Ok so when I go into settings on my phone and enter my gmail account information that takes care of sycning for the phone as in contacts etc... and all that but it also serves as my gmail client account. I personally don't like the gmail client at all and I actually like the built in mail client in Android a lot better... However if I delete the gmail profile, it would get rid of my contacts as well as I wouldn't be able to use the market... I don't want both clients taking up memory and checking for new mail etc... How do I disable or even uninstall the gmail client?
Hmm... no one? Is this is the wrong section?
I don't think you would gain anything by trying to remove it (although you can do that on one of the custom ROMs) but you can disable Gmail syncing in Settings/Account and Sync Settings.
Have one arriving today. I anticipate my wife and I both will use it. Basing it in the kitchen.
Anyone know of a reasonable way for it to handle email for both the wife and myself? I'm sure we could access Gmail via the Browser, but just wondering if there is a client. Then of course I expect there to be a login / logout for each of us if it is even possible.
You could configure the Gmail app for one mailbox, and the normal Android mail app for another. They are both accessible by different icons
Gmail can monitor multiple accounts but it doesnt really do what you want to do to separate them.
This is one of my biggest beefs with tablets at the moment, there arent multiple logins. Its assumed that everyone is going to have their own personal tablet with their own bookmarks and such like a phone when it isnt the case. Hopefully Google is quick to recognize this and allow multiple accounts to access the device like a Windows machine.
I'm not sure how it is on honeycomb since the gmail app is newer than the one on the market, but on my phone running gingerbread, adding a second google account creates a separate section in the gmail app so that both accounts have unique folders rather than combining them.
You could of course add one through gmail and another through the stock email app, or access one via the browser.
Gmail will handle two accounts just fine. As long as neither of you have problems with the other having access to your account. In the upper right corner of the gmail app you'll have hte ability to switch between mutliple gmail, or google app accounts. The calendar apps will show all calendars in different colors as well and let you filter out only events from certain accounts if you'd like. Same with contacts.
If all you care about is gmail you just un check everything else in the account sync options and you will easily have your two accounts to access.
The android mail app works quite fine with gmail and push messaging as long as its set up for an exchange account and not gmail which seems counter intuitive but works great
You can also put widgets on the homescreen specific to each account.
This is great information. Many thanks!
The ASUS arrived about 15 minutes ago. Charging it now.
I'll experiment with the various thoughts, and post back how I ended up doing it and how it is working out.
Viper2488 said:
The android mail app works quite fine with gmail and push messaging as long as its set up for an exchange account and not gmail which seems counter intuitive but works great
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I wouldn't use the Default Mail app for Gmail. You're better off using the actual GMail app.
I added my wife's account to the Gmail app, and it works great.
IMO, Default email app for gmail is crap compared to the gmail app itself.
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I wouldn't use the Default Mail app for Gmail. You're better off using the actual GMail app.
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Why not? Works great for me and I prefer it. I'm not sure why I'm better off as it acts pretty much exactly the same, and it lists my inbox subfolders better than the gmail app for me.
Hi there,
I have been searching for a definitive answer but haven't had a luck so far. Hoping someone from here could give me an answer.
Below are few things I have noticed which happen on my phone:
1) Emails powered by Google Apps services for my domain don't work on Stock Email App on GS2 - keeps loading but nothing loads. Is there a fix for this? Is this a known issue?
2) Generic email accounts such as hotmail or gmail, when setup using stock Email app and exchange method use alot of battery and data although there is only exchange of few emails without attachment. Is there a fix for this? Is this a known issue?
3) I also sync my google calendar via exchange app, could that be causing battery drain?
I read somewhere on google, where they are saying people shouldn't use Google Sync Method (exchange method) for gmail or gmail powered email accounts as google does no longer supports gmail on Google Sync, you have to use the Gmail App. I don't know how much of this is true but this all was working fine on my Gingerbread 2.3.4
Please let me know thanks.
Vin
My Google account has a spare Gmail account associated with it that I don't want to appear in the Gmail app. I use the Gmail app with other, non-Gmail email accounts that I have.
Is there any way to disable the Gmail account from appearing at all in the Gmail app (and Calendar app, for that matter)? Simply telling Android not to sync the Gmail portion of my Google account isn't enough to do anything.
Hi, this seems like a stupid question but I can't make sense of it..... old age! I have use a third party email app (on phones and tablets) for the last decade or so but it is antiquated and there are some things I really don't like. I thought I'd give Google's gMail app a try with a new tablet and I really like it except for 1x fatal flaw (dealbreaker), it forces conversation view for all gMail based accounts. I hate conversation view and regularly miss correspondence when it's on. There's a box in settings to turn it off but it does nothing if your email server is gMail.
I have read that it is possible to setup the gMail app to use IMAP to access my gMail server but I can't see any setting to do it. I am familiar with IMAP settings, etc. but the gMail app appears to just grab my Google credentials and automatically access my gMail account. Do I have to delete my entire Google account (not just account in gMail app) and then recreate it in order to set it up as IMAP?