So I am wondering, is it a huge battery drain to use the direct push email function? I just flash a few days ago, and while I have only been thru about 4 cycles on my battery, when I set up my email I am using the exchange sync for email too from google.
Anyone know what is better on the battery? no email push and set up for checking for new email every 30 min or just have the direct push going?
Thanks,
jeff
In the typical scenario, Push is WAY better for your battery juice, especially since you probably do not get mail all the time. For example, if you set the POP retrieval for every 30minutes, then you're going use juice every 30 minutes whether you have mail or not, because just popping your mail account is going to use juice. With push, you only use juice when there is mail.
On the other hand, if you get hundreds of messages a day, everyday, all day, then popping might be better since you could retrieve them in batches.
FWIW, I have 13 e-mail accounts. When I set my XV6800 to POP the maximum number of Outlook Mobile accounts, which is 6 (and that limit sucks, BTW) every 15 minutes, the battery didn't even make it to the end of the work day. When I went to a Push setup, even for ALL 13 accounts, that low battery problem went away.
Hope this helps.
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In the typical scenario, Push is WAY better for your battery juice, especially since you probably do not get mail all the time. For example, if you set the POP retrieval for every 30minutes, then you're going use juice every 30 minutes whether you have mail or not, because just popping your mail account is going to use juice. With push, you only use juice when there is mail.
On the other hand, if you get hundreds of messages a day, everyday, all day, then popping might be better since you could retrieve them in batches.
FWIW, I have 13 e-mail accounts. When I set my XV6800 to POP the maximum number of Outlook Mobile accounts, which is 6 (and that limit sucks, BTW) every 15 minutes, the battery didn't even make it to the end of the work day. When I went to a Push setup, even for ALL 13 accounts, that low battery problem went away.
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And how did you do that with 13 accounts?
lol. you can only have one email account configured to exchange at any one time!
AMoosa said:
lol. you can only have one email account configured to exchange at any one time!
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I have 5 different e-mail addresses going to one google account (setup to exchange on my phone), so 13 isn't impossible.
Means i don't miss e-mails coz i forgot to check them.
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lol. you can only have one email account configured to exchange at any one time!
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Use google as your push account and then use the POP retrieval service in google to aggregate your other accounts.
My god Google will rule the world one day! I heard they have a feature coming soon called "Google Charging" that will be AWESOME! lol j/k
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In the typical scenario, Push is WAY better for your battery juice, especially since you probably do not get mail all the time. For example, if you set the POP retrieval for every 30minutes, then you're going use juice every 30 minutes whether you have mail or not, because just popping your mail account is going to use juice. With push, you only use juice when there is mail.
On the other hand, if you get hundreds of messages a day, everyday, all day, then popping might be better since you could retrieve them in batches.
FWIW, I have 13 e-mail accounts. When I set my XV6800 to POP the maximum number of Outlook Mobile accounts, which is 6 (and that limit sucks, BTW) every 15 minutes, the battery didn't even make it to the end of the work day. When I went to a Push setup, even for ALL 13 accounts, that low battery problem went away.
gHope this helps.
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so I thank you for your input, it makes sense what you are saying, I am one of the lucky ones ai only have a work email and only one personal email.
my battery is doing much better now after a week. I will stick with the push thill for a while.
thanks too all
jeff
Are you saying that you previously were popping at intervals, and now you're pushing instead, and you see better battery life?
Interesting how the Help on the phone AND on Google's site says the exact opposite! Those morons who wrote that are either complete idiots or they're trying to steer us away from Push for some reason.
karandras24 said:
I have 5 different e-mail addresses going to one google account (setup to exchange on my phone), so 13 isn't impossible.
Means i don't miss e-mails coz i forgot to check them.
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Goes to show how thinking outside the box works wonders, doesn't it?
One thing I do NOT like about using Google for this is that they have a statement that says that they do not guarantee any intervals on their end on POPPING, so it often takes over an hour to receive an e-mail. Verizon's Wireless Sync does the same job but pops every 15 minutes.
I wonder if it would be different if I had the 3rd party accounts automatically forward copies of messages to the gmail accounts. Does Google handle directly sent messages faster?
Edit: Yep, setup my other accounts to forward to my gmail account, instead of having the gmail account POP the other accounts, and now I get pushes within seconds! Yeee-haaaw!
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Does push Gmail require my data connection to be on all the time? If so, how much battery drain does a constant data connection cause?
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Does push Gmail require my data connection to be on all the time? If so, how much battery drain does a constant data connection cause?
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no. ur using activesync so u have d choice of setting it to manual sync, or interval or immediate (always on)
if ur using edge, expect 8-9 hours.
3g, 6 hours top.
I’d just like to add my 2 cents in this so that people don’t get turned off by push email…
I happen to connect to an Exchange Server via Active Sync for my email. For 14 hrs a day, it’s set to sync “as items arrive” (i.e. push). During the night, I set the sync schedule to “manual”.
I get a moderate amount of emails each day and I have to say that I’ve not notice a substantial battery drain relative to an IMAP connection that polls every hour.
Push email doesn't require a constant connection as if you're always downloading something. It's more of a "pulse" connection. Try to research a bit into exactly how push email works and you'll see what I mean...
There are two ways to push gmail (or two that I've used recently). One is the new gmail sync, which is an Exchange server. Using that method, I was getting about 8 hours of battery.
The other method is the System Seven beta. I used this for a year+ on my Moto Q before gmail sync became available. I don't know how System Seven works -- it's not Exchange and it's not IMAP. But it works. It seems to be more reliable and quicker than gmail sync, at least for now. It never has gmail sync's problem with passing through attachments. On my TP2, with Seven, I can turn Direct Push off in Comm Manager, and I get more than 24 hours of battery. The only funny glitch with Seven is that on the TF3D home messaging tab, in the little envelope on the screen, instead of showing the beginning of the message, it says, "Click to view message." But that's o.k.; I wouldn't read messages on that screen anyway.
I recently switched back from gmail sync to Seven, and for now it's better. I expect that in a short while, gmail sync will iron out some bugs and become more responsive, and maybe I'll switch back.
One feature that neither of them have, and I'm dying for: The ability to synchronize flags, to mark a message as "Follow up" in Pocket Outlook and have it star the message in gmail. Gmail sync allows the flag, and it will sync with Outlook, but not directly with gmail on the web.
System Seven is here: http://community.seven.com/main.php
It's free and seems likely to remain so...
I wasn't able to get Google Sync to push emails to my phone, so I bit the bullet and forwarded my Gmail accounts to my Windows Live Account, because I could then get push email on my TP2 using the Windows Live app.
I assumed that email would be pushed to my device through MS servers, thus saving battery life by not having the phone check for mail every minute. And to some extent, this is what I think is happening. But the battery life SUCKS now! I surf the web on my phone and listen to music for about 4-5 hours a day. The rest of the time, it's inactive in my pocket while I'm at work, and is charged every night.
But with Windows live mail on, the phone gradually gets warm while playing music (Microfi nitrogen) and gives me low battery warnings by 7PM. Normally I could go 1.5 days without a recharge.
Here are my Windows Live Settings:
Sync Options --> Sync Email (ticked)
Sync Schedule --> As Items Arrive
Sync Times ---> Always
These seem to be fairly standard, and nothing power-intensive. Does anyone have an idea as to why my battery life has dropped off a cliff? Thanks.
don't really know, but I noticed that I had my phone checking G-mail, regular hotmail, and yahoo every 30 minutes. Battery from full morning charge, would be at 1 bar by 9pm. This is w/ normal use, using BT for an hour, 10 phone calls or so.
I thought that the Push concept only applied to MSFT Exchange server. You may be emulating 'push' using the other accounts, but I'm not sure if its the same. I'd just change your sync settings to like 2 hours and observe it, not the best thing, but it'll give you a better idea. Thats what I've had mine at now all day and the one bar hasn't dropped off yet..
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I wasn't able to get Google Sync to push emails to my phone, so I bit the bullet and forwarded my Gmail accounts to my Windows Live Account, because I could then get push email on my TP2 using the Windows Live app.
I assumed that email would be pushed to my device through MS servers, thus saving battery life by not having the phone check for mail every minute. And to some extent, this is what I think is happening. But the battery life SUCKS now! I surf the web on my phone and listen to music for about 4-5 hours a day. The rest of the time, it's inactive in my pocket while I'm at work, and is charged every night.
But with Windows live mail on, the phone gradually gets warm while playing music (Microfi nitrogen) and gives me low battery warnings by 7PM. Normally I could go 1.5 days without a recharge.
Here are my Windows Live Settings:
Sync Options --> Sync Email (ticked)
Sync Schedule --> As Items Arrive
Sync Times ---> Always
These seem to be fairly standard, and nothing power-intensive. Does anyone have an idea as to why my battery life has dropped off a cliff? Thanks.
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Using the push email features means that the phone keeps a constant connection to the Internet servers, transferring data continuously. That eats up the battery. I had the same symptoms when I set up Activesync to use push email from my gmail account. I stopped using push (which worked fine - when gmail got a new message, I IMMEDIATELY got a push email) and went back to manual checking. I don't use my gmail for primary email anyway, I was just checking the capability.
but i thought the point of push email, at least when using a WindowsLive/Hotmail account was that MS servers were doing the work of checking my account for new mail, and then notifying me only when I had new mail to check, kinda like an SMS alert. That is supposed to take the strain of checking continuously off of my device.
I had a BB Bold 9700, and this is how push email is supposed to work. Blackberry's Enterprise servers check all their users' mail accounts for new mail continuously, and push notifications to the users when new mail arrives.
It's very disappointing to know that this sort of system is not possible on the TP2. I switched to it from the 9700 because the surfing experience was better, and I liked the customizability, but lately I've been regretting my decision to switch, seeing as how seamless and fast BB OS 5.0 is compared to WM, which, even after downgrading to 6.1 and disabling, is sluggish to the point of annoyance.
Honestly, I had a Samsung Blackjack II with WM Standard 6.1, and it often felt faster than my TP2.
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but i thought the point of push email, at least when using a WindowsLive/Hotmail account was that MS servers were doing the work of checking my account for new mail, and then notifying me only when I had new mail to check, kinda like an SMS alert. That is supposed to take the strain of checking continuously off of my device.
I had a BB Bold 9700, and this is how push email is supposed to work. Blackberry's Enterprise servers check all their users' mail accounts for new mail continuously, and push notifications to the users when new mail arrives.
It's very disappointing to know that this sort of system is not possible on the TP2. I switched to it from the 9700 because the surfing experience was better, and I liked the customizability, but lately I've been regretting my decision to switch, seeing as how seamless and fast BB OS 5.0 is compared to WM, which, even after downgrading to 6.1 and disabling, is sluggish to the point of annoyance.
Honestly, I had a Samsung Blackjack II with WM Standard 6.1, and it often felt faster than my TP2.
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The blackberry is designed fro the start to do push; the WM platform is designed as a portable computer, to which they have added push capabilities. I'm not really sure how the BB connects to push, but I suspect that it is not via what we would normally call an Internet connection. If you really need push, then I'd suggest either going back to BB or getting an extended battery.
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Using the push email features means that the phone keeps a constant connection to the Internet servers, transferring data continuously. That eats up the battery. I had the same symptoms when I set up Activesync to use push email from my gmail account. I stopped using push (which worked fine - when gmail got a new message, I IMMEDIATELY got a push email) and went back to manual checking. I don't use my gmail for primary email anyway, I was just checking the capability.
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It is my understanding that exchange push only connects when it receives a 'wake up' message from the server.
I use exchange push 24/7 and the few times that I have turned it off, I noticed no difference in battery life.
worwig said:
It is my understanding that exchange push only connects when it receives a 'wake up' message from the server.
I use exchange push 24/7 and the few times that I have turned it off, I noticed no difference in battery life.
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I think the issue is with the gmail push system. I suppose if one is using an actual MS Exchange mail system at a company it may work better.
Same with me when I have it set to "as items arrive" drains the battery fast !
I have Gmail push set up through ActiveSync and notice no impact on battery life. If anything, I get better battery life than when I had email set up as IMAP and checking the server every 30 minutes.
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I have Gmail push set up through ActiveSync and notice no impact on battery life. If anything, I get better battery life than when I had email set up as IMAP and checking the server every 30 minutes.
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Wow, I wonder why mine doesn't do that. Are you syncing just email or other data as well?
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Wow, I wonder why mine doesn't do that. Are you syncing just email or other data as well?
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Just email. No contacts or calendar - I sync those from my PC at home.
My Touch Pro 2 uses about 2 Meg a day just in keeping the heartbeat alive for Windows Live with only the hotmail service active.
I worked this out as Windows Live runs as a service which is hosted by services.exe. If I monitor the bandwidth usage of services.exe, it works out to be about 2 Meg a day. (Verfied that hotmail was the only thing going through services by turning off hotmail and verifying that bandwidth usage of services.exe didn't increase.
I'm more concerned about bandwidth usage of Windows Live. However, I'm assuming that bandwidth usage = heat and battery life which are issues that started this thread.
Can anyone else confirm that they are seeing similar bandwidth usage just in maintaining the heartbeat?
Does anyone know how to reduce the heartbeat frequency? As that would reduce bandwidth usage, heat, battery life etc.
Thx. Paul
Hello all, does anyone know about an email service that pushes your email to your phone free?? thanks alot.
try Gmail. You can set the mobile check your mail more frequently, like push mail
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try Gmail. You can set the mobile check your mail more frequently, like push mail
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Is it free?? and where can i download it from.... it's supposed to use only gmail right?? i was actually looking for the one that can send from multiple mail accounts....
You can use any email service like gmail that allows pop3 to check mail frequently (5-15 mins) with the built in outlook email program. No extra downloads. This is quite batter friendly.
If u want true push email, there are a few services which give you a free service. Had checked long back and don't really remember. Google Apps allows push email. You could read further on their site. It would be quite a drain on the battery to be constantly use gprs to be in touch with the email server.
Interesting post/discussion on Blackberry Vs Windows Mobile (push email)
http://www.techatplay.com/?p=482
Why not using a windows live account? With Microsoft live you can set emails to be received as they come in...
dojono said:
Why not using a windows live account? With Microsoft live you can set emails to be received as they come in...
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Is that through activesync (over the air)?
How does it affect the battery life?
Yep, I am using my Windows Live set up to sync as mail is received. It is not through AS, what would be the point??? Battery life is only minimally affected, as the mail is loaded onto your phone as it is received, rather than server being in constant sync state.
How does Windows live work?
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Yep, I am using my Windows Live set up to sync as mail is received. It is not through AS, what would be the point??? Battery life is only minimally affected, as the mail is loaded onto your phone as it is received, rather than server being in constant sync state.
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What I am not being able to understnad (and it may purely be due to my not knowing enough) is that how does the phone get to 'know' that there is new mail. As far as I understand, besides manually checking, there are three ways for a phone to get to know about it.
1) POP/IMAP: Checking with a server every "x" minutes on POP3/IMAP (normal outlook experss set to check every "x" minutes)
[Battery life would be affected depending on the "x" minutes and may be much lesser than (2) ]
2) Push Email like Sync: Polling(?) the server to check if there are any changes frequently (probably every few seconds), which produces a push email like effect.
[This may affect battery life significantly]
3) Blackberry like service: Push email via the mobile phone service provider, which may be connected to RIM servers. Where the Server will tell the phone service provider, which in turn will tell the phone about new mail (the mail can subsequently either be delivered to the phone or the phone can check from the server).
[Minimal battery usage, as there is not constant check of email/sync]
How does the phone get to know that there is new email, with Windows live?
I'm actually very curious how Windows Live's push email works too. Anybody have any clue? Searched google till the **** crew, didn't get anything.
I guess what wm does if more like "pull", it's very power consuming. I've been using this service recently, battery life's terribly affected if I choose "push" in schedule settings.
I'm using Valkyrie v7.0 23659 rom, the phone can standby for 7 days (only a few SMS everyday); but with "push mail service", only 1 day (with 30min phone call, 20 SMS and around 10 e-mails)
Am I the only one who's disenchanted with the Gmail app on Android? I was hoping it would be better with my Nexus, but nothing has changed.
It doesn't seem like true push. If I set Gmail up as an exchange account in the mail app, it receives my e-mail and notifies me within seconds of sending a test message. The Gmail app randomly notifies me within about 15 minutes or so. Call me anal, but I like to receive my e-mail as soon as possible (sometimes it's important) and I don't see why there's a delay on the official Gmail app.
I know this has been an ongoing issue for some time with Android and my co-worker claims that he's perfectly happy just using the Gmail app, but my experience is that the Email client receives e-mail faster and that's important to me.
I've been using the gmail app for a while on 4 different devices (N1,G2,Sensation,GNex), and I've never noticed more than a couple second lag receiving emails. I have noticed something since 4.0.4 or possibly the latest gmail update. When I mark an email as read on my computer, the notification no longer clears itself on my phone. I have to manually clear it.
It can be strange, and in some cases frustrating. More often than not, my emails come really quick (as they should). There has been a few occurances where an email was delayed by several hours.
And it does seem as though the mail app works better than the gmail app for push email.
Edit: I only use the gmail app, but have used the mail app in the past.
Never had more than a 30 second delay personally.
See, my co-worker swears he doesn't notice a delay either, but I have tested it over and over. When I have notifications on for both the default e-mail client and Gmail, I will get a notification immediately from the e-mail client and nothing from Gmail. More troubling, when I open Gmail, the e-mail is not there yet. It's like it's on periodic check, instead of push.
Currently, I have notifications turned off for the Gmail app and use it to sync everything, then have Gmail set up as an exchange account and only have it pulling in e-mail (no contacts or calendar). It still seems a tad redundant, but its' the only way to ensure that I get my e-mail reliably.
I've not noticed any delay with using the app.
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No delays here either. I relay email from POP3 accounts to Gmail for the push functionality and it works flawlessly.
All good here too. Matches my desktop Gmail timing. Btw I love the Gmail app its the best damn email experience I've ever seen on a phone, I use it constantly.
I can't be the only one having this issue. Is it possible that no one here knows any different simply because they haven't tried it as an exchange account through the regular e-mail app? Again, I have had this issue on pretty much every Android phone I have owned. And I can duplicate it any time.
Would anyone care to add Gmail as an Exchange account through the e-mail app and then send themselves a test message? Let me know if you get it in both apps around the same time. In my case, it shows up instantly in the e-mail app and won't show up for several minutes in the Gmail app unless I push the sync button manually.
i've noticed delays too. really frustrating because i have no idea what can be done about it...
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i've noticed delays too. really frustrating because i have no idea what can be done about it...
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Nothing that I know of, because it only seems to affect a small percentage of users. I can find a few posts on the internet with other users complaining about the same issue, but most people who reply say they have no problem (just like this post). It makes me wonder if I created a completely new Gmail account and tied it to my phone, if I'd get e-mail instantly on that account.
Unfortunately, that's not an option. I've had this address for years.
How long is your delay, less than a minute? I send myself a test email from my corp work email and it comes thru in less than a minute.
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How long is your delay, less than a minute? I send myself a test email from my corp work email and it comes thru in less than a minute.
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The delay varies. Sometimes it's instant, other times it's anywhere from a 5-15 minute delay. I always get the e-mails instantly in the e-mail app when Gmail is set up as an exchange account.
The moral of the story is, it's not reliable. I can never count on getting my e-mail in a timely manner in the Gmail app.
Sign in to the Google Talk application and make sure you're always signed in. I believe that the gTalk-connection is used for push-messages, so if you're signed in into gTalk, push should work.
I also had the delay once, after I restored a backup of the gmail data after a factory reset(actually, yakjuxw -> yakju). I deleted the gmail data and re-configured it. That fixed the problem for me.
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Sign in to the Google Talk application and make sure you're always signed in. I believe that the gTalk-connection is used for push-messages, so if you're signed in into gTalk, push should work.
I also had the delay once, after I restored a backup of the gmail data after a factory reset(actually, yakjuxw -> yakju). I deleted the gmail data and re-configured it. That fixed the problem for me.
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I'm glad you mentioned this. I have the gmail issue (won't ever recieve push email...have to manually sync) AND I cannot sign into GTalk from my phone.
I wish I could fix.
Sorry to revive a dead thread, but was there ever a resolution to this? I'm having the exact same problem on my HTC One X (AT&T).
Gmail or Gtalk delays are due to router (firewall issues). Just forward the necessary Google ports, and you'll be good to go.
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Gmail or Gtalk delays are due to router (firewall issues). Just forward the necessary Google ports, and you'll be good to go.
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This occurs when I'm connected to AT&T's lte network too
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I am struggling with this issue as well
Me too, lately it's been brutal for me
I am doing what I can to conserve battery. I just got my S3 last night. I installed K9 because that is what I used on my previous Droids. I checked my battery info this morning and K9 is like 19%. I have it checking every 10 mins for new mail. Any of you know if the native app is push and does it draw off the battery as much?
Thanks!
Why every ten minutes, particularly when you (apparently) have the option of push?
I've never seen K9, properly configured (I normally use push), take more than 2-3% of battery use, even in e-mail-intense scenarios.
cause the option is there that says frequency with a time limit. I have to select something. Push isn't there.
I suppose it's possible that your mail provider doesn't support push (who is your mail provider?), but the frequency check isn't where the push setting is supposed to be. Look under Advanced in account settings for push settings; if that's set up properly (you will be able to see a "Push" next to the last time a mail folder was checked if so), you can disable normal polling altogether.
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I suppose it's possible that your mail provider doesn't support push (who is your mail provider?), but the frequency check isn't where the push setting is supposed to be. Look under Advanced in account settings for push settings; if that's set up properly (you will be able to see a "Push" next to the last time a mail folder was checked if so), you can disable normal polling altogether.
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Hmmm, so I just switched it to never and sent myself a test email to see if it comes in. That would be great if it works that way.
whats wrong with Google Gmail apps? its works great and wonderfully.
I have used k9 fit about a year and a half, generally have it at 30 minute poll interval but usually manually check for new mail about every 10. I get between 50 and 200 emails a day and k9 is never even close to showing up in the top 10 of my battery stats. Occasionally it will bug out and drain (about one a month or so) but a test cures this.
I would try to uninstall and reinstall if you are having regular issues with it. I have nothing but good things to say about this client, far better than any other i have tried.
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I am doing what I can to conserve battery. I just got my S3 last night. I installed K9 because that is what I used on my previous Droids. I checked my battery info this morning and K9 is like 19%. I have it checking every 10 mins for new mail. Any of you know if the native app is push and does it draw off the battery as much?
Thanks!
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I use K-9 with 2 imap accounts + gmail app and I can easily make 2 days on one charge.
I get the emails as soon as the server received them.
Are you using a pop account ?
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whats wrong with Google Gmail apps? its works great and wonderfully.
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How to you get it to work wonderfully with non-Gmail accounts? I have a non-Gmail IMAP account for work. As far as I can tell, the only way to use Gmail for this account is set up POP acesss to the account in Gmail. Using that approach, I get unacceptably long and and unpredictable delays in getting mail (typically a half hour to an hour). That doesn't work for me, which is unfornate because the stock emai app is utter crap.
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How to you get it to work wonderfully with non-Gmail accounts? I have a non-Gmail IMAP account for work. As far as I can tell, the only way to use Gmail for this account is set up POP acesss to the account in Gmail. Using that approach, I get unacceptably long and and unpredictable delays in getting mail (typically a half hour to an hour). That doesn't work for me, which is unfornate because the stock emai app is utter crap.
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Gmail app is only meant to receive mail from gmail. What people are talking about here only applies if you are using gmail. Afaik push is kind of supported on IMAP. Use the stock email app or k-9 to set it up that way.
Yes. I was trying to answer liquid's question about what us wrong with Gmail. The stock Samsung email does not support push (imap idle). I use Kaiten, which works pretty well.
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Yes. I was trying to answer liquid's question about what us wrong with Gmail. The stock Samsung email does not support push (imap idle). I use Kaiten, which works pretty well.
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Kaiten is on my list.. I definitely want to check it out, but just havent spent the $5 yet.
I'm on aokp jb. GPS on, Bluetooth always on. Always in 4g not lte. With Google including gmail etc to sync whenever gmail and calendar and that stuff does. Plus aokp lock screen weather and fancy widgets weather. I see a drain of about .75% an hour. The only time my battery drains is the moment I turn on the screen. I've noticed this with all android devices and too many people care about push and stuff. It doesn't make a difference IMO. Been on android since the g1 came out.
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I use k-9 with 2 POP accounts, one every 10 min and the other every 6 hours. After running the whole day it doesn't even show up in my battery list. The lowest one is media server at 1m 20s of CPU time and 2% of battery usage.
Low email volume today on those accounts so that's part of it, but I've never thought it was much of a drain. Once in a while I'll see it in the battery list, but I see the Gmail app in there more often.