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Is there anyway I can the HTC email widget to display my googlemail account as I've been trying to set it up bit without success?

I couldn't use theHTC mail widget for gmail either. I could setup hotmail no problem. Is it possible that gmail must be used through the gmail app only?

Looks like which is a shame as I prefer the HTC email layout

add account (active sync)
email address - enter your full email address (eg. [email protected])
server address "m.google.com"
domain - leave blank
username - enter your full email address (eg. [email protected])
password - your password
select SSL
hope this helps

it is possible to use the HTC widget for gmail yea.
First you have to go into gmail on your pc then settings (top right)
Then choose "Forwarding and POP/IMAP"
Then choose "Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)" or "Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on" deppending on what you want.
Then hit "save changes" at the bottom of the page.
now on the desire:
put the widget down.
choose to manually enter settings.
All default settings should be fine, just enter your gmail user and pass.
Then all should be good =]

I've tried both comments above, I get to the screen asking what data I want to sync but when i click finish setup, I just get an error message saying failed to create the account, pls try again later

williap said:
I've tried both comments above, I get to the screen asking what data I want to sync but when i click finish setup, I just get an error message saying failed to create the account, pls try again later
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You want the pop3 option on your phone, not the activesync one. Just put in your google username/password. Make sure you have a data connection to the internet (3g/wifi).

I suggest using IMAP. Add the mail widget to one of the homescreens then tap to make an account. Choose pop/IMAP and you want IMAP.
Then add in your gmail (googlemail email and password. Make sure you are connected via wifi or your mobile connection and you should be all set....

Bandare said:
I suggest using IMAP. Add the mail widget to one of the homescreens then tap to make an account. Choose pop/IMAP and you want IMAP.
Then add in your gmail (googlemail email and password. Make sure you are connected via wifi or your mobile connection and you should be all set....
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Well, i said pop3 but yes, it's techinically the Other(pop3/imap) option. If you are setting up gmail then you don't have to choose manual, and therefore you don't actually select either pop3/imap, just enter your username and password...

Nope, neither of these work either

Try putting in "googlemail" instead of "gmail" where your email address and username goes.
That seemed to solve my problem.

I was putting googlemail but tried gmail and all working ok now so cheers

williap said:
I was putting googlemail but tried gmail and all working ok now so cheers
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no problem. strange that some people need to use gmail and others need to use googlemail to get this to work

Gmail IMAP working like a charm for me.

Thinkin may stick to the gmail app now though as tend to get notified of new emails quicker then the HTC widget.

I have one gmail account through the gmail app and another gmail account through the HTC mail via ActiveSync. both push through as fast as each other imo.
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

Arghhh... Hotmail/Gmail sync issues

Hey All,
Had the desire for a couple of weeks now and I must say I'm impressed with it, as most of you are as well.
I've come across the following very irritating problem though:
My primary e-mail address is hotmail. Been using it for years and years and I've never had the need to change to gmail. Having switched to android now I understand that I can't sync the phone to hotmail. I have it working on pop which is 'fine' but I want proper syncing of mail and calendars which is not supported.
Fair enough, I thought this was the time I'm supposed to switch to gmail. When I booted the phone up for the first time I was asked for a gmail account for google maps, etc. and I just used one I had created a while back. Now that I'm looking to migrate to gmail completely in order to benefit from syncing, etc. I want to change this e-mail address to another gmail one.
Has anyone managed to do this without doing a factory reset on the desire??
I've tried:
i. Changing the gmail password from a pc and rebooting the phone - it just says it failed to sign in and prompts for the new password, won't let you change e-mail address though.
ii. Clearing all cache's from google related application - gtalk, gmail, maps, gapps, etc. - This doesn't work either as somehow the account information is still held.
iii. Creating a secondary e-mail address and try get everything to use it instead then remove the primary one - didn't manage either. I changed google maps, gmail and the calendar app to use the new e-mail address but it still won't let me delete the other one as it says it's being used by some other app!
Any help would be much appreciated... I really don't feel like going through a factory reset and installing everything again!
Thanks!

Go to "Menu" - "Settings" - "Accounts & Sync", tap on the Google account en tap on "Remove account". (Go back to all accounts and you can add a new Google account.)

icedan86 said:
Fair enough, I thought this was the time I'm supposed to switch to gmail.
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On this subject, my advice to anyone is to get their own domain name and then use Google Apps for Domains.
At present this is what I do for my email, but if in a few years time something better than Gmail comes along, chances are I can repoint my domain to a new mail service and thus keep my email address in perpetuity.
Regards,
Dave

Bulls-eye1 said:
Go to "Menu" - "Settings" - "Accounts & Sync", tap on the Google account en tap on "Remove account". (Go back to all accounts and you can add a new Google account.)
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Forgot to mention I tried this as well but it won't let me remove it as it says the account is being used by some application
Really frustrating!

I got this same problem as this old post, but can not find the solution....does anyone know the answer as time has moved on and maybe it is an available solution.
My issue is that I just flashed LeeDrOid 2.3b&c to my Desire. I entered my HOTMAIL e-mail details as the first address at the set up prompt. Now i can not findout how to delete that account.
It seems that the whole Android E-mail setup and operation is not really as good as Windows Mobile! or its operator error ;-)
For my Sync'd HOTMAIL I'm currently using TouchDown and set the server name to 'm.hotmail.com' this thirdparty software allows full syncronisation to my Hotmail account both ways including any folders that i choose, apart from the deleted bin on my Webmail does not get emptied if i delete all from the TouchDown application on my Desire.
On my Gmail i have created my account in the Exchange option and used m.gmail.com for the server, whilst this gives me a view of all the account folders all of them show "no mail" even though i have set the Receive days to 30 days and know that I have e-mails in the folders that are newer than 30 days old.
I really would like a fully operational integrated IMAP set up for both my Gmail accounts (i have 2 account) and one HOTMAIL account, ideally using the built in Gmail and "standard Mail" programs that come with FROYO Sense.
So anyone know the answer to achieving this?
i) How to delete my original Hotmail account entered on start up of my new ROM.
ii) Is it possible to set up withing the Sense builtin applications for Exchange Gmail and also for Exchange Hotmail so that i can do away with hte TouchDown application?
Thanx for any assistance on this.

Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contact Sync Clarity

Hello Everyone,
While on my typical WP7 blog crawls through the course of the day, I came across a number of people who seemed to ask the same question: How do I sync my Email/Contacts/Calendar to my WP7 device? Some even asked if it were possible via an App. The issue that I have is that I haven't really seen a real "How-To" on this particular subject. All I've seen are summaries that tell you to add an account, select google and enter your username and password.
I don't know if that completely answers the people's question so I wanted to make a "How-To" of my own with the method I use and if anyone else who's reading this can help add something to this, I'd appreciate it.
Before we start: Please make sure that you aren't using an Outlook account on your phone already.
Go to Settings
Go to "email & accounts"
Select "add an account"
Select "Outlook"
Enter your full email address and password, then select "sign in"
(WP7 will attempt to look for your settings and will not succeed. It will then prompt you to "check your information settings and try again.") Under username, enter your full email address again and the domain is "m.google.com" (without the quotes). Select "Sign In" again.
(WP7 Will again look for you settings to No avail) You will be prompted to check your information and try again, this is normal. Select "advanced"
Leave all the previous information in tact. Swipe down to Server and enter "m.google.com" then select "show all settings"
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE CHECK BOX THAT REQUIRES ENCRYPTED (SSL) CONNECTION IS IN FACT CHECKED
(You can change the account name from "Outlook" to whatever you desire here.) You have the option to select what you would like the device to sync to from here, Calendar, Email, Contacts. When you are finished, select "sign in"
I hope this helps people out and I also hope that others can add to this.
Thanks for reading.

What is the advantage to choosing Outlook over Google on the "add an account" screen?

gfunk84 said:
What is the advantage to choosing Outlook over Google on the "add an account" screen?
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If you chose 'Google', you don't have to go through OP's 10 steps and achive the same results. That will be too easy, isn't it

foxbat121 said:
If you chose 'Google', you don't have to go through OP's 10 steps and achive the same results. That will be too easy, isn't it
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Not if you are one of the many people who's Google account isn't syncing properly.....
No need to be rude about it.
Sent from my fingers to your face...

conantroutman said:
Not if you are one of the many people who's Google account isn't syncing properly.....
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Hmmm. It doesn't make any difference. When you add a Google account, WP7 automatically add it as EAS account just like OP did manually.

foxbat121 said:
If you chose 'Google', you don't have to go through OP's 10 steps and achive the same results. That will be too easy, isn't it
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Made me smile.
The reason why I started looking around the web for something like this was because people were having issues syncing all of their contact's information (like Work 2, Company and Pager) and their Calendars.
I've found that I haven't run into either problem using this method as opposed to just setting up "Google" with the auto setting, which I have seen entries go missing on. YMMV, basically. I just wanted to help.
-Fight

EAS protocol (the protocol used by WP7 to sync with Google, either setup via 'Accounts' or via this manual methods) has some limitations (only one calendar per account and may not get all contact entries). But the biggest problem is still caused by Google EAS server itself. It is just not stable enough. In the past, I have constant problems when I was using WM 6.5 to sync with it. The reason is Google EAS server needs to translate between EAS protocol and GMail protocol and it's just not that easy to do. Even Microsoft has problem with its own EAS implementation on Hotmail.

foxbat121 said:
EAS protocol (the protocol used by WP7 to sync with Google, either setup via 'Accounts' or via this manual methods) has some limitations (only one calendar per account and may not get all contact entries). But the biggest problem is still caused by Google EAS server itself. It is just not stable enough. In the past, I have constant problems when I was using WM 6.5 to sync with it. The reason is Google EAS server needs to translate between EAS protocol and GMail protocol and it's just not that easy to do. Even Microsoft has problem with its own EAS implementation on Hotmail.
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It's not that I don't understand that (hell, I've had problems with Gmail in general since the WM 5.1, back when we thought the Beta tag would never come off of gmail), It's that I've personally seen where contacts and calendar entries wouldn't completely sync and since I've gone "manual" with it, I haven't had those problems.
Again, I wasn't looking to put anyone down, I was just looking to help.
-Fight

[Q] Can not Get Email from Exchange Server

I am having problem to see anything in the inbox from my company's exchange server. I have the same setup with my HeroC without any issue. Does anyone have this kind of problem. I am able to sent email from the account.
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zilla1000 said:
I am having problem to see anything in the inbox from my company's exchange server. I have the same setup with my HeroC without any issue. Does anyone have this kind of problem. I am able to sent email from the account.
Thanks
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More account info required. I have one real exchange account and 4 google accounts syncing through exchange on the email app without issue. So it's not a fundamental issue with the app.
I will say that setting up exchange between droids, HTC and samsungs can be a pain because they all want the setup info entered differently. I wish the gmail app would handle exchange accounts, it would be so nice to have one process work on all Android phones.
You are doing the manual setup. Sometimes outsourced exchange services can b funky to setup. I had one that weird.
Example:
Email was [email protected]
Sever address was west.ex145.server.net
Domain was ex145
Username was ex145\goober_newdomainname
If you do not use manual config the app assumes the server is bigco.com. I have also seen issues if you have the accept all ssl certificates checked. You would think you would want it checked in something like the example above because all the redirects an domains but checking that created issues.

Thanks for the response; I am using manual setup with the following info (using a generic name as example)
Email was [email protected]
Sever address was exchange.company.com
Domain was company
Username was company\username
There is no problem for the account setup, and I can see the inbox and the sub folders under it; however, all are empty. I can also send email from the email apps. I tried manual refresh, push, it all shows 0 mail. From the Exchange web access, I can see the mobile device sync status; but the last sync time was not updating.
Any suggestion on what else I should try.
Thanks.

delete the account on the phone, and recreate it using the correct settings, after you click save or something after configuring it, it should bring you to your email app inbox with no messages. now wait, after a few minutes it should alert you about needing additional security rights or something. it will either pop up and tell you about it, accept it, or it might just pop up a notification so you'll have to expand your notification bar menu then click the notification to accept it. your miles my vary, but that is what worked for me.
ELSE, this is the full processes I had to do (I'm the exchange admin at my work)
Open Active Directory Users and Computers, enable Advanced Features (View > Advanced Features). Go to the properties of the user you are trying to enable, go to the security tab, click Advanced, Then select Exchange Server (******\Exchange Servers) and click the checkbox for Include inheritable permission from this object’s parent.
Clear the cache for the email program on the Android phone (Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > Email > Clear data) THIS WILL DELETE ALL E-MAIL ACCOUNTS AND EMAIL ON THE PHONE!!!!!!!!
Add the account as you usually would, it will, do a refresh and it will show no e-mails. In a few seconds you should get an alert that the program needs extra permissions, select that notification and accept it.
Also for anyone who is getting some kind of certificate error or something (i forget the exact error) after flashing a new rom, before flashing the rom wipe everything.

Thanks for all the suggestions; I was not able to get our Exchange Admin to change anything on the server side. I end up of getting "Exchange for Android" apps, and it works without any issue. I am not sure what was the issue on the stock email client. I just like to update this in case anyone else run into the same problem, at least there is a alternative (it is free with 30 day trial, kind of expensive but it works).

Depending on what version of exchange and the policies you may have received a notice to allow the exchange server to enforce policies on your phone. I missed it last time - have to swipe down and look at your notices.

zilla1000 said:
Email was [email protected]
Sever address was exchange.company.com
Domain was company
Username was company\username
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I see one flaw in your setup right there. You're listing your domain twice. You're listing it in the domain field, and then apparently listing it again in the username field. That can cause some confusion, as it will essentially report to the server to authenticate "domain\username" against the domain you listed. Normally it's one or the other. The \ implies that anything before it is the domain.

Step by step instructions
Hello,
I posted some step by step instructions for setting up MS Exchange on your Android phone you may find helpful.
http://www.completesystemsdesign.co...d-tablet-to-ms-exchange-for-email-sync-2.html

It all depends on your work exchange. for me it was mail.[domain].com but I had to go to touchdown anyways since the stock email app wouldn't let me respond to signed messages.

Has anyone seen a fix for this. I had mine setup correctly and it was displaying incoming emails, but it was not syncing contacts back and forth so i deleted the account and set it back up. Now, i can see all email boxes, send emails, view sent emails, update calendar appts, and contacts. The only issue i am having is seeing emails in my inbox, so i know it is connecting. It just wont sync the inbox for some reason. I got the update to 2.3.6 on the GS2.

Sender name in Exchange email settings

In the normal email app (not Gmail) I can set up my email as POP and everything is fine but when I set up as Exchange, the option for 'sender name' is gone. The only thing I can do is name the account which has no affect on the senders name that shows up when I email someone. When I send an email my name shows as the first part of my email address (the part before the @ symbol).
When I send email from my providers web mail it shows correctly. The problem only exists when setting up my phone to use Exchange.
Many thanks in advance!

Hi!
I believe this is tied to the way an Exchange server works. The Email app will use the name set by the Exchange administrator.

Alexandre-P said:
Hi!
I believe this is tied to the way an Exchange server works. The Email app will use the name set by the Exchange administrator.
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Who is the Exchange administrator? So how can I change the name setting?

The Exchange administrator is your email provider.
It's possible your sender's name is automatically updated in Exchange when you modify your name in a web interface from your provider -- usually a "Settings" or "Account info" or something like that setting page. You may want to try this, if your email provider offers you a webmail interface and you can cange your account's info.
If your sender's name does not get updated or if you don't have access to that kind of settings from your webmail -- for example, it is usually the case for an enterprise email account --, then you might want to talk directly to your email provider's administrators to see what they can do for you.

Alexandre-P said:
Hi!
I believe this is tied to the way an Exchange server works. The Email app will use the name set by the Exchange administrator.
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Alexandre-P said:
The Exchange administrator is your email provider.
It's possible your sender's name is automatically updated in Exchange when you modify your name in a web interface from your provider -- usually a "Settings" or "Account info" or something like that setting page. You may want to try this, if your email provider offers you a webmail interface and you can cange your account's info.
If your sender's name does not get updated or if you don't have access to that kind of settings from your webmail -- for example, it is usually the case for an enterprise email account --, then you might want to talk directly to your email provider's administrators to see what they can do for you.
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As I mentioned, when I send email from the web interface (Webmail) it shows my name fine. I can access my account name and info on my web provider's site (Shaw) and change it to whatever I want but email sent from every account set up with Exchange on my phone strips the name and adds the first part of the email address before the @ symbol. I've spent a long time talking to their 'tech' guys with no help. They say it is a setting in my phone.

Anyone?
Does anyone have any other thoughts on how to fix this?

Anyone?

Nobody has ever seen this?

According to Google, I'm not the only one who has experienced this but it seems that nobody has figured out a solution...

johnny340 said:
Does anyone have any other thoughts on how to fix this?
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Have you tried deleting the account and then reentering the account? I think you may be presented this when you set up the account but not later (I have three accounts and I remember being prompted for something like name you want to appear, etc.

Yes, I've deleted and recreated that account. I never had an option to enter a name; only a name for the account which doesn't show up in sent emails...

johnny340 said:
Yes, I've deleted and recreated that account. I never had an option to enter a name; only a name for the account which doesn't show up in sent emails...
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Too bad ( it was just a thought). I just checked my exchange account and, if I go in to settings, I get an option for "Your Name" and another for " Signature." Not sure why yours does not give you the same options. Have you tried a third-party app that can handle exchange server accounts? I had to use one when my office switched their software and it wouldn't connect to Android devices.
good luck.

captican said:
Too bad ( it was just a thought). I just checked my exchange account and, if I go in to settings, I get an option for "Your Name" and another for " Signature."
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Based on Google reading, if you're quick enough, you should be able to see this "Your Name" setting in your Exchange's email preferences. And if you're very quick, you might be able to access this setting and modify it. I myself did not succeed in this operation.

How to alternative
The only way (as of now and to my knowledge) to change the "sender name" in the stock android mail app while still using the exchange setup (Hotmail service, or any other mail service that dont sync your correct sender name with the mail server) is as follows (requires root):
- Set up your account and assure yourself that all basic features function properly (sending-, receiving mails, etc.)
- get a SQLite editor app (of your choice, Google Play is your 'friend')
- launch the SQLite editor and find the stock android mail app (com.android.email) and explore its databases (*.db)
- navigate and open "EmailProvider.db"
- open the "Account" table and change the "senderName" string to your desired "sender name" and save
- at this point you are done, and its advised to reboot your phone or completely restart the mail app
Voilà!

Alexandre-P said:
Based on Google reading, if you're quick enough, you should be able to see this "Your Name" setting in your Exchange's email preferences. And if you're very quick, you might be able to access this setting and modify it. I myself did not succeed in this operation.
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No matter how 'quick' I am I can't see something that is NOT there.

ImproAptoVictum said:
The only way (as of now and to my knowledge) to change the "sender name" in the stock android mail app while still using the exchange setup (Hotmail service, or any other mail service that dont sync your correct sender name with the mail server) is as follows (requires root):
- Set up your account and assure yourself that all basic features function properly (sending-, receiving mails, etc.)
- get a SQLite editor app (of your choice, Google Play is your 'friend')
- launch the SQLite editor and find the stock android mail app (com.android.email) and explore its databases (*.db)
- navigate and open "EmailProvider.db"
- open the "Account" table and change the "senderName" string to your desired "sender name" and save
- at this point you are done, and its advised to reboot your phone or completely restart the mail app
Voilà!
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Thanks for this suggestion! I will use this method.