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Gmail Email Push is here!

Finally GMail is also supporting Push Email http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/09/google-sync-now-with-push-gmail-support.html for your Exchange client on Windows Mobile! Now in addition to contacts and calendar items also your gmail is automatically pushed to your HD if you configure the Activesync Exchange client on your WM device. Thought I let you know, since this was asked for in many push email threads before.

Nice! To bad WM6 doesn't support multiple "exchange servers"

Has someone tried it? Following the page it says "Google Sync is a beta product". Will try to set it up now.
Edit:
I´ve set it up and looks that its working. Will try it some days. Never used Pushmail before, so i have no ideas how long the battery will last.
Edit 2: Don´t know if the service from google is so slow or my connection to the internet. It takes really long to sync only my contacts.

Just tried it. It is extremely slow at the moment, and I had only 1 out of 10 syncs succeeding...
I guess google kind of underestimated the number of users they would have on the first day.

sandresimon said:
Just tried it. It is extremely slow at the moment, and I had only 1 out of 10 syncs succeeding...
I guess google kind of underestimated the number of users they would have on the first day.
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The first 3 times i tried sync gave me an error too. But the 4. works. But so slooow
Edit: After 30 minutes i wasn´t able to activate my phone. It was completely off. I had to take off battery before i was able to power it on again. But battery was full. Can the Google Sync make such a problem?

Works extremely well for me, no issues at all (speed, battery or otherwise). If you choose Exchange Push over Imap Idle this is your free solution. Idle traffic btw is the same, for me about 15megs per month, depending on your push settings and data plan.

A shame, that Exchange is only able to control one active sync connection at time. So, i can't use my work account and my private google mail account for push
I hope, there is any solution in near future

I can´t get it work right. The first time he syncs it works. But then when it wants to get new mails from server, it gives an error message. Do not remember well what it was, but something like: Was not possible to finish syncronize. If error persists, try to re-setup your configuration.
Any idea? Set it up 3 times, always with same result.

Works!!!
Thanks for the update, it works fine for me. Been testing it...Sending and receiving mails quite well and very fast.

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kniffo80 said:
A shame, that Exchange is only able to control one active sync connection at time. So, i can't use my work account and my private google mail account for push
I hope, there is any solution in near future
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Have you tried this for gmail? I was using it before gmail activated push.

grayme said:
Have you tried this for gmail? I was using it before gmail activated push.
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hi grayme, sorry, but this is the same as updating email every x minutes. no real push

After flashing to another Rom and testing Gmail Sync about 3 Days i can say it´s actually very fast. I had a little problem with contact sync but later i turned it off, because i don´t need this, only for Emails.
Until now i have to charge my phone every 1-2 days. Quite heavy diference with Data Connection always on. But i think it´s ok,

kniffo80 said:
hi grayme, sorry, but this is the same as updating email every x minutes. no real push
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it is yes, but where x equals the exact time between emails. isn't that good enough? I've been happy with that for nearly a year now until google's true push.

Hi,
use this settings on ActiveSync then push work:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If status "Connected", Push is active:
with friendly greet
starbase64

Only one account per phone? A bit tacky I wanted Gmail and Google Apps.

Ok guys, I have Miri v12 rom on my HD and I tried to setup my gmail account on Activesync on the Vista Mobile Device Center and directly on my Touch HD, with the help of this step-by-step guide http://bit.ly/5l5Rw , but in the end when I try to sync, it asks for my Exchange Server credentials, user pass and domain, but no go...
No matter if I put in username: [email protected] or simply in the username field I put the username and then in the domain field I put googlemail.com, It always end up asking me again for the credentials...
Can anyone help me? Am I doing something wrong? I've tried this on my actual rom and on another one, but no luck.
Update: Ok, I found out, it not @googlemail.com, but @gmail.com !!! The step-by-step guide is misleading

It shouldn't ask for domain. Try unchecking the box where it says get settings automatically. I think this is in the very first dialogue box. It works flawlessly for me. Thanks for the info.
onesolo said:
Ok guys, I have Miri v12 rom on my HD and I tried to setup my gmail account on Activesync on the Vista Mobile Device Center and directly on my Touch HD, with the help of this step-by-step guide http://bit.ly/5l5Rw , but in the end when I try to sync, it asks for my Exchange Server credentials, user pass and domain, but no go...
No matter if I put in username: [email protected] or simply in the username field I put the username and then in the domain field I put googlemail.com, It always end up asking me again for the credentials...
Can anyone help me? Am I doing something wrong? I've tried this on my actual rom and on another one, but no luck.
Update: Ok, I found out, it not @googlemail.com, but @gmail.com !!! The step-by-step guide is misleading
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onesolo said:
Update: Ok, I found out, it not @googlemail.com, but @gmail.com !!! The step-by-step guide is misleading
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It says fill in your full accountname.
If that's gmail, type in [email protected]..
Not that hard, is it?
I'm synchronising as we speak, curious to see how and if it works.
Contacts take some while, though.

Yeah Google cannot use the Gmail brand in Germany, so its Googlemail for Germany only, Gmail for all others.

Gmail Exchange ActiveSync: Mail not deleting when I "Refresh"

I'm using Gmail Exchange ActiveSync and the HTC Mail App, because:
1. The Gmail App seems to be either Push Mail (Constant) or Manual (Menu --> Refresh), whereas I'd prefer it to check for me once an hour.
2. I dislike the Gmail interface
But when I click "Refresh", mail I've deleted via IMAP in Outlook or the Webmail doesn't disappear. It does download new mail though. This link:
http://email.about.com/od/iphonemailtips/qt/Set_Up_Push_Gmail_in_iPhone_Mail.htm
Refers to using Gmail Exchange ActiveSync on the iPhone, says:
"* To delete a message, move it to the [Gmail]/Trash folder.
* To archive a message, delete it from the Inbox or move it to [Gmail]/All Mail."
I don't mind if pressing DELETE Archives or Deletes the message but surely this isn't correct? Both the Gmail App and IMAP delete mail when you click "Refresh" (that have been deleted elsewhere). I shouldn't have to "Manually" delete mail, I've already deleted elsewhere.
Surely this does too?
Thanks

It's suddenly starting working. I must say Sync using Exchange ActiveSync is very hit and miss!
Last night I was finding it was trying to Sync (the white sync circle) for 5-10 minutes+, despite using Wireless and it only having to update 1-2 e-mail differences. I gave up in the end .

It's now not downloading mail in folders other than the Inbox!
I've had to move mail out, refresh, move it back in and then refresh again, it then downloads the mail but this is tricky to do for Sent Items. If it's still playing up tomorrow, I think I'll switch to IMAP. What a mess:
1. Google Sync: Has no ability to say how often it downloads mail. You either have to accept "Push Mail" (and the extra battery it needs) or Manually click Refresh
2. Gmail Exchange ActiveSync: Is proving very unreliable
Annoyingly IMAP doesn't offer Contacts/Calendar Sync, so I'll still have use one of the above methods for these two. Probably Google Sync, as Exchange ActiveSync will create a redundant Mailbox. Hopefully only Real-time Syncing Calendar/Contacts won't have too much draw on battery. I'm pretty sure it's the Mail part that does this.

Now it won't download anything in my Sent Items and instead just re-downloads the same e-mail, that isn't even in Sent Items any more!
IMO Gmail's (Beta) Exchange ActiveSync is well and truly broken! I'm off to re-configure (for the more basic but reliable) IMAP.

IMAP for me too, works well without any issues

IMAP is so much more reliable than Exchange ActiveSync. It's annoying it doesn't sync Calendar/Contacts too though.
I'm using Google Sync for those two, hopefully battery won't be hammered too much. I'm pretty sure it's E-Mail (not Calendar/Contacts) that does this, when Push is enabled.

[Q] Problem with Gmail sync after 2.2 upgrade

Since upgrading to 2.2 I've been having trouble receiving Email notifications from Gmail.
I have 4 accounts set up in total. The primary account (the one I used when initially setting up the phone) still works correctly. The remaining 3 don't receive mail automatically. I can manually sync the accounts (Settings / Accounts & sync) by selecting each of the accounts in turn and selecting "Sync now". I can also sync from the Google mail app by moving between accounts and manually refreshing. But I don't receive new mail automatically. If I try "Sync all" in Accounts & sync, it appears to ignore the problem accounts.
I've removed the problem accounts and added them back. I've cleared the data from Google Services Framework. I've cleared the data from Google Mail. I've rebooted. I've disabled latitude, I've disabled chrome to phone.
Mail did work correctly, briefly, this morning after some fiddling but not for very long and I can't get it working again.
Anybody got any idea what's going on??
Cheers!

same is happening here!!! seems to sync and inform me when ever it feels like it!
Really annoyed about this as Id starting using email instead of txt with my other half to save pennies!!!

ottaky said:
Since upgrading to 2.2 I've been having trouble receiving Email notifications from Gmail.
I have 4 accounts set up in total. The primary account (the one I used when initially setting up the phone) still works correctly. The remaining 3 don't receive mail automatically. I can manually sync the accounts (Settings / Accounts & sync) by selecting each of the accounts in turn and selecting "Sync now". I can also sync from the Google mail app by moving between accounts and manually refreshing. But I don't receive new mail automatically. If I try "Sync all" in Accounts & sync, it appears to ignore the problem accounts.
I've removed the problem accounts and added them back. I've cleared the data from Google Services Framework. I've cleared the data from Google Mail. I've rebooted. I've disabled latitude, I've disabled chrome to phone.
Mail did work correctly, briefly, this morning after some fiddling but not for very long and I can't get it working again.
Anybody got any idea what's going on??
Cheers!
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i had the same problem... but after i manually synced them (settings-sync) it started working again... ill let you know if it bugs out again...

Same thing happened to me. I just did a factory reset, hope it helps!

Factory Reset did NOT WORK

same here also have the problem that when I am connected by Wifi I can't browse the internet

In fact, since the factory reset, NONE of my four accounts work. Before the reset, at least one of them worked.
And my screen shuts off even when plugged in USB. I'm not sure where the setting is anymore...

I kept an eye on my log, and right when I sent an email to one of the accounts, this popped up:
W/ResponseProcessCookies( 522): Cookie rejected: "[version: 0][name: GX][value: DQAAAJsAAADQe9V7lD-OqnqpXugutw9gtUwoaDaU0-4dl5wZ6PiHx1xaFkfrQtQAiw55NvcFubXuaVso-nIS2XkXu_6XBS99gLCyNoYw8-4ZMFtdactjwAOKQM2D0JrSeRT1Kp4ly76rvgKhPEkvBT9yBa81HYg902gOwFvXC0asfGs7vXisy4OTZywHlYAVnT-Ngk1GOLrqbKvNopkWrt6ynyHhWsk7][domain: mail.google.com][path: /proxy/gmail/mail][expiry: Mon Aug 16 22:45:40 GMT+08:00 2010]". Illegal domain attribute "mail.google.com". Domain of origin: "android.clients.google.com"
Any thoughts?

tharghan said:
i had the same problem... but after i manually synced them (settings-sync) it started working again... ill let you know if it bugs out again...
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i spoke too soon... for some reason, it stopped working... i manually synced again all the accounts (if you sync all together it doesnt work, at least to me) and it seems to be working again... dunno for how long...
anyone know about a fix? its obviously a bug.

skinnypupp said:
I kept an eye on my log, and right when I sent an email to one of the accounts, this popped up:
"android.clients.google.com"
Any thoughts?
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I also saw a lot of cookie errors this morning. I'm not 100% sure they are connected to the Gmail app because they seemed to disappear after I'd disabled Latitude, Buzz and Talk (Talk seemed to be having problems). And, when everything was working for me this morning, similar errors were still showing up in the logs.
This afternoon I performed a factory reset (and spent many hours restoring all my apps and settings) - I still have the same problem. Maybe.
As I typed that previous sentence I did actually receive a notification for one of the "extra" gmail accounts .. so it may be partially working.
It's all very frustrating because it seems to work occasionally, but not always and not predictably.
Just out of interest, and in an effort to nail the cause down, whereabouts are you located? I'm in London and when I set the accounts up Gmail always tries to default to the address to googlemail.com, and I always adjust it to read gmail.com .. do you get the same thing?

yep im near London at the moment but I use a different domain that is registered with google apps. So doubt its anything to do with the googlemail domain.
It seems to work for a bit after ive done a manual sync but then stops.
People keep saying they are getting these cookie errors, was just wondering where they are seeing these errors because I cant see anything obvious!!
Cheers

I had the same problem before.
I found a Google support article that said to clear the app cache in the applications menu. This fixed it for me.

I am in Hong Kong, so I don't think the problem is related to location.
I have cleared the cache, that did not help. The ONLY time I have seen my other accounts update without me doing it manually is when I:
Disable sync
Reboot
Enable sync
It will then sync "by itself" once. But after that it stops working again.

ottaky said:
I also saw a lot of cookie errors this morning. I'm not 100% sure they are connected to the Gmail app
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Actually, I take that back.
My sync is still working unpredictably. Last night I automatically received Emails on two of the (secondary) accounts, and this morning I'm still reseciving mail on the primary account and one of secondaries .. but not on another of the secondaries.
Logcat says ..
08-03 09:27:30.429 W/ResponseProcessCookies( 7295): Cookie rejected: "[version: 0][name: GX][value: DQAAAJAAAADz9HpsY748emxcZlwsFmS-4yj3Hv1D_o3I51-9slsECeWxJ77LgbGCbM2YOFugkcuHCqxyYnfmqRQrQc6FuRiR9tUwtKtm5ckDqe2pDKNtHDokjF9SkIBEadnheUHM1oqPZlyE0oIXCT7-kJceaIjCm8AU-TUSj8DeAGgtAg5tw-HjZjZk_Dx37bneEbTWonE][domain: mail.google.com][path: /proxy/gmail/mail][expiry: Tue Aug 17 09:27:29 GMT+01:00 2010]". Illegal domain attribute "mail.google.com". Domain of origin: "android.clients.google.com"
.. and PID 7295 is Google Mail.
To my untrained eye this *looks* like a problem on the server .. it's trying to set a cookie on the device, but the domain for the cookie doesn't match the domain of the server trying to set the cookie. Unless the client is mistakenly talking to the wrong domain in the first place.
Bah!

I have 2 gmail accounts, one google apps (primary - contact/cal/mail sync) and a secondary which uses @gmail.com only for mail+calendar syncing.
On sunday, right after the update I noticed that my primary account (google apps) was having sync issues. In the sync status, it said there were possibly issues on the server side.
Now however, my primary account seems to work, but my gmail account stopped syncing. I tried almost everything, I even tried to talk my Desire into working again, but alas..
Someone please fix this
Perhaps some of you guys who're having these issues also use the GMail widget? Maybe some kind of interference there?

I think I fixed it.
I uninstalled Task Manager (task killing app from adao team) & the gmail widget (Gmail unread count from Alexander Blom). Cleared data through manage applications, restarted the phone and now it seems to work again. Don't know if it is permanent though.

bazzix said:
I think I fixed it.
I uninstalled Task Manager (task killing app from adao team) & the gmail widget (Gmail unread count from Alexander Blom). Cleared data through manage applications, restarted the phone and now it seems to work again. Don't know if it is permanent though.
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I doubt it, as the problem occurs for me even directly after a factory reset, with absolutely nothing else installed.

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I doubt it, as the problem occurs for me even directly after a factory reset, with absolutely nothing else installed.
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Same here - I performed a factory reset and, after setting up the primary account, added the other accounts through the gmail app .. some accounts worked, some did not.
This morning, I had 3 accounts accepting pushed Email, and 1 failing.
Anyhoo, I figured that I'd wasted enough time on the issue and have installed K-9 Mail. I removed all of the secondary accounts from the Gmail app, enabled IMAP on all my gmail accounts via the web interface and then added them to K-9 .. and now I have push mail for all of my accounts again.

Here are some screenshots to describe the problem:
1) Here are my settings under Accounts & Sync. As you can see, it is correctly set up:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
2) Here is the account that is working. As you can see, it syncs no problem:
3) And here is one of the accounts that is not working. As you can see, I did a manual sync last night, but haven't touched it since. So it hasn't been synced during that time:

OK just RIGHT NOW, my accounts synced. For NO reason, it just started working. Let's see if it stays that way...

Exchange ActiveSync - Updating Read Messages on the Server

I'm syncing Outlook to a 2007 Exchange Server over my data connection. Activesync is set to deliver messages as they arrive. Messages arrive on the phone as they arrive into the Exchange account. So far, so good.
However, when I read the message on the phone, it takes a while for the "read" status to get updated to the server. Maybe an hour or so. It seems to vary. Similarly, if a message is moved on the server (with a server side rule or spam filtering, for example) it also takes a while to update on the phone. Neither is instantaneous like new message delivery is.
If I manually tell Activesync to sync the phone, everything gets updated immediately. It's almost as if message delivery is instantaneous, but other things like sending a read status to the server, or recognizing that a message has been moved on the server take some time.
Is there any way to get these secondary actions (sending a read status to the server, or recognizing that a message has been moved on the server) to happen much more quickly, more or less in real time?
Thanks!

[Q] K-9 Unable to Pull E-mails from Accounts after a Reboot

I have recently begun using K-9 for managing my e-mails in four accounts: three Gmail accounts and one exchange account. I have noticed invariably that the e-mails do not get retrieved in K-9 after a reboot of my phone. I have to manually "check mail" in K-9 after a reboot, and then onward, K-9 retrieves e-mails from the Gmail accounts - e-mails are not pulled from the exchange account even after this.
To pull e-mails in the exchange account, I had to click on "Load more messages," which triggered a sync with the exchange server, and THEN, I received e-mails in that account. I missed e-mails from three days on my phone (I am on a vacation). I have all the settings in place for syncing all the accounts. Could someone suggest a solution to this issue?

I wanted to mention that I had changed the setting for the exchange account to poll the folders every hour, instead of every minute. Is there no one who has come across the issue mentioned in my previous post?