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Best Exchange Sync App? Touchdown or HTC Mail or K9?

Which in your opinion is the best Exchange sync app on Android - Touchdown, HTC Mail or K9? HTC Mail is Ok but appears limited, Touchdown seems really good, push and GAL work really well, but is it worth $20??? Haven't used K9 so can't comment.
So - which have you found to be the best Exchange Sync App?

I'm using HTC mail and I would say that there are a few issues with it. to begin with, it doesn't seem to pick up entries you type directly into your own exchange outlook. in addition to this I don't really like the way it can't remain synchronized when its out of signal. eg when I'm on the underground on my way to work in the morning and I type an email. I can't just hit send knowing that it will 'push' once I'm in signal again. it forces me to save as a draft. this is actually a pain in the neck.
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Try touchdown (it will be called exchange for Android 2.0/2.1) - works a lot better than stock - you just gotta see if it is worth $20 to you...
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Need help work changed to exchange outlook 2010

my work just changed over to Exchange 2010 and now my exchange activesync wont accept the new address. it keeps telling me the user name or password is incorrect even though I know they are right. I really need help with this, with out it work life is almost impossible. I'm running senseless rEVOlution 2.0 I know that my info are correct because I tried the app "exchange for android 2.x" and it worked, but it is only a trial to an expensive app.

Is there no one who can help with this?

I use Enhanced Email by Quantam Solutions, I think I paid like $4 or $5. Way cheaper than TouchDown.
You could try having the IT Dept remove the mobile device association on your account, then trying again to enter the information.
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Was the switch to Outlook 2010 or Exchange 2010? Upgrading Outlook shouldn't have effected anything. We upgraded our systems to MS Office 2010 without issue, and run Exchange 2007.
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I believe it is exchange 2010
RMarkwald said:
Was the switch to Outlook 2010 or Exchange 2010? Upgrading Outlook shouldn't have effected anything. We upgraded our systems to MS Office 2010 without issue, and run Exchange 2007.
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Thanks for the tip on this app it works good. Why is it the HTC mail app wont accept an exchange 2010 account? Does any one know if there is any updates for this?
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I use Enhanced Email by Quantam Solutions, I think I paid like $4 or $5. Way cheaper than TouchDown.
You could try having the IT Dept remove the mobile device association on your account, then trying again to enter the information.
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smacinskyjr said:
Thanks for the tip on this app it works good. Why is it the HTC mail app wont accept an exchange 2010 account? Does any one know if there is any updates for this?
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The native email app always gave me issues, and I know that there are issues with it. I've read that there are sync issues with it at times, so I just switched. The developer is great for Enhanced Email, no issues with it.
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smacinskyjr said:
my work just changed over to Exchange 2010 and now my exchange activesync wont accept the new address. it keeps telling me the user name or password is incorrect even though I know they are right. I really need help with this, with out it work life is almost impossible. I'm running senseless rEVOlution 2.0 I know that my info are correct because I tried the app "exchange for android 2.x" and it worked, but it is only a trial to an expensive app.
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I was having an issue with my xoom and exchange 2010. worked fine on 2007. Found out that my mailbox on the server was slowly corupting. We made me a new mailbox and copied all my old stuff into it. Works great now. Sounds like alot of work but my email works now...

how does one do this?
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I was having an issue with my xoom and exchange 2010. worked fine on 2007. Found out that my mailbox on the server was slowly corupting. We made me a new mailbox and copied all my old stuff into it. Works great now. Sounds like alot of work but my email works now...
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Whoever is in charge of your exchange server needs to export your mailbox. delete it and make a new one. then import everything back in. My boss helped me with mine so I dont know every step by heart yet.

[Q] Exchange 2010 and Droid Incredible Push

Hello,
I have a question I can't seem to find the answer to anywhere. We are upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 at my work, while testing Exchange 2010 I found out that activesync (push) email works great on iPhones and iPads, but not on my Droid Incredible . I can create the account just fine and manually refresh to see my mail, but if I have my exchange activesync email set to "as items arrive" and send myself a test email, I don't get it until I open up the email app and it refreshes.
I'm using the default htc email app, I have tried deleting and recreating my account several times. If I have the setting set to any thing else, like sync every 5 minutes it works just fine, but for some reason if it's set to as items arrive I won't get the email until I manually look at the email app. I can't deploy exchange 2010 with this going on as we have many other android users in the company.
Please help!

The Android native email application needs improvement no doubt. I use TouchDown as we have Exchange 2007 and are enforcing security policies. Those don't work too well with the native application.
Push works great, but it's a one time fee of $20, but in my opinion worth it.
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Thanks RMarkwald! I downloaded and tried out TouchDown and it works great for Exchange 2010. At least I have a solution if users start complaining about push no longer working after we upgrade.
Hopefully htc will get an update out for this at some point because a simple thing like activesync should work on the stock email app.

Hey no problem! I think that the issue is more of an Android issue, not really HTC, cause it happens across the board. I've had nothing but issues before I purchased TD, and that was before we enabled PIN/security features. $20 is a lot, but my company purchased it for me, and I can use it on my Xoom without having to pay another $20, so IMO it's worth it.
Their support is great too, from the times I've contacted them with questions. I really like you can sync Tasks and manage your Out of Office too.

Exchange

Hi,
I'm planning on buying Galaxy Nexus but since I've never had pure Google phone I don't know does it have a separate email app (except Gmail) with Exchange support. Anyone care to enlighten me?
Thanks
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The email app supports Exchange ActiveSync. Exchange administrators can also do things like remote wipe of android phones.
http://9to5google.com/2011/10/25/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-enterprise-features-detailed/

Thanks
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Most versions of android don't support HTML email on exchange 2003. Touchdown and iOS do so it is possible. Lets hope ICS supports HTML exchange email on that server.

I use Enhanced Email. It lets me bypass my works security requirements. No PIN and no remote wipe.

jasbur17 said:
I use Enhanced Email. It lets me bypass my works security requirements. No PIN and no remote wipe.
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That's awesome!
Does it also sync calendar as well?

jasbur17 said:
I use Enhanced Email. It lets me bypass my works security requirements. No PIN and no remote wipe.
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Does this definitely work on Glaxy Nexus? I thought it was built for older Android versions?

It doesn't work yet on ICS, but the developer has it working already, he just hasn't released the update yet. I downloaded the trial version, but it force closes.
I found the link for the trial and the change login his support forum (link below)
http://quantumsolutions.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=317
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gdeboos said:
That's awesome!
Does it also sync calendar as well?
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Calendar does sync in tablet fwiw

The standard email client on the Galaxy Nexus works just fine with exchange, including calendar sync and html mail.
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Clarification: Enhanced Email does not bypass all security, just the pin lock requirement.

My corporate IT is not granted Admin Remote Wipe and other lock and restrictions overrides when using EE

Am I just not seeing it? Can you extend the time before your screen locks? Not the display timeout. I have to input my pin every single time I unlock my phone.
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zljk said:
Hi,
I'm planning on buying Galaxy Nexus but since I've never had pure Google phone I don't know does it have a separate email app (except Gmail) with Exchange support. Anyone care to enlighten me?
Thanks
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ICS is the first version of Android to be fully Exchange ActiveSync compliant. All this means it is supports every security and remote management features of Exchange 2010. (EAS 14.1)

Does anyone get notification for native exchange email on ICS?
I've setup folders under my Inbox, and I don't get any notification when email arrives. I've setup individual sync option on multiple folders.
This was working fine on My N1 running CM7 which is Gingerbread

The stock email app works fine with exchange for me

Camera disabled? False policy info?
Our Exchange Admin can't figure this one out.. He does NOT have any policy to disable camera's yet at initial account creation to our ActiveSync server it tries to push a security profile to turn off camera's and set a bunch of other stuff that our Admin swears is not being set. He even gave me remote control of our Exchange server to verify I was on a default policy and the default policy had none of these restrictions.
REALLY odd - as Touchdown is just seeing the policy he has set and not trying to set other items. Having to use Touchdown now - though now the Touchdown HD beta supports ICS now. Finding their push to be less battery intensive than the built in app when I used it for 2 days (with my camera disabled to actually get to test it)

apascual89 said:
Am I just not seeing it? Can you extend the time before your screen locks? Not the display timeout. I have to input my pin every single time I unlock my phone.
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Go to settings security, automatically lock and change to whatever max is allowed by the exchange security settings...

Sorry for a stupid question.
Is it possible to install active sync on my work notebook (WinXP) and sync it with my GNex via cable? Similar to what I was used with my Window phone 2 years ago.
I've been using touchdown for some while and it synced via our outlook web access, which has been disabled now. So I am trying to figure out a way to sync calender and tasks again. I don't care about Emails.
we are not allowed to install google sync (or w/e it is called). they even took our admin rights on our working notebooks. MS Active Sync, however, is a approved software which could be installed by our IT.
Any ideas/thoughts? thx

Stock mail.app does not support "search" option for exchange mails...

Galaxy Nexus and PUSH EMAIL.

As title.
Where is the push email support for non gmail account?

There was never support for IMAP push and still isn't. Seems Google isn't particularly interested in changing that.

gokpog said:
There was never support for IMAP push and still isn't. Seems Google isn't particularly interested in changing that.
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really disappointed from this "revolutionary" ICS.

That's what gmail is for.
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kangxi said:
That's what gmail is for.
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gmail is for personal use, I have other emails with PUSH support but
my phone doesn't support it.

Set up you gmail account through exchange

falconeight said:
Set up you gmail account through exchange
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please understand what we are talking about.

Set your other account to forward to a gmail account. You can even set the Gmail account to reply from the "professional" account. Or set up a Google Apps account with your business domain.
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If it's exchange you're looking for, touchdown supports push. I've been using it for years it works well.
What type of account is this?
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i love Touchdown exchange for my work email. Probably the best part is the pin required by my company's security isnt applied to the whole device, I only have to enter the PIN to open the email application. Id hate to have to enter PIN just to send a text message.

I'm disappointed that Gmail doesn't have push using the email app. There's push support on the iPhone, so why not on a native Google device?

The AOSP email app has support for exchange.

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The AOSP email app has support for exchange.
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Thank you for clarifying. This whole thread just freaked me out. IMAP? Who cares! But, Exchange? Yes please!

cpcrazyfly said:
i love Touchdown exchange for my work email. Probably the best part is the pin required by my company's security isnt applied to the whole device, I only have to enter the PIN to open the email application. Id hate to have to enter PIN just to send a text message.
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I just got my Galaxy Nexus and was hoping that this would be something that ICS would resolve. My single biggest gripe with Android is lack of native PUSH email notifications for non-Gmail email accounts.
I shouldn't have to forward emails to my gmail account for this to work. That is not a solution, but merely a half-crack workaround.
I don't have the ability to use Google apps with my work email account.
I don't have an Exchange account, just an IMAP account. So it sounds like my only options are to get one of the shotty email clients in the app market or move to iPhone that supports this natively. I love android, this is just one of those things that's a priority for me. :-/

Kaiten Mail
Check out Kaiten Mail. Based off K9 email, but I think it works better, and works great on tablets too.
https://market.android.com/details?...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5rYWl0ZW5tYWlsIl0.

mfive said:
I just got my Galaxy Nexus and was hoping that this would be something that ICS would resolve. My single biggest gripe with Android is lack of native PUSH email notifications for non-Gmail email accounts.
I shouldn't have to forward emails to my gmail account for this to work. That is not a solution, but merely a half-crack workaround.
I don't have the ability to use Google apps with my work email account.
I don't have an Exchange account, just an IMAP account. So it sounds like my only options are to get one of the shotty email clients in the app market or move to iPhone that supports this natively. I love android, this is just one of those things that's a priority for me. :-/
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You can't just add "push", the email service needs to support it.
"Push" email is just a descriptor, it's not an actual implementation of anything specific.

mfive said:
I don't have an Exchange account, just an IMAP account. So it sounds like my only options are to get one of the shotty email clients in the app market or move to iPhone that supports this natively. I love android, this is just one of those things that's a priority for me. :-/
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The iPhone doesn't support PUSH (aka IMAP IDLE) for IMAP email servers. I'm positive it doesn't do it for the native email (my wife has an iPhone), can't say if there's an email client app that supports, but I want to say no since iOS will kill any background running app like that.
Get K9 mail for Android, I used it a lot a couple years ago via IMAP (before switching to Gmail full time), worked great for instant notifications.

JCopernicus said:
You can't just add "push", the email service needs to support it.
"Push" email is just a descriptor, it's not an actual implementation of anything specific.
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the email must support push email (IMAP idle) but the client must support that too.
my own server supports IMAP idle, I use the push service on every phone but it does not work on my galaxy nexus.
I must admit that android is only a soap bubble, you can't say that android is an advanced OS when it lacks the basic feature of feature phones.

I could've sworn I had a stock Email app on my Droid Charge at one point that was push. It was awesome. There has to be a stock or AOSP Email app apk out there somewhere that we can use.

Galaxy Sll email app has it...maybe someone can port it.
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