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Yahoo eMail on Captivate - Successful

Yahoo email finally worked for me (both on mobile network & Wifi)
Please feel free to move this to appropriate thread/page, if this is NOT the place for it. I apologize. Just wanted to share if someone is looking for info on this.
Note: I am running Darky's 8.1 ROM, the Email app didn't work. It force closed on me several times. As a work around, I copied/replaced the Email.apk from other ROM (Axura 2.5 that I saved) into system\app folder using RootExplorer and got it to work with the below settings :
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1. Open Email
2. Select 'Add Account'
a. Enter your yahoo email Username: [email protected]
b. Enter password: password
3. Click on 'Manual Setup'
4. Select 'IMAP'
5. Incoming Server Settings
a. IMAP server: imap.mail.yahoo.com
b. Port: 993
c. Security: SSL (Accept all cetrificates)
d. Optional: blank
6. Click next
7. Outgoing Server Settings
a. SMTP server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
b. Port: 465
c. Security Type: SSL (Accept all cetrificates)
8. Click Next
9. Give a name to your account
DONE.
Note: If I left the default 'port numbers and Secutiry Type : none' in both incoming and outgoing server settings...it DID NOT work. It would give me and error saying 'Username and password are inavlid'
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Good Luck.

I use K9, works both with yahoo and gmail.

Does Yahoo push work for either of you? I was able to set up Yahoo Mail using either default or K9 without trouble except it won't push.
The Yahoo Mail client pushes but lags terribly. MailDroid is the only one that will push but not sure if it's worth the money.
Running stock 2.1 on Captivate currently. Will be curious how these work when I flash something on it.

I just use the Yahoo Mail app. I love it.

Why not just use the yahoo mail application from the market. I use that and it pushes email to the phone.
I can have my phone sitting on my desk and on my computer have the yahoo mail box open. My phone beeps notifying me of an new yahoo mail message, I look at the yahoo email inbox on my computer and it still hasnt even shown up there yet. Thats how fast the push notifications are in yahoo email application. Of course you must be on a 2.2 or higher ROM for the google cloud based notifications (basically push notifications) to work.

derek4484 said:
Why not just use the yahoo mail application from the market. I use that and it pushes email to the phone.
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Like I said, I've found that it lagged terribly. The push notifications were okay, but simple operations like opening emails, deleting, etc., took 5 - 15 seconds per operation. Do you think that's because I'm still running stock 2.1?

@MobileNick
Yes, K9 pushes for me on both yahoo and gmail. It will be under settings for each account you create. There is an option to push in increments of 30min, 1hr, 2hr and so on. Hope this helps.
I like to use just one app for the email since I have multiple accounts with yahoo and gmail.

Xstop said:
@MobileNick
Yes, K9 pushes for me on both yahoo and gmail. It will be under settings for each account you create. There is an option to push in increments of 30min, 1hr, 2hr and so on. Hope this helps.
I like to use just one app for the email since I have multiple accounts with yahoo and gmail.
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Thanks. But that's not really "push" is it? That's polling. I was talking about when the email gets sent to the device right away like Gmail does.

MobileNick said:
Like I said, I've found that it lagged terribly. The push notifications were okay, but simple operations like opening emails, deleting, etc., took 5 - 15 seconds per operation. Do you think that's because I'm still running stock 2.1?
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Unlikely that it's 2.1. I just flashed to Andromeda recently and the app still lags just as bad as it did when I was on stock 2.1 as well. The app isn't so great imo.

MobileNick said:
Thanks. But that's not really "push" is it? That's polling. I was talking about when the email gets sent to the device right away like Gmail does.
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Oh, my bad brotha. I was "thinking" it was push. But you are correct, I usually just use the polling option and set it to an hour, since that's all I need.
Sorry if I wasn't any help

I found the yahoo app was terrible on stock 2.1 but once I updated to 2.2 and applied a lagfix it worked much better. still a little lag but very useable.
those of you using the yahoo app, how do you find your battery life?
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Xstop said:
Oh, my bad brotha. I was "thinking" it was push. But you are correct, I usually just use the polling option and set it to an hour, since that's all I need.
Sorry if I wasn't any help
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No - you're cool! I've been using K-9 with an hourly polling and honestly it's not that bad. Push would be cool but not necessary.
cyco722, mechanical tool: So seems like 2.2 with lagfix is the best way to have the Yahoo app work smoothly. I'll have to try it out once I get there!

mechanical tool said:
I found the yahoo app was terrible on stock 2.1 but once I updated to 2.2 and applied a lagfix it worked much better. still a little lag but very useable.
those of you using the yahoo app, how do you find your battery life?
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Yes, you are correct. There is a little bit of lag in the yahoo mail app compared to the gmail app. It did get much better once I loaded an alternate ROM with a decent lag fix. Its manageable in my opinion.
I havent noticed any hit to the battery life using the yahoo mail app. It sits in the background the entire time using no resources, the push notifications come via googles cloud notification service (I believe this is only for android 2.2 and up, when I was on 2.1 I dont recall getting instant notifications).

Thanks. It works for me.

I found yahoo to be way too laggy, not be able to select multiple emails for deletion. had to actually open the email to then delete. And it wouldn't work over wifi. That all added up to a crappy app. I haven't tried it for a few months to see if they fixed any of these. I use k-9 set on hourly poll.

[Q] Did VZW cripple stock MAIL app?

To sync with my company's ActiveSync server, I HAVE to check both "Use Secure Connection" and "Accept All SSL Certificates."
However, the latter choice is not appearing in my MAIL setup screen, ONLY the Use Secure Connection checkbox. As such I'm not given access to my work's mail server. I've seen it on almost every Android device... why would it be missing on TBolt?

Sorry... can an admin. please move this to the APPS topic?
Thanks!

I had that same issue and thought it was just me. I'm using Touchdown for now but would love to use the stock exchange one
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:\ Once you have root,you could try replacing the mail app from a Sense rom that does have both of these options in the mail app.

otto888 said:
:\ Once you have root,you could try replacing the mail app from a Sense rom that does have both of these options in the mail app.
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Good idea... motivation for me rooting this bad boy.

I think I have only ever seen the "Use Secure Connection" and "Accept All SSL Certificates" options on the stock Android email app. The sense one only has the single checkbox.

otto888 said:
:\ Once you have root,you could try replacing the mail app from a Sense rom that does have both of these options in the mail app.
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Has anyone tried this yet and had any luck?
Thanks!

Lipmonger said:
To sync with my company's ActiveSync server, I HAVE to check both "Use Secure Connection" and "Accept All SSL Certificates."
However, the latter choice is not appearing in my MAIL setup screen, ONLY the Use Secure Connection checkbox. As such I'm not given access to my work's mail server. I've seen it on almost every Android device... why would it be missing on TBolt?
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No VZW had nothing to do with the mail app...
I am a bit confused by this. My exchange server shouldn't work with Android AT ALL... however due to HTC's ... how shall we say... engineering it works perfectly.
Wonder why you have to select all certificates...

How do we get HTML emails to show up on the stock app? All it gives me are text links.

1454 said:
How do we get HTML emails to show up on the stock app? All it gives me are text links.
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Mine show up as HTML... not sure what is wrong on yours. Both GMail and Exchange are showing up fine.

I guess I just haven't found what I need to change in the setting yet then. I can be slow and special at times.

Ok, after more investigation, I have have realized that my exchange email is on plain text only, but... the option to change it is grayed out and unclickable. What am I doing wrong? I can't change the option from plain text, and I really don't like it.

It is crippled or at least modified
I'm pretty sure MAIL is crippled or at least modified. If you use MAIL to setup IMAP accounts, it will not let you specify an IMAP path prefix, which is a royal pain for me, since I can't view my sent emails without that IMAP path. That was one of the main reasons I jumped from WinMo to Android! Looks like I'll be rooting sooner than I thought (I've loved the Tbolt as-is until now)

On yours, does it have the option where it is suppose to allow you to check between html and plain text, grayed out? My personal email is fine, it's just the exchange email that is giving me fits. I can change the normal account. Oh, and html worked fine on my D2 with exchange.
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Set up fine here, both before and after root with the stock mail app that came with the phone. I do have the choice of HTML or Plain Text and neither is grayed out. I have only one choice for security and it says "This server requires an encrypted SSL connection" which is checked. My admin also pushes a security policy requiring a PIN or password after a 15 minute time out.

To get rid of the exchange security, and get both SSL check boxes, I installed this app.:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775007
It doesn't work with the HTC message widget, but at least it gets you corporate email.

Have you tried telling it proceed? I had the same qualm, and I hit next and it prompted me to accept the certificate even though it was invalid.

Yeah, I have set up the account, and it works fine other than the fact that I can't get HTML emails in anything other than plain text. I go emailapp>menu>more>settings>send/receive>recieve settings and under receive settings the message format is grayed out and unselectable. I know it's not the server, because I had it setup fine on the D2. I have also tried deleting the account and starting over from the beginning, and it still does this. So I don't know what to do to fix it.

Any update on the HTML email issue? I'm rooted, so I can swap the native app with any other other Sense friendly app. It works well in Touchdown, but I prefer to use the native mail app -- it's much cleaner and well integrated. I just REALLY need to see HTML and graphics in my emails.
It used to be fine with my Droid X, so I know that it's not a server policy. It's just broken in the TBolt's native mail app.
thoughts?

I haven't really had the time to investigate further. I've just let it be for now. Semester will be over in two weeks, then I can look more into it.

[Q] New to G2x and Andriod, Suggestions?

I bought my (T-Mobile) G2x a couple days ago, switching from my HD7. I'm generally happy (and my mom is happy to be using my old phone), though I had some problems with getting 4G to work, but it's resolved now.
I'm completely new to Android and of course the G2x. I want to know what apps are a must have, any suggested mods regarding battery life or whatever, and anything else that would make my current experience an even better one!
Thanks!

Read through the forum
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I thought someone was going to say that, but will do.
Though I couldnt find anything that helped in regards with Outlook and my phone

What do you mean?
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Sorry shouldve been more specific
I can't seem to sync my Outlook email to the phone it keeps saying "Setup count not finish. Unable to open connection to server." And I've tried as many suggestions as I could find online.

Welcome to the android community. One very overlooked little gem of an app I use everyday is 'bar control' super useful.. also press and hold down the home key to pull up your recently used apps.
If you use swype, drag from the tips button to the SYM button to bring up arrow keys
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art0605 said:
Sorry shouldve been more specific
I can't seem to sync my Outlook email to the phone it keeps saying "Setup count not finish. Unable to open connection to server." And I've tried as many suggestions as I could find online.
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Who is the email service provider? (Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, your work, etc)

Microsoft Live, from my college
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jonnyboyca said:
Welcome to the android community. One very overlooked little gem of an app I use everyday is 'bar control' super useful.. also press and hold down the home key to pull up your recently used apps.
If you use swype, drag from the tips button to the SYM button to bring up arrow keys
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Thanks!
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art0605 said:
Microsoft Live, from my college
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Okay. Try this, it should work:
1. From the home screen of your phone press Menu > Settings > Accounts & Sync > Add account > Corporate
2. Enter your username and password. You username should be your full school email address. For instance: [email protected] ... Yours will be different depending on your school.
3. Press Next and then you should be taken to the screen as shown in the screen shot below. Fill it out like I have it in the screenshot, only replace the email address with your actual address (leave the backslash at the beginning of the email address). **EDIT** - Couldn't get screenshot to show so I just inserted a link to the screenshot.
4. Press Next and then confirm any prompts that pop up. It may ask you to allow the server to make some security changes to your phone.
5. Once you complete the setup, go the Mail app on your phone and it will ask you about enabling the security changes again. It also details what those changes are. (I think here is also where it prompts you to set up how often your email syncs.)
That should be it and your school mail should now sync to your phone. If that doesn't work then let me know.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lT6iO5RjqGhzQAyadq4Eyc6EQ_YUSw5oCrdhlqhbc4A?feat=directlink

phburks said:
Okay. Try this, it should work:
1. From the home screen of your phone press Menu > Settings > Accounts & Sync > Add account > Corporate
2. Enter your username and password. You username should be your full school email address. For instance: [email protected] ... Yours will be different depending on your school.
3. Press Next and then you should be taken to the screen as shown in the screen shot below. Fill it out like I have it in the screenshot, only replace the email address with your actual address (leave the backslash at the beginning of the email address). **EDIT** - Couldn't get screenshot to show so I just inserted a link to the screenshot.
4. Press Next and then confirm any prompts that pop up. It may ask you to allow the server to make some security changes to your phone.
5. Once you complete the setup, go the Mail app on your phone and it will ask you about enabling the security changes again. It also details what those changes are. (I think here is also where it prompts you to set up how often your email syncs.)
That should be it and your school mail should now sync to your phone. If that doesn't work then let me know.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lT6iO5RjqGhzQAyadq4Eyc6EQ_YUSw5oCrdhlqhbc4A?feat=directlink
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Sir, if I could shake your hand, I would right now. Thank you so much!

art0605 said:
Sir, if I could shake your hand, I would right now. Thank you so much!
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Lol glad it worked.

Galaxy Note 2 Change Email User Name

We recently changed email providers and I am trying to update the new server info on my Galaxy Note 2. Not a rooted phone and am using the stock email app with existing email accounts (4 accounts) already setup on the phone. The user names and passwords are not changing, so I am entering only the new incoming and outgoing server info. for each account. After entering the new server info and teh account tries to setup, I get a message "incorrect username or password," which hasn't changed. I think what is happening is the user name in the field is only part of the email addess. The user name field is grayed out so I cannot edit it. All of the other fields can be edited. I contacted Samsung mobile tech support, but they said it is an Android app so they can't do anything. How can I change the user name without deleting the account and adding it again? Thank you.

I think it would have been actually quicker to delete the account & add it as you want it than it was to come & ask this question.
Its very quick to add an account.
Particularly if you let it set up in auto mode.
Why are you so against doing it that way.

Pat. said:
I think it would have been actually quicker to delete the account & add it as you want it than it was to come & ask this question.
Its very quick to add an account.
Particularly if you let it set up in auto mode.
Why are you so against doing it that way.
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I dislike deleting the accounts, because I will have 4 of them to setup again. Yeah, it's quick to setup an account, but there are a lot of setting features to tweak for each one. I would like to avoid having to tweak everything. I used to use K9 email, which does allow access to edit the username, but the Note 2's username field doesn't which is odd. K9 started to give me polling issues which drained the battery really fst so I had to stop using it. Also, K9 doesn't setup exchange accounts, and I need that for my work email. That's why I am using the stock app. Was hoping someone would know a workaround.

Yes I know what you mean with all the tweaking.
So much easier if you have two phones/devices with all your personal setup so you can reference quickly from one to other.

[Q] Configuring Microsoft Exchange in Android

Hello everyone, I bought the Nexus 5 yesterday and I was trying to configure my office email in the phone. I used the same settings as in Outlook in my laptop but I don't know where to enter some of the settings which I believe is required for the mail application to work.
In the Email app I have entered the Username, Password and Server. The value of Port was 443 and the security type SSL/TLS.
My Outlook is also connected by SSL but there are a couple of other settings which I don't know where to enter in Android. The settings are shown in the pic attached. Please help me out with this issue.

criptommy said:
Hello everyone, I bought the Nexus 5 yesterday and I was trying to configure my office email in the phone. I used the same settings as in Outlook in my laptop but I don't know where to enter some of the settings which I believe is required for the mail application to work.
In the Email app I have entered the Username, Password and Server. The value of Port was 443 and the security type SSL/TLS.
My Outlook is also connected by SSL but there are a couple of other settings which I don't know where to enter in Android. The settings are shown in the pic attached. Please help me out with this issue.
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usually the settings you've set should be enough did you already tried it?

golem95 said:
usually the settings you've set should be enough did you already tried it?
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Yes I did, but it doesn't work. I think I need to enter the Exchange proxy settings somewhere. But where is the question.

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criptommy said:
Hello everyone, I bought the Nexus 5 yesterday and I was trying to configure my office email in the phone. I used the same settings as in Outlook in my laptop but I don't know where to enter some of the settings which I believe is required for the mail application to work.
In the Email app I have entered the Username, Password and Server. The value of Port was 443 and the security type SSL/TLS.
My Outlook is also connected by SSL but there are a couple of other settings which I don't know where to enter in Android. The settings are shown in the pic attached. Please help me out with this issue.
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criptommy said:
Yes I did, but it doesn't work. I think I need to enter the Exchange proxy settings somewhere. But where is the question.
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maybe you could try some play store apps I think there are plenty of them

Maybe this will work with SandroProxy, app tab where you can redirect traffic just for one app and transparent proxy.

golem95 said:
maybe you could try some play store apps I think there are plenty of them
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Can you recommend some. I've not used other email apps before.
Ysaurabh85 said:
Maybe this will work with SandroProxy, app tab where you can redirect traffic just for one app and transparent proxy.
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Will try tat out. Thanks :good: