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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.

Adressbook - googleOK, phone is gone ...

Hello ...
Im useing OD 4.4 since a few Days ... today i wanted to install a syncml client but there is only the google accountfor my contacts which is syncing. Where is the Phone Adressbook ... ? Creating a new Account ... Exchange and google ... but i need the offline phone adressbook ... Anyone out there who can help me?

philJ said:
Hello ...
Im useing OD 4.4 since a few Days ... today i wanted to install a syncml client but there is only the google accountfor my contacts which is syncing. Where is the Phone Adressbook ... ? Creating a new Account ... Exchange and google ... but i need the offline phone adressbook ... Anyone out there who can help me?
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first, google address books can be used offline. it periodically syncs (updating both the server and the phone), leaving a copy on the server and a copy on the phone.
second, because the contacts are on the phone, there is no need for an 'account' on the phone, accounts are used to sync information.
why can't you use a google account for your contacts?

Problem solved ... i thought that there was a hidden account - the sygic navi shows all contacts twice. Funambol Sync makes a second group with all contacts ... google contacts on the web shows the numbers of contacts in each group so i recognized the problem with the second group.
I want to sync my Android with egroupware over syncml. Is there any free WORKING client out there? Funambol only shows the "checking" Message and nothing was synced.

Hotmail sync problem

Hi there,
I have set up hotmail account on my htc one v, but seems I have some problems from day 1.
1. there are errors about failed sync
2. even trying to receive mail manually via standard mail soft I got info about "No new mails" - but I know that there are new mails.
It's my day 1 on htc one v.
I'm using official rom and soft.
I have provided correct account details and password.
any ideas?

m.hotmail.com server is down for almost 3 weeks already. A friend of mine with S3 has same problem.
The workaround is download Hotmail App from Google Play. It works as it has a validation process with a unique no.

well to be honest it sux totally especially a lot of apps are connected with that server -.-
no one is going to fix that? who should I contact about it?

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/hotmail

well seems that I need to wait for that

FIX
I also had problems with the hotmail sync, but today i made an system update and after that i visited hotmail.com with the stock browser.
Then i got the new e-mail notifications.
I hope this fixes your problems too.

[Q] Google mail account Sync is not happening

Hello All,
I am very much new to using HTC wildfire S as an android smart phone. I have purchased this an year ago,though.
I will come to the point with out much discussion.Your help is much appreciated in filing a bug against HTC Keyboard sense or wrong password authentication mechanism.
Step i followed:
1.Day before yesterday, I have rooted my phone and i have got all the data back again from recovery.
2.Once the phone is reset, it was prompting me to set up a new gmail account to perform syncing of contacts and mails.
3.I have given my old crenditals of gmail and the sync worked.
4.Today, I got a message from google that, my gmail account is being accessed from canada maliciously.So, it prompted me to reset my password along with SMS verification code.This made my gmail account login stronger. During this process, I have reset my gmail account password. ( the same account is being used by my htc wildfire S phone).
5.Now, my wildfire S is not able to recognize my new password to gmail account. Neither it recognizes my old password.
6.I have tried different key board input mechanisms to make sure that i am entering correct password.
7.Now, I am exhausted and thus i am writing this post.
Please help me.
I am suspecting as a bug in htc while syncing with gmail authentication servers.
I had faced similar problem a month ago while connecting to facebook from my HTC Wildfire S phone. My new gmail account works fine from the dolphin mini browser.But, it doesnot work from native gmail and facebook applications.
Regards,
Sriram

Tried with another gmail account.. Now it is working fine.
As I said in my previous post that, my original gmail account with which i had registered my mobile is still not working.
However, I have registered another gmail account to sync with contacts.With my second gmail account, I am able to sync the contacts from google servers.Also, with out a registered gmail account, i am unable to download apps from htc Appstore as well as Android Market place.
Now, I tried deleting my first gmail account, which is not working since the time i have changed its password.It says that you cannot remove the account as it is being used by other programs. Restore phone to default settings.
With out resetting my phone, How can i delete my original gmail account which is of no use.
Thanks and Regards,
Sriram

Preferences: Accounts

Dear all,
on CM 13.1 I saw all my accounts in preferences under account (in German: Konten).
E.g. Whatsapp, Threema or my mail provider app.
I deleted my main mail up, re-installed it and entered may account manually. But it will not be shown under accounts.
All apps are working properly but currently I see only my google accounts.
Is this a new behavior or is there a mistake?
I did a dirty flash to lineageos from cm 13.1 on my S3 (i9300).
Even a clean flash brought no change in this behaviour
Thanyk you!
Best regards,
Thomas

Hi,
I have the same issue on my kipper. I installed some apps that need an account for synchronisation, but I can't create an account for these apps. Only options are Exchange, Google, IMAP and POP3.
I also can't edit or delete other accounts.
I think it's a bug and wait for the next nightly.
Regards
Ralf

Hi everybody,
just installed 14.1 on my Galaxy S5 and noticed the same behaviour, I only see my Google Account under "Preferences -> Accounts".
What is more: When I want to add another account, the only type I can choose is "Google", but I tried to set up an ActiveSync (Exchange) Account. Even IMAP and POP3 can't be found... (posted here, too: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lineage/help/activesync-account-14-1-t3564661 )
@RalfOE : Did you have the account types Exchange, POP3 and IMAP right after installing LineageOS even without GApps?
Any hint?
Thx in advance!
Snoopy

After clean Installing the last Nightly for my S5 (klte) (lineage-14.1-20170301-nightly-klte-signed.zip) the account preference page again shows all acounts, not just the google one, so this seems to be solved

Same for me. Clean install seems to be the solution.
Cheers,
Thomas