like the phone, great UI, Amazing keyboard, not as quick on the data as my LG Quantum but still fast, but the Gmail, i dont know what is going on with the gmail on here, i have my gamil signed into my Quantum with no problem, but when i try to sign in to the app and have my gmail on my arrive it tells me that the info is incorrect... i really am getting frustrated with that :/
any oppinions or ideas?
Ive taken the battery out and deleted the gmail acct off the phone, yet still no gmail...
How can i fix this?

Are you just setting it up as an exchange account on the phone or using some gmail app from the marketplace?
I'm using gmail simply via exchange and it works no problem.

dpeavy said:
Okay, so i have the HTC Arrive now, and i really like the phone, great UI, Amazing keyboard, not as quick on the data as my LG Quantum but still fast, but the Gmail, i dont know what is going on with the gmail on here, i have my gamil signed into my Quantum with no problem, but when i try to sign in to the app and have my gmail on my arrive it tells me that the info is incorrect... i really am getting frustrated with that :/
any oppinions or ideas?
Ive taken the battery out and deleted the gmail acct off the phone, yet still no gmail...
How can i fix this?
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I had this same problem when I first got my Arrive. Needless to say it frustrated the CRAP out of me. I tried everything and after several resets and whatnot I finally figured the solution, it's not the most desirable but it worked for me.
I had to change my gmail password on a computer or IE on the phone, then try. It then worked and I changed my password back and updated the account info on my phone.
Try this and let me know if it works for you!

It does that the first couple of times, each time giving you more options to change, but on the third time it will give you the option to set the Exchange server address(m.google.com). As soon as you put that in and retry it connects and starts syncing. I haven't figured out how to set the server address without first failing twice.

Gmail not updating, just manually

Why is the last couple days my Gmail will not check for mew mail? Stock rooted with update done yesterday. I have to open Gmail and refresh and get all my mail I've been missing all day. Doesn't makes sense since it was working before the last couple days. I have 3 accounts setup to sync and none are working.
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I'm also having issues with emails pushing to my Infuse. They show up on Sparrow on my Mac, but I have to manually check from my phone. I noticed this a couple days ago and again today.

My stock infuse is has also switched to only rerrshing gmail when I manually do it.
Have task killer, juice defender, sjd watchdog installed but I don't think that is the issue
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Sorry for the off topic post guys.
reverendmilo said:
Have task killer
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You do know you dont need that anymore? It does more harm than good. Not bad harm though.

bigtoysrock said:
Sorry for the off topic post guys.
You do know you dont need that anymore? It does more harm than good. Not bad harm though.
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I also have task killer, BUT, I do not have it running. Only have it in case I need to manually kill something.
One account had 1 email this morning, another I checked manually and one showed up. Not sure what to make of this.
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Weird, my gmail is no longer updating automatically either. But it is working on my tablet.
EDIT: Well, I checked my account settings under Settings > Accounts and Sync and somehow my gmail, calendar and contacts magically got unchecked.

I had not heard that it does more bad than good, can you point me to a discussion thread on it?
I had someone else say the same thing about juice defender but did not get a explanation why either.
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Seems to be back to normal for me. Anyone else see it working correctly now?
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Twice mine has reset its settings to not autosync
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I've noticed that mine has stopped auto sync'ing as well around the same time everyone else despite still being set to do so and settings still in place verified. Stock non rooted here.

carhigh said:
Seems to be back to normal for me. Anyone else see it working correctly now?
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I had this issue on my Inspire. I went to GTalk and apparently, I was signed out. I signed back in (as I believe this is how it communicates with google servers and syncs) and mine has been syncing correctly since.

Simba501 said:
I had this issue on my Inspire. I went to GTalk and apparently, I was signed out. I signed back in (as I believe this is how it communicates with google servers and syncs) and mine has been syncing correctly since.
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What the heck is gtalk? And whats it got to do with gmail refreshing on the phone. Ive never heard of gtalk !!! I googled it and came up a bunch of different things
All day today, no email. Manual refresh and a bunch of emails show up. This is annoying! I thought alot of my issues with the dell streak were solved by moving on but i guess i only moved onto different issues..... so annoyed

carhigh said:
What the heck is gtalk? And whats it got to do with gmail refreshing on the phone. Ive never heard of gtalk !!! I googled it and came up a bunch of different things
All day today, no email. Manual refresh and a bunch of emails show up. This is annoying! I thought alot of my issues with the dell streak were solved by moving on but i guess i only moved onto different issues..... so annoyed
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Google Talk. Google's chat service. It shows in your app drawer as "Talk". If you've ever noticed, when you access gmail on a computer, you're automatically signed into Google Talk. I was told a while ago in the past (when I owned a captivate) that Talk is what the phone may use to communicate with Google servers (makes sense), but not completely sure. By no means is gmail buggy or have issues because 99% of the time it syncs perfectly and without problems. My time period where it didn't sync was the first time it ever happened since I've had my Inspire (since February). My gmail has since returned to normal.
Do you have a task killer that's possibly interfering?
Are notifications enabled? (in gmail settings - "notify in status bar when mail arrives")
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Still having issues with my Gmail syncing. I had no issues for the first few weeks I had phone, but now it is rare that push actually works. I have verified all settings are correct. I had issues on my iphone with email syncing also, so I changed to fetch emails every 15 mins on that to make it useful still. I don't see an option for that on the gmail app though.
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scottyb0721 said:
Still having issues with my Gmail syncing. I had no issues for the first few weeks I had phone, but now it is rare that push actually works. I have verified all settings are correct. I had issues on my iphone with email syncing also, so I changed to fetch emails every 15 mins on that to make it useful still. I don't see an option for that on the gmail app though.
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That's really weird. The Gmail app has always worked for me, and very well at that (and on different devices). My GF's gmail app works just as well and she uses the Infuse. The only thing I can think of at this point is to go to the gmail application info page (via manage applications) and "clear data. Verify all of the settings again, reboot, and see what happens.

Simba501 said:
Do you have a task killer that's possibly interfering?
Are notifications enabled? (in gmail settings - "notify in status bar when mail arrives")
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I do have advanced task killer but its not enabled at all. My gmail settings and notifacations are all set correctly.
Gtalk was logged in on my main account. I dont think that has anything to do with this problem though. I have 3 accounts setup and it worked fine for a little bit there before noticing the problem. If it was linked, i would have 3 loggins!
The gmail app has always worked fine for me also, UNTIL getting this phone! Sux

Simba501 said:
The only thing I can think of at this point is to remove the account completely (via accounts and sync), go to the gmail application info page (via manage applications) and "clear data", then set everything back up. And verify all of the settings again.
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Oh yeah, you do know you can not remove the main gmail account?

carhigh said:
Oh yeah, you do know you can not remove the main gmail account?
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Must have slipped my mind. Excuse me.
(previous post edited)

I was reading the help part in the gmail app and there is a long list. I guess clearing data is next for me. I just turned everything off and turned it back on. Ive rebooted today too.
Problems with sync, http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113869&topic=21233

EDIT: Question answered.
carhigh said:
I was reading the help part in the gmail app and there is a long list. I guess clearing data is next for me. I just turned everything off and turned it back on. Ive rebooted today too.
Problems with sync, http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113869&topic=21233
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Well, good luck. Let me know what ends up working. Something will.

Captivate/Xoom Rendered useless

Xoom: Stock with Root
Captivate: CM7 Nightly
Seems that all of a sudden, both the Xoom and the Captivate have been rendered useless. They had shared the same gmail account without issue, but I am unable to fix. Anytime something is downloaded, it fails.
I have tried the run of the mill fixes I've found from google searches and none of these seem to fix the issue. Has anyone had a similar problem and what worked for you?
Thank you.

We're going to need more detail than that, and you might try looking in the xoom forums for help with that.

i can expand on the situation:
anytime anything is downloaded from the market the response is 'download failed try again later'
both the xoom and the captivate have been working without issue for some time with the current setup. gmail seems to sync (sometimes) but NOTHING can be downloaded or updated from the market (either on the device or from the web)

the fact that both of them are doing the same thing leads me to suggest that you look into your wifi connection. (Router etc.) or try another wifi access point. Have you tried making up a new google acct. and trying to install market apps through it?

Do you also have a notification that says gtalk authentication failed? That issue happened to me one time and caused Market installs to fail and I reinstalled my ROM and that fixed it.
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it is not the connection - one is trying OTA (phone) one is trying over WIFI (xoom) there are other devices connected to the router the xoom is on which are not experiencing issues. the phone has signal and gets data.
the phone has been odin'd to stock - cache, dalvik, and data cleared then permissions fixed and reflashed again.
g talk is signed in on the tablet
further - when authenticating with a different UID the phone is able to download and install without issue.

bdbsubscribe said:
it is not the connection - one is trying OTA (phone) one is trying over WIFI (xoom) there are other devices connected to the router the xoom is on which are not experiencing issues. the phone has signal and gets data.
the phone has been odin'd to stock - cache, dalvik, and data cleared then permissions fixed and reflashed again.
g talk is signed in on the tablet
further - when authenticating with a different UID the phone is able to download and install without issue.
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Your issue is being logged into the same account at the same time in 2 devices, it messes up the system. I have seen accounts getting licked because people have done this.

zelendel said:
Your issue is being logged into the same account at the same time in 2 devices, it messes up the system. I have seen accounts getting licked because people have done this.
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Hmm...all of mine use the same gmail to access the market and I haven't had any issues like the op describes. Not to say that it may not cause a problem for someone, I just have not seen any.

zelendel said:
Your issue is being logged into the same account at the same time in 2 devices, it messes up the system. I have seen accounts getting licked because people have done this.
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a portion of my company (a specific department/user group) uses android based devices and all have a phone / tablet on the same account; so far this is the first user to have this issue

i have multiple phones all tied to the same gmail and dont have this issue at all.

Maybe its not so much multiple devices tied to the same account but the fact that one is honeycomb.
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goraps said:
Maybe its not so much multiple devices tied to the same account but the fact that one is honeycomb.
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I bet a good percentage of people with HC tabs also have Android phones on the same account.
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Pirateghost said:
i have multiple phones all tied to the same gmail and dont have this issue at all.
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Same for me. I have two captivates using the same acct. with no problems.

I am not saying this is your issue just stating what I have seen. It was due to them being signed into the same account at the same time on different devices. While it could have been a glitch with their accounts it was the only thing I have seen that even remotely sounded like your issue.

zelendel said:
I am not saying this is your issue just stating what I have seen. It was due to them being signed into the same account at the same time on different devices. While it could have been a glitch with their accounts it was the only thing I have seen that even remotely sounded like your issue.
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Not sure about that. I have both my Galaxay Tab and my Captivate running with the same account right now. Last night I sent a bunch of games and apps from the Android Market website to both devices without any issues. Cracks me up to hear a notification for email alert coming from both devices at the same time (sometimes the tablet wins).
I wish I could help more than saying I don't have the issue at all

try this, it worked for me with the same issue withe my nook and captivate, log into gmail. change you password, both devices will come up with a log in error and ask for the new password or a new account, then update the password to the new one, then see if it works for you

2-step verification not working Gtab 2 7"

I recently enabled 2 step verification on my galaxy tab 2 7". I haven't been able to get it to work on my tablet though. It works just fine on my phone (Galaxy Nexus), but it continues to ask me to input my password and subsequently the verification code that was sent to my phone when i try to login on my tablet. I've done this maybe like 6 times in a row before just getting overly frustrated. I don't get whats wrong. I've tried both my password and the application specific password. It always asks me to put in my password. After I put in the verification code, it goes to "processing", then the screen goes black (I'm assuming its the browser crashing) and it just repeats.

This could be a shot in the dark, but try removing your google account and adding it back again. I had this happen with a completely different device, but might work for you too.

titanshadow said:
This could be a shot in the dark, but try removing your google account and adding it back again. I had this happen with a completely different device, but might work for you too.
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Just tried that and it didn't work. Still does the loop. The issue seems to be when the browser tries to hand off the sign in back to the application. I just did the login on my transformer and it worked fine.

It's some thing they broke in the last update. I also use two step and have to a good bit. It was fine prior to the last ota.
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xreflection said:
Just tried that and it didn't work. Still does the loop. The issue seems to be when the browser tries to hand off the sign in back to the application. I just did the login on my transformer and it worked fine.
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I am having the same issue with my Galaxy 2 7.0 as well. I've removed the google account and attempted to re-add it.. No joy.. Has anyone who's experienced this issue found a fix yet?
Thanks,
Ricardo

rickysquared said:
I am having the same issue with my Galaxy 2 7.0 as well. I've removed the google account and attempted to re-add it.. No joy.. Has anyone who's experienced this issue found a fix yet?
Thanks,
Ricardo
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You try setting up an Application-specific password for your device? you cant use your normal login plus 2 step to login to the google services from an Android device you need to set up a Application-specific password although you can use 2step in the web browser. but in order to to use the gmail app etc you need to make a Application-specific password at https://accounts.google.com/b/0/SmsAuthConfig?hl=en
EDIT: OK wow I miss read the issue I have not had issues with the browser. you could try using the Google Authenticator app as it might be you codes are getting stale on you.

Can't use Google Now Reminders?

So I've been playing around with my nexus 5 and overall I'm pleased so far, however whenever I try to add reminders via Google Now, I keep getting the message "can't reach Google at the moment" (see screenshot)
This happens on WiFi and mobile data and have rebooted the phone to check if that may solve it (never know...).
I can add reminders via Google Keep however being able to add reminders directly from the home screen simply by talking is so much easier than adding them via Keep.
I've tried looking through the Google product forums however the content never seems to load on the page.
Anyone know if the reminders issue is a common bug or if there's a fix available for this?
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Krijs said:
So I've been playing around with my nexus 5 and overall I'm pleased so far, however whenever I try to add reminders via Google Now, I keep getting the message "can't reach Google at the moment" (see screenshot)
This happens on WiFi and mobile data and have rebooted the phone to check if that may solve it (never know...).
I can add reminders via Google Keep however being able to add reminders directly from the home screen simply by talking is so much easier than adding them via Keep.
I've tried looking through the Google product forums however the content never seems to load on the page.
Anyone know if the reminders issue is a common bug or if there's a fix available for this?
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You need to open the keep app first, so it signs in to your account.

Krijs said:
So I've been playing around with my nexus 5 and overall I'm pleased so far, however whenever I try to add reminders via Google Now, I keep getting the message "can't reach Google at the moment" (see screenshot)
This happens on WiFi and mobile data and have rebooted the phone to check if that may solve it (never know...).
I can add reminders via Google Keep however being able to add reminders directly from the home screen simply by talking is so much easier than adding them via Keep.
I've tried looking through the Google product forums however the content never seems to load on the page.
Anyone know if the reminders issue is a common bug or if there's a fix available for this?
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Ive been having trouble too including a friend of mine. Think its a wider problem

I have the keep app up and running (as mentioned in OP) but its still not working unfortunately
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I'm guessing people having problems with this are using a Google Apps account?
I have exactly the same issue with my gapps account but when using a standard gmail account all works as it should.
As mentioned, I think this is a wider issue, affecting SOME gapps accounts when used in conjunction with the N5. I say some as I have had a friend set up a test account for me in his gapps and it also worked perfectly.
I have spent hours going through my settings but have so far drawn a blank.
If anyone knows what is causing this, please share!

This happens to me, but it ONLY happens on wifi. As soon as I switch to mobile it works again.

I have the same problem

Boonyard said:
This happens to me, but it ONLY happens on wifi. As soon as I switch to mobile it works again.
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If only it was the case, sadly it's the same over 3g for me.
You using gapps or standard gmail?
Only solution for me is to use my non gapps account for Google Now.
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I had this issue when I first got this phone about 2 days ago. I just tried to set a reminder on wifi and it worked for me. The only thing that has really changed are just apps and a few reboots, maybe the reboots did it? I honestly tried it out of the box and my service kept disconnecting, after that reboot all my issues were fixed. Doubt thatll fix the issue for you but who knows lol. I am also rooted, if that makesa difference

No amount of rebooting or even resetting to stock has cured this for me. I think it's server side - something to do with how the N5 talks to gapps servers. Only some though as I've tested it successfully with a friend's account. Odd.
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I'm using a gapps account. Guessing by the responses it's something to do with this then. Ah well, will sit back and wait for ol' googs to trickle it down to gapps users then.

Not necessarily, it works with some gapps accounts and not others. Doesn't work with mine but had a friend set up an account for me on his and it worked perfectly. Its a very odd problem.
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Krijs said:
I'm using a gapps account. Guessing by the responses it's something to do with this then. Ah well, will sit back and wait for ol' googs to trickle it down to gapps users then.
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I'm using a regular Gmail account I'm still having this issue. It has nothing to do with whether or not you're using a Google Apps account
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xspyda said:
I'm guessing people having problems with this are using a Google Apps account?
I have exactly the same issue with my gapps account but when using a standard gmail account all works as it should.
As mentioned, I think this is a wider issue, affecting SOME gapps accounts when used in conjunction with the N5. I say some as I have had a friend set up a test account for me in his gapps and it also worked perfectly.
I have spent hours going through my settings but have so far drawn a blank.
If anyone knows what is causing this, please share!
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I'm on a Google Apps account too. Tried adding a second account from the same domain and that wouldn't work, but added a straight gmail account and it was fine. Very frustrating! I can't see anything obvious in the apps dashboard that migth be causing it.
tried Adding and Removing all my Google accounts but no luck through that method either.

Hi !
Undigging a very old thread, but I have the very same problem : I can't add a Google Now reminder with my GApps account, "can't reach Google at the moment".
I created a dummy Google account and it worked without any problem, instantly.
This thread is one year old, and I have been using Google Now reminders for a very long time without any problem. This bug just appeared some days ago. So what has happened to my GApps account ?
Has anyone here been able to fix this issue?
Thanks !

I'm having the same issue as well. Lollipop Nexus 4.

I find it very weird that this issue seems to have been going on for so long, without one definitive fix appearing. It started for me yesterday; I don't know if it's coincidence, but I fired up an old phone linked to the same gmail account in order to wipe it prior to selling on ebay. Then soon after doing that, I tried to set a voice reminder on my Nexus 5, and I got this error. I have never had a single problem before, but now I get the problem irrespective of whether I'm connected via wifi or 3g, at home or at work. Normal gmail account.
Tried turning Google Now cards off and back on again, tried clearing some related caches, tried signing out and back in to the google account.
Anybody got any suggestions.

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Anybody got any suggestions.
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Yep, I have one.
My problem was solved by setting my search domain to google.com.
I am in Belgium, and the default search domain for the Google App is the local one (google.be). Changing this setting in the google app worked like a charm. Of course, I don't have localized search results anymore though.
This setting is located in the Google app, under Settings > Accounts & Privacy > Search on google.com

thewild said:
Yep, I have one.
My problem was solved by setting my search domain to google.com.
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Damn, you had my hopes up, but it didn't work for me; I changed the setting from local domain (google uk in my case) to google.com, no joy. Thanks for the reply though.
Maybe it's a clue, others have also suggested changing the search language to English (US) worked for them, it does point to certain areas of functionality as the cause.

panzerboy said:
Damn, you had my hopes up, but it didn't work for me; I changed the setting from local domain (google uk in my case) to google.com, no joy. Thanks for the reply though.
Maybe it's a clue, others have also suggested changing the search language to English (US) worked for them, it does point to certain areas of functionality as the cause.
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Yes, in my case the problem is a combination of using a Google Apps account (with my own domain), and using a google.be domain for searches.
It seems that there are a lot of different problems that end up with the same error message. For some people, as you mentionned, just turning off Google Now then on again simply fixed it.
I'll be in France in some days, I'll try to witch back to using the local search domain (i.e. google.fr), and see how it goes. My Google Apps domain is a ".fr" domain, so there might be something to investigate here.