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?
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Not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but one of the things that has been frustrating me the most about my first Android phone is that I seemingly needed to use both the Gmail app and the HTC Mail app in order to achieve push email for both my gmail account and my exchange account from work.
After searching I found that this is a problem with the Evo's implementation because of the limitation of HTC Mail only allowing one exchange account (and exchange accounts are the only that can use push in HTC Mail) and Gmail app only allowing, well Gmail of course.
Then I found the apk for the stock android email application. I read that this would allow for multiple exchange accounts to be setup, which obviously means Exchange will work with it, but then I can also setup my Gmail as an exchange account, and get push for both.
Thanks to rhedgehog for providing the apk here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=676069
And here is the information on setting up your gmail account through exchange:
username: [your full email i.e. [email protected]]
password: [your gmail password]
server: m.google.com
ssl: yes
accept certs: yes (not really sure this needed, but I checked it)
There are some caveats to this. Through the stock email, it only presents you with the option of syncing email and contacts. Due to this, I still setup my Google account through the phone's settings interface and had the Google account only syn calendar. I did the same for my work and setup an Activesync Exchange account to just sync calendar. In the end up, I have under settings > accounts, I have two "Corporate" accounts syncing only email/contacts, one Activesync Exchange syncing only calendar, and one Google account syncing only calendar. I am not sure if this affects battery life, but being that they are all using push, I don't see how this setup would use any more life that just two push accounts doing all three (calendar, contacts, and email). Email and contacts I have run through the email's exchange account.
The other issue I have with this setup is that I have not found a widget yet that integrates with the stock email client. So far all that I have seen intergrate with Gmail app, HTC Mail app, K9, Touchdown, but not the stock email app. Also I heard this client doesn't work with attachments, but this hasn't presented a huge problem for me yet.
Anyway, hope this helps someone. I know I was just really annoyed by having to use to different applications for my emails. There is even the combined inbox or separate inboxes to view so that it satisfies those like me that want it all together, versus those who want to view them separately.
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.
This is probably a dumb question, but is there any possibility to give Eclair the ability to sync multiple Google Apps calendars? It is limited to calendars from only 1 Google Apps account, but from what I've read, that limitation was addressed in Froyo.
Thanks in advance.
Try sharing your Google calendars with your master account and give it full permissions.
Yeah, I know that there are some workarounds (like that one), but the non-main account is my business account and the calendar isn't shareable with accounts outside the company.
Edit: Thank you, though, for the response!
The one "workaround" I have in place is that I setup an "Email" account with my google credentials using m.google.com as the server, then set it to never push mail, just sync my calendar, it's a google apps account and it works.
Sorry if I am being dense, can you elaborate/clarify?
If I add any other account to the Accounts area of Settings via the Google option, it will not provide me with the ability to sync a calendar (because my primary is a Google Apps account). If I add my account via the Corporate option, it allows creation of the account, but the calendar doesn't show up in the Calendar app.
I use the Corporate email setting, using "username"@********.***, you can just as easily use a gmail address [email protected] as an example, once the settings appear for the domain\username, wipe out what's automatically placed there and instead enter [email protected] or whatever your FULL gmail/google apps email address you wish to use, enter your password and then for the Exchange Server enter m.google.com also make sure Use SSL is enabled. Once completed I uncheck syncing of contacts as I already have the same account set up in the GMail app, I set it ti NEVER push mail, no notifications, and to sync calendar, the span amount shouldn't matter. I have had no problem getting it to show up in my list of calendars and to sync accordingly.
That's great, it works! Sadly it doesn't bring in all of your calendars, just the "primary" calendar for that account... but that is a huge improvement over the normal situation.
Thanks a lot for that tip, really appreciated.
Well, I might just be too dumb to do this. But as I use my primary gmail account to activate the phone, and I still want all my email accounts (including this primary gmail) to be aggregated un the email app, now I end up with two entries to this gmail account.
I just feel uncomfortable to see the "gmail" app to stand alone with one gmail account. But since that's setup to activate the phone, there is no way I can remove the gmail account in there. The best thing I can do is to check off the sync options in there (mail, contacts, calendars) but sync from the other duplicated gmail account in the "email" app.
Fortunately they don't have any conflict so far. (I mean no duplicate contacts/calendars). But I still don't feel comfortable knowing the one in "gmail" app is still there... hibernating
I am wondering if any one has a better idea to... I am not sure... maybe "consolidate" the two gmail accounts? Actually all I want is to set all the email accounts in the "email" app. Is that that simple?
Can you just forward your secondary account to your primary GMail?
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down8 said:
Can you just forward your secondary account to your primary GMail?
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G2x in effect....
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actually the two gmail account are both the same account.
#1 was set up in "gmail" app when activating the phone
#2 was manually setup in "email" app simply because I like to have all email accounts (together with other hotmail/yahoo/etc) to be aggregated under one single app
Probably I didn't state it clearly enought, hopefully this time it's better.
just turn off the sync like you said. It shouldn't cause any issues. If you are rooted, and know what you are doing, you could try to unistall the Gmail app...but I'm not sure what that would do to your G2x...I know on my HD2 (when I had it), it would run fine without the Gmail app. If you try that, be sure to have a backup first of the ROM.
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All my e-mail in 1 place
I like to have all my e-mail in 1 tidy place, too. My G2x is rooted. Here's what I did:
1) Set up all my accounts, both Google and otherwise, in my e-mail client (MailDroid).
2) Shut off AutoSync on my google Gmail accounts.
3) Used Bloat Freezer to freeze the Gmail app.
I like Bloat Freezer but Titanium Backup can also freeze apps.
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I like to have all my e-mail in 1 tidy place, too. My G2x is rooted. Here's what I did:
1) Set up all my accounts, both Google and otherwise, in my e-mail client (MailDroid).
2) Shut off AutoSync on my google Gmail accounts.
3) Used Bloat Freezer to freeze the Gmail app.
I like Bloat Freezer but Titanium Backup can also freeze apps.
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Just to make sure I get your correct. You click in setting-->acct&sync-->that gmail acct (in gmail app not email app). Then you check off all the 4 sync items (contacts, emails, picasaweb, calendar). That's correct?
Do you still leave the auto-sync on in the parent page (setting-->acct&sync)? I am wondering if I check off that, it will stop the email accounts in the email app syncing and pushing.
I turned auto sync off completely. You can sync Cal and Contacts manually by just tapping "Sync Contacts" on demand.
After I froze Gmail, Sync Email disappeared from the list of sync-able things.
I don't like Auto Sync because of the battery drain.
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.