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My Inbox Icon On My Today Screen Is Gone!

Anyone know how or why this happened and how to get this back on my Today Screen? I would like to see which email messages have been received and I can't figure out why it just "stopped" appearing on my Today Screen. I haven't used anything that would make it stop appearing.

Try this . .
Start -> Settings -> Today -> Items
Is Inbox checked?

...same disappering inbox happened to me after a hard-reset??? the "checkbox" just in the choices under the today settings???

You can also loose you inbox if you have too many today plug ins installed. Cannot recall the magic number but once you hit it the inbox is the first to be removed.
Try unistalling (not just deselecting) a today plug in you are no longer using and see how you go.
Ed

ednap said:
You can also loose you inbox if you have too many today plug ins installed. Cannot recall the magic number but once you hit it the inbox is the first to be removed.
Try unistalling (not just deselecting) a today plug in you are no longer using and see how you go.
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If I remember correctly the magic number is 13.

ednap said:
You can also loose you inbox if you have too many today plug ins installed. Cannot recall the magic number but once you hit it the inbox is the first to be removed.
Try unistalling (not just deselecting) a today plug in you are no longer using and see how you go.
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Thank you all for your help. You were correct. The "Inbox" will not even appear if you have too many Plug-In's installed. I deleted one and then automatically "Inbox" reappeared. So, I have it back. Thanks for everyone's help.

Worked for me too--THANKS! BTW, I have the "magic number to stay under" at 13.
One other wierd problem is that I have 2 "Date" plug-ins in my Today check-boxes. When I select them both, 2 Dates appear on the Today screen -- this can't be normal. -it also could've saved me from deleting something else to get my inbox back, maybe. Any fix for this?

Fix for "Too many pattern attempts" with Gmail not setup

So i got my captivate yesterday, sent one text, enabled the pattern, then forgot what pattern I set and thought I bricked my phone. After getting into the recovery menu, I was able to clear user data but that didn't help. I waited until I got home and started playing with the data cable. I found that if I had the data cable plugged in (phone was still set to use Samsung Kies) and I turned the phone off, then booted it back up holding volume down and the home key, I managed to get it to go to the home screen and eventually I had to do a factory settings restore. The funny part was even after I got into the device this way, if the screen locked it would still say "Too many pattern attempts" and ask for my gmail account which hadn't been setup on the phone yet. Hope this helps someone.

Worked very first time!
OMG, this worked like a charm. My little cousin locked my phone without me knowing she had it and i was so upset but i decided to give this a try and it worked on the first time. Thanks so much for posting this. Oh & im also using a Captivate

mikkela01 said:
OMG, this worked like a charm. My little cousin locked my phone without me knowing she had it and i was so upset but i decided to give this a try and it worked on the first time. Thanks so much for posting this. Oh & im also using a Captivate
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what worked?

Negative OP, the pattern is full!
Sorry...couldn't stop myself ;-)
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Just found a work around not mentioned here. (already had a gmail account configured that wouldnt accept the PW... not sure if this will work if no Gmail account has been configured)
Start with a fresh reboot of the device
>> Once logged in to the screen asking for the Google account have somebody call you
>> when they call select the menu and then memo
>> keep doing this until a memo actually displays
>> once a memo is opened you should be able to pull down the status bar
>> look for anything that would allow you to create a google account
>> if the account is already setup send an email to yourself so you get a notification and then open the message which will take you to the gmail app
>> inside of the app get the the account screen to sync or modify the account
>> once you sync you should be able to bypass the login for the lock screen

Some other tricks are in the Captivate FAQ:
http://capfaq.com/w/Too_Many_Pattern_Attempts

Thank you for those tips much appreciated!

T
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[Q] Changed Password, now can't get email on phone

Title says it. I cannot find a way to enter the new password on the phone. It just indicates errors synching, but does not offer to enter a new password, and I cannot find how to change it.
Any suggestions?

If its the gmail account password then your phone should automatically tell you that It can't log in to sync your contacts and what not then ask you for the new password..
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It is the GMAIL password, and it is not doing that.
I am getting a message "synch is currently experiencing proglems, and will be bak shortly". Now, maybe that is in fact the case. bit it is quite coincidental that it started immediately after I changed my password online.
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In fact, I just went in and changed it back to the old password, and it synched fine, so it seems my phone is not operating like you indicate it should.
[EDIT]
You must login to the market. It then asks for the new password, and you are good to go. Cannot do it via GMAIL. Interesting...
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By the way, it turns out that on that ASUS Tablet, you must do it through GMAIL, not MARKET. Exactly backwords. Go figure...

Lol that's funny. Its been a while sice I messed with it so I couldn't remember
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go to settings accounts and sync. remove your account and add it again with the correct password

mrevankyle said:
go to settings accounts and sync. remove your account and add it again with the correct password
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That requires a factory reset after...

mrevankyle said:
go to settings accounts and sync. remove your account and add it again with the correct password
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I had tried that. It will not let you because of all the things linked to the account on it. To do that you need to do a factory reset.

(Q) native email app

ok so o hope this is in the right spot. i have a rooted SR on stock rom, unlocked on t mobile and all of a sudden i am having issues with the native email app not sending yahoo mail. i did nothing, down loaded nothing, no weird reboots nothing. all i get is that the email could not be sent and moved to my drafts. i have deleted and reset up my email and still nothing. i also rebooted my phone and nothing. has any one had or having issues or is it just me and my phone?

Try removing the account and setting it back up using the "other" option instead of choosing yahoo.
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sounds like you're not getting internet to the phone or the outgoing settings are wrong. verify internet. and check the outgoing mail server settings haven't changed on yahoo's end.

ctalcant said:
sounds like you're not getting internet to the phone or the outgoing settings are wrong. verify internet. and check the outgoing mail server settings haven't changed on yahoo's end.
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How would I go about doing this? It's seems all the other functions that require Internet work fine. I also have no problems, well few problems receiving email. I have it set to push and for the most part get email regularly. It's just the sending that's become an issue. It sends every once in a while but usually get the error.
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I just tried "other" and it won't let me set it up. I Googled the settings but they must have changed since March? I can find any settings newer than that, maybe some one has some newer settings they can provide?
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ok it seems there is a new protocol on the yahoo servers, adding "android.imap.mail.yahoo.com" and some other changes. if i set it manually it works. the only thing is that i need it to be pushed not poled. the only option in "other" is to check every 15 mins. how would i go about getting the automatic email set up to recognize this new change and let me set up my email as push?

Try adding it back under yahoo and see if there is any option to modify server settings. I don't think you can choose manual set up like with other but may be able to modify settings after its added. If not, could try the yahoo mail app in the playstore it may have a push option. I don't have a Yahoo account so I've never used it but might be worth checking out.
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Luckily I remembered I have a friend that works for yahoo, son had some inside help. Guess it was a spamming issue. Seems that if you reply to the same person too many times in the same email thread the system makes it as spam and requires a captcha for sending. Well since a phone can't see that, it fails to send. So now I have to wait 24 hours to reset and see if that fixes things. Thanks guys
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Big problem: can't access my Google account anymore, can't remove it either...

Hello all,
I used to love my Idol 3 since I got it. However, I was on a trip last week and all of a sudden, it stopped to sync with my Google account. I can't access anything Google related on the phone (in fact, when a Google app opens, it's not synced). Then, the phone kinda freezes because it tries to sync. It's happening when I try to read my mails, open Google Drive, try to sync Chrome for my favorites...
I wanted to remove my Google account and then put it back on, but I have not that possibility in the Accounts part in the Parameters.
Anyone can help? Should I do a factory reset? The thing is I have a Canadian phone but I installed the US rom.
I was maybe wanting to root it if I had to do a factory reset. But then, from what I read, I would not be able to get the system updates, and could maybe have problems if I try to get them (would not reboot)?
Thanks.

please post screens from settings/accounts/google account/ and other one when you tap on your google account and hit the three dots up right, there should be "remove account" option.
Factory reset is the simplest thing, but you loose all your sms, call history and installed apps....

DallasCZ said:
please post screens from settings/accounts/google account/ and other one when you tap on your google account and hit the three dots up right, there should be "remove account" option.
Factory reset is the simplest thing, but you loose all your sms, call history and installed apps....
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Using a computer so cannot post screenshots, but the "remove account" is not there when I hit the 3 dots up right. There is just the "sync" option.
Also, SMS doesn't work since the issue with Google started. I can receive messages, but not reply. I use MySMS.
I'm really not too crazy about having to do a factory reset and losing all...

To delete the google account, from accounts select google, then click on your email address and from the three dots menu select Remove account.

petrov.0 said:
To delete the google account, from accounts select google, then click on your email address and from the three dots menu select Remove account.
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As I mentioned above, I don't have the "Remove account" thing in the 3 dots menu.

metaleloi666 said:
As I mentioned above, I don't have the "Remove account" thing in the 3 dots menu.
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I didn't read the post of @DallasCZ to the end ... he says the same ... follow his advice and post screenshots from the menu.

OK, now that "remove account" finally appeared when I unchecked every app from the Sync menu in the settings/accounts/google account. So, I tried to remove my Google account, but it won't do it... Nothing happens after I confirm I want to delete my account.... And the phone appears to be frozen now...

metaleloi666 said:
OK, now that "remove account" finally appeared when I unchecked every app from the Sync menu in the settings/accounts/google account. So, I tried to remove my Google account, but it won't do it... Nothing happens after I confirm I want to delete my account.... And the phone appears to be frozen now...
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I had this once, I think what I did was I went into apps and cleared one of them apps I think it was Google account manager but can't really remember...

Well, I jumped the gun, wiped everything, flashed the custom US firmware and then installed SuperSU. Now seems to work great (hope it'll last). Another satisified rooted customer!!

techware7 said:
I had this once, I think what I did was I went into apps and cleared one of them apps I think it was Google account manager but can't really remember...
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Probably google framework.

metaleloi666 said:
Well, I jumped the gun, wiped everything, flashed the custom US firmware and then installed SuperSU. Now seems to work great (hope it'll last). Another satisified rooted customer!!
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Would you mind to tell me how you did this??