Email sync eating battery - General Questions and Answers

I have two email accounts set up on my phone ..my gmail and an exchange account. For the exchange account I only sync email. For gmail I sync everything. If I check my battery stats, email is using over 50% after about hours. If I check under accounts and sync my exchange account hallways show the any icon as if it never stops syncing (I have it set to push) does anyone have any clue as to why this might happen?perhaps there is some setting in my outlook email that needs to be changed Idk but its irritating because my battery life is pretty short as it is. Thanks
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I think most apps in android that stay on "Always connected" use a lot of battery.. When I got my phone , i had go chat , facebook watsapp and e-mail sync turned on... my battery would drain within 1 day with minimal usage... After turning off e-mail sync and go chat , the phone lasts 2 days with decent usage... so i guess u should set to sync every hour or something like that..

Just go to settings > account settings >turn off auto sync on gmail
This helps me improve my phone's battery life. Don't worry not getting your emails because once you open your gmail that's the only time that it will sync. The only downside of this is there won't be any email notifications if you have a new email. To check if there is mail you always need to open gmail and check.

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[Q] HTC exchange email?

The issue I keep having is when I set up my exchange email account on this phone it syncs my emails just fine for a few hours and then stops syncing. I had it set to push automatically and also used the "every 15 min." setting. Both seem to stop syncing my emails until I delete the account and set it up again. What can the problem be? I have deleted and set back up my account 3 times today just to get my work emails. Any ideas?
My Exchange client is working fine checking every 15 minutes. I haven't tried Push, it's not necessary for me and the drain on the battery seals the deal. However, when I set it to sync my calendar as well, it almost always fails. So I've set it to only sync Messages and I dont' have any trouble.
Never had a problem at all with the HTC client. Works great with my Exchange 2007 setup. (I am the administrator)
how do i set up exchange ?
samven582 said:
how do i set up exchange ?
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Settings - Accounts and Sync - Add Account - Corporate

[Q] auto sync works...but how to turn off email auto sync?

i have auto sync turned on for gmail, exchange email/calendar/contacts, and facebook. my battery life is so so right now but until i can get a second power adapter and cable...im having to look into ways of increasing battery life.
i would prefer to have my exchange calendar and contacts sync automatically, but i'd rather not have my email coming to my tablet all the time as i can just manually sync when i open the email app. so heres my ideal situation:
1. connected to wifi
2. auto sync calendar and contacts
3. manual sync of gmail and exchange email
i've set both gmail and exchange email to "never" sync but that doesnt seem to be applying as i still get emails automatically. ive turned off auto sync in the settings but i still get emails automatically! anyone else have this problem?

[Q] schedule mail sync on Galaxy S III

I've just swapped my HTC DESIRE Z for SAMSUNG GALALXY S III and first thing I have noticed is that there is no option in sync options or email account configuration to set the frequency of mail sync during the peak hours and non peak. There is only one global setting for mail notification.
I want to configure my phone to check for new mail every hour. But at night not to check at all.
Is there any way to accomplish this?
When you set up the email from the email app it should ask you for the frequency you want mail to be checked. if not just go into mail and go into the settings of each email and set it up. For not checking mail at night just turn off wifi or get JuiceDefender and it will periodically check for the times you set assigned.
Hi,
Thanks for the answer. Turning wifi off won't change the mail sync - my phone is configured to use data connections instead.
Juice defender is what I was looking for. However, is there an options to configure it without that program or are there any other programs only scheduling the sync time?
There is this app called tasker in the market which would probably let you do that wit no problem
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Nexus 5 Exchange Problems?

So I saw that my battery was drained by around 30% in two hours and I checked the battery and the email exchange was eating most of the batteries. I went to settings and clicked corporate and saw that one of my email accounts kept syncing and wouldn't stop. Does anyone know how to stop it? Other than deleting my account. I'd like to have it on push to receive emails.
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Was it set to push or sync every x number of minutes?
Niemer said:
Was it set to push or sync every x number of minutes?
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No, it was push, automatic.
This is the email for my university so the only way to add it is by using exchange
I have two other accounts with hotmail and their isn't any issue with those.
I'm wondering if it is just an issue with the exchange?
When you go into settings > corporate, you usually see "Last synced date time" but with my exchange account, it keeps flashing back and forth between "last synced date (current time)" and syncing. It keeps doing this unless I change push(automatic) into something else, or remove the account/don't sync the email from it
Your not the only one having problems like this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512237
I'm able to connect and send/receive email, but it won't push the read status from the phone back to the server.
I have this exact same problem and I cannot figure it out. I've removed all my exchange e-mails with this e-mail client and it has helped
For what it's worth i'm using the exchange email APK that does not require a PIN and I have absolutely no extra battery drain from my Exchange account and i've been using it since I got my Nexus 5.
It is set to push as well...
Do you have a link to down load it? Are you referring to the exchange apk or just the email apk? Is it still email 6.0?
Thanks for any information that you can provide.
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Manual email sync

I have three email accounts using the stock email app, and a gmail account using the gmail app. The three accounts using the stock app are all set to sync manually, and the peak schedule set to off. The stock app still syncs throughout the day, does anyone know how to set it so it will only sync when the app is opened up?
I had the same problem. Only way I could keep it from syncing was to turn sync completely off in the email app's settings. Then turn it back on when I wanted to manually sync.
Same problem with manaul sync of email
Bought my S7 today and have discovered the same thing. Setting sync schedule to manual does not seem to have any effect. If Sync account is on, I get mail; it's if off, I don't. I'd like to set Sync account to on, then request mail when I want it. The pdf manual reads 'To manually retrieve emails, swipe downwards on the screen.' But if Sync account is off, swiping down doesn't retrieve emails, and if Sync account is on, the emails are downloaded before you swipe.
Bug?
Sir_Eagle said:
I have three email accounts using the stock email app, and a gmail account using the gmail app. The three accounts using the stock app are all set to sync manually, and the peak schedule set to off. The stock app still syncs throughout the day, does anyone know how to set it so it will only sync when the app is opened up?
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Move your Gmail account to the stock email app and you can set it however you need. It would be easier to have all accounts in one place anyway.
Sir_Eagle said:
I have three email accounts using the stock email app, and a gmail account using the gmail app. The three accounts using the stock app are all set to sync manually, and the peak schedule set to off. The stock app still syncs throughout the day, does anyone know how to set it so it will only sync when the app is opened up?
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Have you tried through Settings > Accounts long press on Google and turn off Automatic Sync in there for G-Mail and any other Google services you don't want to sync automatically.
Then when you open the G-Mail app just pull the screen down to update your messages which will sync manually.
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Move your Gmail account to the stock email app and you can set it however you need. It would be easier to have all accounts in one place anyway.
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I have recently added Gmail to the stock email app.
ag4751 said:
Have you tried through Settings > Accounts long press on Google and turn off Automatic Sync in there for G-Mail and any other Google services you don't want to sync automatically.
Then when you open the G-Mail app just pull the screen down to update your messages which will sync manually.
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If you turn auto sync off, it will nor sync by pulling screen down.
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If you turn auto sync off, it will nor sync by pulling screen down.
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If you turn it off then when you open your gmail app and slide the screen down you will see the circle icon rotating and any new emails will be loaded into you inbox, I know it works because I use it, if you have no new emails nothing will change.
Sir_Eagle said:
I have three email accounts using the stock email app, and a gmail account using the gmail app. The three accounts using the stock app are all set to sync manually, and the peak schedule set to off. The stock app still syncs throughout the day, does anyone know how to set it so it will only sync when the app is opened up?
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Same here. For the gmail account I use the gmail app. For the other two accounts (one is yahoo one is work POP account) i use the S7 stock email app. The stock email is better for me as it allows me to sort by unread and select all. All set on manual but keeps synchronizing. Very annoying...
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Very annoying...
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Yes it is. And there doesn't seem to be a way to fix it.
LGLemay said:
Bought my S7 today and have discovered the same thing. Setting sync schedule to manual does not seem to have any effect. If Sync account is on, I get mail; it's if off, I don't. I'd like to set Sync account to on, then request mail when I want it. The pdf manual reads 'To manually retrieve emails, swipe downwards on the screen.' But if Sync account is off, swiping down doesn't retrieve emails, and if Sync account is on, the emails are downloaded before you swipe.
Bug?
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I have the exact same problem.
I want manual sync (no automatic sync) for my work email after 17:00, but I want to be able to open the app and browse emails offline (WITHOUT the app instantly triggering a sync). This worked in my S5 but has now changed in S7.
Agree that it is a bug!
Simon
Any suggestions??? More bugs - bought S7 -just set up my business email as POP3 (yahoo small business with email on Yahoo server) thru email that comes with S7. Want all my emails from my email acount on phone - several years of them that amount to under 2GB (sometimes need see all conversations from past with client while not hear laptop in home office) and then want to sync every 15 min and have new emails sent to phone - (on laptop use microsoft outlook set up as pop3 to leave on server when download). Also since I am starting new bus but want to see emails from old bus only way to do on phone is Pop3 (if stop paying Yahoo yearly fee will delete emails from its server for that email account). My old Blackberry did this perfectly - downloaded all , then every 15 minutes just downloaded new when synched and could just flick thru them. In prior Samsung S (did not own one) used to have setting in synch to "period of time" to sync - in S7 now asks "how many emails to load"- even if set on TOTAL does not seem to be willing to download all my emails. to the phone. Only loaded three months then went back while phone still on, and only one month shows. Whole purpose of Pop3 is to download ALL emails in an email account. Then when delete an email deletes from phone and server. Any fix for this anyone knows? If this just a limit in the native email app in phone or in Android OS so in all phones? If just this app anyone know an email app for non-exchange and exchange servers that will permit you to download ALL emails in email account set as pop3?
Yes - this sucks - I have used a note3, note4 and the manual sync rmail works great - I tried a note5 and it would sync automatically (even though I set it to only manual sync) I KNOW how to so this (since I did it with the note 3&4. ---- the note 7 also has this problem - WHY didn't samsung fix it? It's ANNOYING to be woken up with email alerts, and it's annoying to have to turn sync on and off. We paid a lot of money for this phone - it should work.... come on Samsung......

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