gmail issues

**rob.rojas55** · 03-11-2010, 04:50 PM

Is it just me and my moto droid that isn't getting their gmail email notifications???? Or is other people having the same issue??? Please let me know!!

**prometheus** · 03-11-2010, 04:58 PM

no problems here.

... do you mean you're not getting emails, or not getting notifications of emails? Do you need help setting up the accounts or do you need help with the settings to get the notifications?

**rob.rojas55** · 03-11-2010, 05:06 PM

...but I have to manually go into gmail and hit the refresh button, then I get the emails.

**prometheus** · 03-11-2010, 05:07 PM

are you using the gmail app or the email app?

**rob.rojas55** · 03-11-2010, 05:22 PM

I'm using the gmail app.

**prometheus** · 03-11-2010, 05:25 PM

try this:

open gmail / menu / account setting / make sure "background data" is checked

also, if you're using "auto-sync" (which I would suggest) -- tap the account and make sure that "sync gmail" is selected.

**ericatomars06** · 03-11-2010, 07:24 PM

I've been getting my gmail fine.. But it was acting up last week. I'm thinking you changed the setting.

**rob.rojas55** · 03-11-2010, 07:49 PM

Ok I did that. Let's hope it works! Thanks for the tips!!

**prometheus** · 03-11-2010, 08:01 PM

keep us posted.

By the way, do you have multiple gmail accounts? If so, send yourself an email and see if it notifies and "pushes" correctly.

**mobilemedic20** · 03-11-2010, 09:18 PM

Welcome to the Droid! You might notice that I've posted about this problem recently. It seems to be fairly common... gmail stops syncing properly, requires that the data be cleared and reset. In my case, I had to do a battery pull on the phone to restore proper syncing. Hopefully better luck with the N1 or Incredible! Droid goes back next week, assuming I don't damage it in the meantime.

**rob.rojas55** · 03-11-2010, 10:14 PM

Yea it worked. Thx for the help everyone!!

**prometheus** · 03-11-2010, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by mobilemedic20

Welcome to the Droid! You might notice that I've posted about this problem recently. It seems to be fairly common... gmail stops syncing properly, requires that the data be cleared and reset. In my case, I had to do a battery pull on the phone to restore proper syncing. Hopefully better luck with the N1 or Incredible! Droid goes back next week, assuming I don't damage it in the meantime.

Your Droid is not a Blackberry!! Quit pulling the stinking battery! The ONLY time pulling the battery is appropriate is if the screen is completely unresonsive and the power button is unresponsive. A reset can be accomplished with the keypad, pressing control-alt-delete at the same time (note: control is the arrow button to the left of the Z)

A battery pull DOES NOT "restore syncing". Resetting the device may do this. And resetting the device is accompished in ways other than battery pulls. Battery pulls for no particular reason may damage the device.

**prometheus** · 03-11-2010, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by rob.rojas55

Yea it worked. Thx for the help everyone!!

what was the final solution? was it the sync settings?

**mobilemedic20** · 03-11-2010, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by prometheus

Your Droid is not a Blackberry!! Quit pulling the stinking battery! The ONLY time pulling the battery is appropriate is if the screen is completely unresonsive and the power button is unresponsive. A reset can be accomplished with the keypad, pressing control-alt-delete at the same time (note: control is the arrow button to the left of the Z)

A battery pull DOES NOT "restore syncing". Resetting the device may do this. And resetting the device is accompished in ways other than battery pulls. Battery pulls for no particular reason may damage the device.

Fair enough... good to know. However, let me be clear and say that the only way for me to get my gmail syncing back was to reset the phone.

**Hoagie52** · 03-12-2010, 08:13 AM

I started having problems last night u can't send a email today.

**prometheus** · 03-12-2010, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Hoagie52

I started having problems last night u can't send a email today.

What do you mean "can't send"? - are you having problems connectiing to the internet? Are you able to send and receive phone calls? Have you tried wifi connection? Are you using a gmail account?

**Hoagie52** · 03-12-2010, 11:19 AM

no problem connecting to the net the email just hangs there and says sending but never dose. The problem went away but it was happening from late last night to about noon today.

**MartinRW** · 03-12-2010, 02:01 PM

I've been having what appears to be similiar problems with Gmail. My Gmail is being pushed very slowly to my Droid and it often requires a manual "refresh".

**MartinRW** · 03-12-2010, 02:03 PM

The options for background data and auto sync are checked.

**usmc_jd** · 03-12-2010, 08:00 PM

I was having the same problem with my droid not receiving push email. It turned out that I had stopped the google talk program from running in the background. That is the program that gets the push gmail to the phone. As soon as I turned it back on I havent had anymore problems. That was about 2 weeks ago. I hope this helps for any of you guys in the future.

**prometheus** · 03-13-2010, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by runningworm

I was having the same problem with my droid not receiving push email. It turned out that I had stopped the google talk program from running in the background. That is the program that gets the push gmail to the phone. As soon as I turned it back on I havent had anymore problems. That was about 2 weeks ago. I hope this helps for any of you guys in the future.

I don't know if I would agree with that statement entirely, because "talk" is NOT an email push app, it's an IM app..... but, it got me to thinking.

I am NOT a fan of app killers (task killers) - perhaps some of our friends here are having email delivery issues because core apps are getting killed by task killers. When they reboot (or pull a battery in some cases) the app restarts and the email gets delivered. They were thinking that there was some sort of sync error - when in fact they caused the device to "un-sync" by using these silly and pointless app / task killers.

I might be wrong here. But, I might suggest someone having email delivery issues either be sure to put EVERYTHING related to gmail / email in ignore lists -- or, better yet, uninstall the pointless (and often harmful) task killer app.

**golfpro#AC** · 03-13-2010, 01:10 AM

hey there, im completely new to android, and just got the droid today. with that being said, im lost as can be coming from the bb world. I need help setting up email and some of the new verbage. if anyone can help me try to set up my personal email i would apprecitate it. Im having a hard time

**PRNmeds** · 03-13-2010, 01:46 AM

For me I didn't realize I had deactivated syncing from the power management bar, try turning that sucker on if it isn't.

**prometheus** · 03-13-2010, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by golfpro

hey there, im completely new to android, and just got the droid today. with that being said, im lost as can be coming from the bb world. I need help setting up email and some of the new verbage. if anyone can help me try to set up my personal email i would apprecitate it. Im having a hard time

golfpro, still up? what's happening? I have a cold and took some medicine - this stuff is making me all jazzed up and peppy. I'm just ramping up for the evening. Still need help?