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HTC Desire + Hotmail

hey guys,
Apparently, since all of us stock Telus Desire owners are on 2.1, there is a problem with HTC Mail connecting to Hotmail through exchange (m.hotmail.com). Not sure if Telus is planning on fixing this when 2.2 is out (if ever, tabernac).. But what have some of you guys done to get this to work in the interm?
Some people were able to switch to Android mail which apprently works.. How do you get that exactly? I'm new to Android and still finding my way around..
Other people have tried third party software like K-9 and what not, apparently they work too.
Any feedback would be great!

anyone? this is really stressing me out..

I have my gmail account pick up my hotmail emails and use the gmail app (which uses IMAP).
otherwise, is there a problem with using the mail app and pop3 rather than exchange?
I would tell you exactly how I set it up, but I lost the friggen thing a week ago. New one on its way *thanks insurance*

with pop3, u wont be able to see the other folders or synch your emails to your mobile (ie, if u delete an email on mobile, it wont in your inbox..)

Use gmail its pretty good but sometimes 3rd party apps are good too.
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It doesnt really help when someone says they want to use hotmail then the solution you're proposing is to use gmail.. :\

I'm not telling use gmail, I said it was good but if you really wanna use Hotmail just get a 3rd party app.
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There is also a problem with the 2.2 HTC mail app.
I am using stock android mail app for hotmail, works fine.
I followed this guide:
http://digiex.net/computing-section...tc-desire-google-nexus-one-android-2-2-a.html

psycop said:
There is also a problem with the 2.2 HTC mail app.
I am using stock android mail app for hotmail, works fine.
I followed this guide:
http://digiex.net/computing-section...tc-desire-google-nexus-one-android-2-2-a.html
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thanks for that. just what i have been after..

kuztardd said:
thanks for that. just what i have been after..
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Glad i could help.

Will try this out later.

Install IMPROVED EMAIL from the Market. Works brilliantly.
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Cant find improved email in the market.. is it because I'm still running 2.1 and that is a 2.2 app?
I thought 2.2 resolves the hotmail issue anyways without having to make any changes?

240sxer said:
Cant find improved email in the market.. is it because I'm still running 2.1 and that is a 2.2 app?
I thought 2.2 resolves the hotmail issue anyways without having to make any changes?
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I have 2.2 HTC mail app. and that didnt work.
However stock android app works perfect

Here's the Appbrain link.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/improved-email/com.mwebster.iemail
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It says 2.2 only, again, I have 2.1..

Facebook sync

Sorry if this has been asked before but...
How do you add a Facebook account to sync contacts etc?
I have the Facebook app installed and have added twitter accounts etc through the accounts and sync in settings but Facebook never adds.
Thank you
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dave83uk said:
Sorry if this has been asked before but...
How do you add a Facebook account to sync contacts etc?
I have the Facebook app installed and have added twitter accounts etc through the accounts and sync in settings but Facebook never adds.
Thank you
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You can't. Support was removed back in 2.3.x for the Nexus S. Issues with Facebooks use of Google API's & local storage of contact data or something along those lines. Should be plenty if you search - either on XDA or on the wider intewebs.

Thank you
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whoa whoa whoa...
let's say I have all important people in my google contacts. I have manually related every one of them to corresponding facebook contacts so that essentially I could see their FB profile photo.
seriously, cannot that be acomplished using GNex??

prananas said:
.... I could see their FB profile photo.
seriously, cannot that be acomplished using GNex??
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Theres an app for that! Well, actually a few of them e.g. SyncMyPix

chandlerweb said:
Theres an app for that! Well, actually a few of them e.g. SyncMyPix
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Any others besides syncmypix that can download high res photos?
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dgwood12 said:
Any others besides syncmypix that can download high res photos?
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^YES!
Anyother?

this is the only place i will miss sense. i was kind of used to not having iton my nexus s, didnt the reg market facebook app sync conatcts

Facebook Sync
Don't fret folks. There are other options. I use Contapps. It has a feature to sync HIGH QUALITY facebook pictures. You're going to have to go with the pro version.

aznbatman said:
Don't fret folks. There are other options. I use Contapps. It has a feature to sync HIGH QUALITY facebook pictures. You're going to have to go with the pro version.
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Contapps pro on amazon appstore is free ^^
and thanks alot for the tip.

S3's email app is terrible! Alternatives?? please help

I liked the stock email app on the galaxy S2, I figured that once I got my s3 that email would be similar, but it's not, it is much much worse. Is there any way to install the old mail app from the S2 on the S3?
I have tried the alternative email programs from the play store and I just don't like them.
Please help!
Thanks a million.

Enhanced Email...

I may not be correct, but.... I believe the GS2 used an email program built by Seven.
You may look and find an apk for Seven email+IM that should be similar. I personally cannot find a download link for it.
If you go their website, they do have a BETA Android program. http://community.seven.com/download.php Again, not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but may be worth a shot.
Edit: It appears they abandoned Android in the last year or something and the only client they currently are shown as making is the one for Hotmail's Android client. Sorry.

Gmail

Its just fine...
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Gmail......-________________-
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johnpriya said:
Enhanced Email...
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This. Enhanced email is awesome.
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Another recommendation...
K-9 Mail is IMO a good email client. I don't know if it's one of the alternatives you tried and didn't like.
It's larger that Enhanced Email, but cheaper... (free)...
I'm new or I'd post a link to the Play store.
(I have no affiliation with K-9 Mail whatsoever.)

FlakMagnet said:
K-9 Mail is IMO a good email client. I don't know if it's one of the alternatives you tried and didn't like.
It's larger that Enhanced Email, but cheaper... (free)...
I'm new or I'd post a link to the Play store.
(I have no affiliation with K-9 Mail whatsoever.)
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I'm going to try and push the SGS2 email.apk and exchange.apk later this evening. Please feel free to try it first if you have access.

I have been using Secure9 Mail for 6 months. And it has built-in encryption (if you want to use it).
Secure9 Mail BETA
dlavery845
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I use kaiten. Its a better k-9.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I've tried all the free email apps on the play store and none of them really did it for me. Finally tried enhanced email too and that is a step in the right direction, hopefully I don't have any troubles from it.
p.s. I have the Gmail app, but I need to access my work email somehow.

Try touchdown by nitrodesk. It's one of the best
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umvagia0 said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I've tried all the free email apps on the play store and none of them really did it for me. Finally tried enhanced email too and that is a step in the right direction, hopefully I don't have any troubles from it.
p.s. I have the Gmail app, but I need to access my work email somehow.
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Only one I found I liked was Inomail,

What about the AOSP Google email? I think it looks great and works very well.

yea if you need to check an exchange acct at work I usually go between nitrodesk touchdown and moxier mail. One of those should be perfect for you I prefer touchdown really.

What is it about the stock SGS3 email app that you don't like?

RampageRR said:
What about the AOSP Google email? I think it looks great and works very well.
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do you have the apks for AOSP?

the rom NoAOSP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759245
uses the email client from google nexus; a user there said it was the only email client they've used on the S3 that allowed them to connect to their work email.
perhaps download that rom, open the zip with 7zip and pull out the email.apk and put it on your phone.
try to install it normally, if not you may have to copy it to system/app with root explorer (reboot afterwards)
might be worth a look

Kendr1ck said:
What is it about the stock SGS3 email app that you don't like?
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In the SGS2 email you could make it inverted and control font size from the app.
I pushed the old app every way i could. No joy. May try a flashable zip, but I can't see that making much difference... I guess it would have to be ported.

Email Apps

What email apps are Nexus 7 owners using?
I cannot figure out how to get Nexus to auto-complete email addresses in the stock email app for either gmail or a non-gmail account. is this justmissing or do I need to turn something on?
Any alternatives?

I use mail droid. It has a free and a paid option. Best ive tried so far.
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AquaMail Pro. I must have tried them all, but this one is the nicest in my opinion!
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Do any of these do IMAP search on server?

I use Gmail, it auto-completes anything I have in contacts. I use to hate gmail on a mobile device, but I like it on the N7 better than K9, which I was using.

I use K9 on my Nexus 7, not perfect by any means, but, far better than the stock email client. I had problems with attachments using the stock email client.
With K9, I can open, save, view attachments etc., which is what I wanted.
Still searching for a better one ...............

Gmail has everything I need.

Yeah, I'm thinking of adding K9, it actually attaches and opens zip files as well as anything else you want to throw at it. Gmail sucks with attachments.
Horse Trader said:
I use K9 on my Nexus 7, not perfect by any means, but, far better than the stock email client. I had problems with attachments using the stock email client.
With K9, I can open, save, view attachments etc., which is what I wanted.
Still searching for a better one ...............
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I've been using K9 for the last...three?... years now and I just love it... in my opinion the best one out there. I'm managing six IMAP accounts with it and it works just flawlessly... fast, reliable, I love it... :good:

helloterence said:
Gmail has everything I need.
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Same for me. Auto-complete included.
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Gary
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Just tried k9 on my n7 and works great. Much more configurable than gmail. Just needs an on screen send button and it'd be perfect.
Edit: Found great app for a home screen shortcut to compose new mail, works with k9 or gmail.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...NvbS5hdXN0cmlhbmFwcHMuYW5kcm9pZC5jb21wb3NlIl0.

AW: Email Apps
I recently tried Aquamail and it was not bad... I still like K9 better, but Aquamail is rather great too...
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I really like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inoguru.email.lite.black
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I have not found an email app I like better than maildroid. I highly recommend it.
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Voice Announce?
Does anyone know of an email client or add-on that would speak at least the subject of the arriving imap mail?

tcat007 said:
Just tried k9 on my n7 and works great. Much more configurable than gmail. Just needs an on screen send button and it'd be perfect.
Edit: Found great app for a home screen shortcut to compose new mail, works with k9 or gmail.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...NvbS5hdXN0cmlhbmFwcHMuYW5kcm9pZC5jb21wb3NlIl0.
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I liked maildroid but kept crashing when using reply to all. Really wish there was a powerful outlook like application that supported exchange and hotmail/gmail etc.
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debully said:
I liked maildroid but kept crashing when using reply to all. Really wish there was a powerful outlook like application that supported exchange and hotmail/gmail etc.
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I use stock gmail for my gmail and nitrodesk touchdown for exchange. I don't have a problem running 2 different apps for 2 different accounts.

Enhanced e-mail is an app that is close to the standard email app in Android 4.2.1. It has more options.
I use it because this app has an option to synchronize the trash.
Emptying the thrash by selecting messages one by one is no longer needed.
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stock
I used stock email app.

Is there any way to install HTC Mail app on Nexus ?

So, is there any way we can install the HTC mail app on our Galaxy Nexus ? I love that mail client and i would use it on my nexus also. :laugh:

I guess it requires htc sense framework, so most probably no.

If this is not possible, what is the best mail client ? The default one is horrible

K9 was a really popular one last time I needed an alternative to stock
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kpyhere said:
If this is not possible, what is the best mail client ? The default one is horrible
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Mail clients on Android are pretty terrible. You've either got the choice of equally bad open source clients like K-9, or ad-ridden clients like Aqua Mail or Maildroid that require a payment to get the pro version.
I stick to the default mail client because it works fine for me despite being kinda crappy.

Everything is crap. Only the HTC one was ok for me... Isnt there any way to port it ?

kpyhere said:
Everything is crap. Only the HTC one was ok for me... Isnt there any way to port it ?
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if you port the framework for sense, yes. otherwise i would guess no

What's wrong with the nexus default? I use both accounts and constantly get mail almost every minute on of them. Gmail is the one pissed about, its slow and unreliable most times.
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withbloodskies said:
What's wrong with the nexus default? I use both accounts and constantly get mail almost every minute on of them. Gmail is the one pissed about, its slow and unreliable most times.
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The HTC one has some excellent features which you just don't get on the defaut client, like the ability to see all emails from all folders and all accounts in one pot.. That would be the main selling point for me!, is there a paid for client that can do that?

terryd1980 said:
The HTC one has some excellent features which you just don't get on the defaut client, like the ability to see all emails from all folders and all accounts in one pot.. That would be the main selling point for me!, is there a paid for client that can do that?
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http://catch404.net/2012/09/multipl...android-4-1-jelly-bean-with-a-combined-inbox/

I have been using Touchdown to access my official mails (exchange server). Feature wise I think this is the best mail client on android but UI can be better.
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Thanks Zepius but this doesn't let you view all emails from all selected folders, it only combines the inboxes from two or more accounts.
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