I don't see my gmail accounts in the messaging app. When i try to add them through the messaging app I get a message that the account already exists. I've tried deleting them and reinstall them through the messaging app but the gmail account still isn't there.
Anyone have any ideas?
Havn't ever used the mesaging app, but sorta seems like extra steps if you could just use the Gmail app itself?
Yeah, I would agree. The Gmail app was made to be used for just Gmail.
I know it seems counter intuitive to use two different apps, if you have several mail accounts like I do, but I actually like having my Gmail on it's own.
Hopefully i am not interpreting the OP incorrectly.
But for me to see my gmail account in the messaging app, I had to add it as an "Email" type account and not a "Google" account.
Menu > Accounts > Add Account > Email > Enter Gmail email address and leave automatically configure account checked. Follow the on screen prompts to complete setup.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It is kinda redundant, but it does work for the messaging app and Universal inbox.
kirkgbr - thanks for the info, that worked.
JRW 28 and jimbridgman - while I don't dislike the gmail app, I like having an universal inbox where I can see all my accounts (gmail and non-gmail) in one place.
Related
Hi all.
I've recently bought my very first smartphone which is running Android 2.1. I'm absolutely loving it so far but I have a couple of questions regarding security.
Soon after setting up Android I configured the Google Mail app to sync with my Google Mail account, which is my primary email address.
I've noticed that whenever I open the Google Mail app it displays thousands of my emails, some of which contain very personal and sensitive information. My concern is that if somebody was to steal my phone and get passed the pretty basic key lock, they will have access to all of my emails over the past few years!
I've been told that it's not possible to password protect it or log out of the account; is that true?
I've tried to remove my Google Mail account from the app but it gives me the message:
This account is required by some applications. You can only remove it by resetting the phone to factory defaults (which deletes all your personal data). You do that in the Settings application, under Privacy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Surely I don't have to do a factory reset just to remove my Google Mail account?
Any help would be appreciated.
Clear data for gmail in manage applications.
May I know why u want to delete ur gmail account ?
XperiaX10iUser said:
Clear data for gmail in manage applications.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've done that already but as soon as I reopen the Google Mail app all of my messages reappear.
I've now archived all of my emails in Gmail and removed them from my inbox so they have now stopped showing in the Google Mail app but any new messages will appear.
I just don't understand why it's not possible to remove my account from the application.
sanketprabhu said:
May I know why u want to delete ur gmail account ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I only want to remove it from the Google Mail application on Android so that if my phone was stolen or got into the wrong hands they don't have access to thousands of personal and sensitive emails.
I know a work around is to set the same gmail account in your email app. But imo that's kind of duplicate and potentially could cause conflict or redundant data in your contact/calendar/email.
So, by any chance, is there a way we can simply make the email app to also show that gmail account without adding that account again in email app? Since when we activate the phone, this account is already there registered on our phones... gmail app can capture it, why not email app? just some thoughts...
Why would you want to do this? I just use the gmail app
jayohwhy said:
Why would you want to do this? I just use the gmail app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree, you would lose all the functionality of Gmail if you did this...
The gmail app gives you push notifications. If you use the email app it will effect your battery life depending on how often you set it to poll.
Anyone have one similar for gmail or know of a way to get this one to work with gmail?
It looks nice but I only use gmail and not an external mail...
Mine works just fine with gmail. I have two gmail accounts and an exchange work account on mine for which all are working great together.
centex99 said:
Anyone have one similar for gmail or know of a way to get this one to work with gmail?
It looks nice but I only use gmail and not an external mail...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The TF has one already...At least mine does.
It looks nice but i can't use it. 0 mails? You've gotta be kidding XD
The email icon that shows unread count?
Mine al was shows 0 and when I click on it asks me to setup email but I use the gmail email app....
The email widget had a bug. It was fixed in firmware update1. If you have that firmware and it's still not working then just remove the widget from the homescreen, reboot, and re-add the widget.
I think the OP means "Gmail" app (not gmail account). It only works on the "email" app, with your "gmail account".
And yes, it doesn't work for the "Gmail" app. It would be great if it works on the "Gmail" app as it has push notification (not delayed like the "email app"). I really like this widget, so I am forced to use the "email" app instead. I set up my gmail account on the "email" app for this to work.
I also wish that this works on the "gMail" app.
I updated and removed/readded and still doesn't show gmail count... do I have to setup gmail in the email setup or can it be just through the gmail app?
centex99 said:
I updated and removed/readded and still doesn't show gmail count... do I have to setup gmail in the email setup or can it be just through the gmail app?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It has to be with the "email" app.
Boo---someone want to make an equivalent one for gmail?
Is there a plus to the email app for gmail over the gmail app?
there is already one for gmail？
at least it comes with my tf.....look your widget screen..the gmail widget is just next to the email widget..
Failing that, get an app free from the market called 'Elixir'. It has that as a widget now, along with tons of others.
https://market.android.com/details?id=bt.android.elixir&feature=search_result
Need this too: https://market.android.com/details?id=bt.android.elixir.addon.personal
dcmtnbkr said:
It looks nice but i can't use it. 0 mails? You've gotta be kidding XD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
mine said that for days then i restarted it, and it has worked perfect after that with 3 accounts. 1 gmail, 1 yahoo, 1 military account.
I just signed in with my gmail information into the Asus widget and it works fine for me. Then I turned off the Gmail notification in the Gmail App so I only get 1 notification from the Asus Email widget everytime I get new mail.
magicpork said:
there is already one for gmail？
at least it comes with my tf.....look your widget screen..the gmail widget is just next to the email widget..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think he means the small one that is just a new mail indicator.
You can set up GMail as an exchange account from within the device and set the GMail account in the GMail application not to sync and to sync with GMail through the EMail program instead.
Google setup up GMail as an Exchange account.
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
All nice workarounds, but it kind of defeats the purpose of a seperate and pre-installed gmail-app. I find that the gmail app works better then the stock @-app so the Asus widget would be extremely cool to display my number of new emails and with a click get me to the gmail-app...
On my Nexus, I have a really nice Gmail Unread Count widget. One for my primary account, same widget with a different colour signifies my secondary account.
Easy. Tapping either opens the correct account.
Simples.
Unfortunately, it doesn't currently work for Honeycomb. But it should be really easy to do... :/
Aside from elixir, there aren't any other Widgets that do this that I can see.. I left a honeycomb compatibility request on the review page for gmail unread count, but that was a few weeks ago and there's been no movement
**EDIT** Have emailed the developer on the off chance.. also, tried elixir and the unread count widget doesn't seem to work despite there being unread emails in my inbox..
danon.brown said:
mine said that for days then i restarted it, and it has worked perfect after that with 3 accounts. 1 gmail, 1 yahoo, 1 military account.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
mmm how are you able to set up 3 different account with the Asus widget account? I would love a way to add my gmail to it. right now I only have my yahoo account but love to add gmail account too. thanks
I'm starting to wonder if I have my Gmail set up correctly.
I've been getting "double notices" when getting email....and now I realized that in my "Accounts and Sync" I have both Gmail and Asus mail set to sync...
can someone who has Gmail look at their settings and tell me what's supposed to be in that sync list and what notification settings I should have set to on?
You need the goggle account anyway to be able to use the market and stuff so you can delete the mail account (the one with the yellow envelop).
Ghost,
But that is tied to the widget....without setting up Asus email up...the widget doesn't fetch email..right?
I only have Google account on there. No ASUS Mail or E-Mail. Only one e-mail account is being sync'd on my part.
zephiK said:
I only have Google account on there. No ASUS Mail or E-Mail. Only one e-mail account is being sync'd on my part.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
so are you using the Asus Email Widget?
I'm using the Asus Email Widget and up until just today, everything has been fine..1 notification, the widget works...
But now...I'm getting double notifications, I know it's something that I've set up wrong.
rpavich said:
so are you using the Asus Email Widget?
I'm using the Asus Email Widget and up until just today, everything has been fine..1 notification, the widget works...
But now...I'm getting double notifications, I know it's something that I've set up wrong.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No. I don't need to check other emails so I don't have the widget.
If you ONLY have Gmail and don't need to check other emails. Then take it off.
You have Gmail looking on two different apps. The only one you should have it under is the Gmail app under Google accounts.
zephiK said:
No. I don't need to check other emails so I don't have the widget.
If you ONLY have Gmail and don't need to check other emails. Then take it off.
You have Gmail looking on two different apps. The only one you should have it under is the Gmail app under Google accounts.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not being very clear, I can tell.
let me start over.
I like using the Asus Email widget.
Up until today, I set it up and it would show me how many Gmails I've not read, and give me one notification for each time an email came in.
I've done something wrong, and now though I see only 1 new email on the widget (that I like to use and have been using with just Gmail) ...I get duplicated notifications in the notification bar.
I'd just like to stop the double notifications and keep using the widget for gmail..I like it.
I hope that's more clear.
Go into the Gmail app -> Top right -> Settings -> [email protected] -> Notifications -> Email notifications.
Uncheck that. This shouldn't alter your ability to sync with Google, should only be the notification bars. Look in the ASUS Email widget settings and see if there's something like that, I've never used it so I wouldn't know. But that should fix your double notifications.
And yeah that clarified things for me. I thought it was Accounts & Sync problem.
Sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium App
zephiK said:
Go into the Gmail app -> Top right -> Settings -> [email protected] -> Notifications -> Email notifications.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks! That did it!
When I choose which contacts to display the phone doesn't seem to save them. I just want the phone to display my contacts from my Google account. I choose my Google account and press OK. Then when I go back to the contacts screen my Google contacts are showing. When I leave the contacts page and go back in, it displays all my contacts from all the accounts I have on the phone. I then have to repeat the process again.
If I choose Contacts to display > Customize > the choose my Google account, the contacts appear, but once I leave the contacts page and return all the contacts from all my accounts are showing. The accounts I have are WhatsApp, Corporate and Google.
I am using the Go Launcher and I am rooted. Can anyone help?
Can anyone help with this?
I am trying to display only the contacts with phone numbers. When I customise the contacts to display it works, but once i close the contacts and open it again it displays all the conatcts from all accounts.
xbroogw1 said:
Can anyone help with this?
I am trying to display only the contacts with phone numbers. When I customise the contacts to display it works, but once i close the contacts and open it again it displays all the conatcts from all accounts.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In Settings > Accounts > Do u have another sync for contacts except for Google?
I only have Google contacts so I can't test...
Primokorn said:
In Settings > Accounts > Do u have another sync for contacts except for Google?
I only have Google contacts so I can't test...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your reply. In Settings > Accounts I have the following accounts:
Corporate, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Sync.ME and WhatsApp.
What should I be looking for here?
xbroogw1 said:
Thanks for your reply. In Settings > Accounts I have the following accounts:
Corporate, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Sync.ME and WhatsApp.
What should I be looking for here?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tap on Whatsapp for example and see if you have a line for contacts sync. If yes, disable!
Primokorn said:
Tap on Whatsapp for example and see if you have a line for contacts sync. If yes, disable!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have disabled the contact sync on the Whatsapp account and on the Corporate account, but the problem still occurs.
I have gone into the contacts app > accounts and turned off auto-sync app data, but that does not work either.
No matter what accounts I choose to display, it always defaults back to All contacts.
xbroogw1 said:
I have disabled the contact sync on the Whatsapp account and on the Corporate account, but the problem still occurs.
I have gone into the contacts app > accounts and turned off auto-sync app data, but that does not work either.
No matter what accounts I choose to display, it always defaults back to All contacts.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Deleting Whatsapp and Corporate contacts from Contacts app should solve it.
(actually this is the procedure to remove Facebook contacts)
Primokorn said:
Deleting Whatsapp and Corporate contacts from Contacts app should solve it.
(actually this is the procedure to remove Facebook contacts)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for being stupid, but how do I remove these accounts from the Contacts app? When I try to remove the account from the settings menu I got the following message: "Removing this account will delete all of its messages, contacts and other data from the phone".
I don't want to remove the contacts from my phone. I just want them to not display on the contacts app. You could do this easily on the Galaxy S2.
Thanks for your help.
xbroogw1 said:
Sorry for being stupid, but how do I remove these accounts from the Contacts app? When I try to remove the account from the settings menu I got the following message: "Removing this account will delete all of its messages, contacts and other data from the phone".
I don't want to remove the contacts from my phone. I just want them to not display on the contacts app. You could do this easily on the Galaxy S2.
Thanks for your help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've installed Whatsapp (I don't use it) and Contacts are linked to Contacts app so you can't delete them.
Maybe the app resets the custom display when you close it
Primokorn said:
I've installed Whatsapp (I don't use it) and Contacts are linked to Contacts app so you can't delete them.
Maybe the app resets the custom display when you close it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is what seems to be happening. The contact app seems to resetting my custom display whenever I close it. Then it will show the contacts from all of my accounts on the phone.
xbroogw1 said:
That is what seems to be happening. The contact app seems to resetting my custom display whenever I close it. Then it will show the contacts from all of my accounts on the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I now have Whatsapp so I was able to make some tests and on my end the Contact app keeps my choice and only displays my Whatsapp contacts in the list, even after leaving the app.
Try to clear all data of your data.
I have deleted the data from the Contacts app and the Contacts storage app in the Settings of the phone. The phone now displays contacts from my Google account and Whatsapp account, but it still resets to show All contacts when the app is closed even when I choose which account to display.
What I have now is better than what I previously had as it does not display the contacts from my corporate account, so I am grateful for that.
I tried a factory reset to fix this, but it still didn't work correctly. I also noticed that all of my contacts were joined to other contacts. I've had to go into each contact manually and separate them and then join them back to the correct contact. A major hassle. I've never had this problem before.
I know this is an old thread, but I found the same problem today and I think it could be useful for people facing this issue.
The problem is the Go Launcher contacts icon on the dock. If you replace it with the contacts app it will remember your contacts to display preference.
It seems to be some difference between Go Launcher's phone and contacts and the system phone and contacts apps.