This tag is for issues with Googles own mail app and service, called 'GMail' and also known as 'Google Mail'. For other mail apps/services, use the tag special to them or the generic 'email' tag.
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How do I delete a Non - primary Gmail account from Gmail app 4.3.1?
This was easy to do before the upgrade, now it doesn't do this. It doesn't make sense to have to do a factory reset! It's less intuitive!
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How to make Gmail in Android ask for user name and password as in laptop? [duplicate]
In my Samsung Galaxy Grand whenever I select the Gmail icon, it automatically takes me into the inbox, it doesn't ask me to give credentials like we do in laptop/desktop.
So the problem is when ...
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Why does my Droid RAZR play the new email notification when I visit my inbox on my PC?
This is truly a mystery to me. When I get new email, it's normal for me to receive an audio notification on my Droid RAZR. However, when I visit my Gmail Inbox via my browser on my PC, my Droid RAZR ...
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Stop Gmail notifications when receiving email from particular sender
Is there any way to stop the Gmail app from popping up a notification if you get an email from a specific sender?
My specific case is that I get a lot of emails from a careers site that I'm not ...
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Multiple Gmail notifications
Every time I get an email message in Gmail, the notification bar shows me 3 notifications instead of one: the first labeled important, the second labeled priority inbox, and the third is the regular ...
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viewing Tiff attachments in Gmail
I'm running the latest Gmail app 4.3.1 on a Galaxy Note 2. There seems to be a bug when receiving email containing tiff attachment (fax documents in my case).
The tiff images are shown as preview ...
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Mark gmail as read when archiving from notification
The most recent version of the Gmail app as the great feature where
you can choose between archiving or replying to e-mails directly from
the notification.
My problem is that, if you archive it from ...
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Gmail sorting settings for Galaxy S4
Where is the setting to sort my gmail by read/unread on my new AT&T Galaxy S4? I was able to do it on the S3.
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How to backup Viber chat message to Gmail automatically?
I see that Viber app has the feature of backing up message and send email.
I want to do that automatically so as all my Viber messages are safely backuped.
How can I do that with Viber app?
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Latest Gmail update is not working on my Samsung Galaxy S3. What is the solution?
I have the Gmail app installed and in the latest update it said we could reply to emails directly from the drop-down status bar without having to open the app. I don't see any feature like this. How ...
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How to edit doc from mail attachment in drive?
I have an email with a .doc or .xls attachment and I wanted to copy some text from it. JB 4.2 opens it by default with the "document viewer app", which doesn't allow copy/paste.
I tried downloading ...
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How do I get the tablet gmail client to allow me to swipe to archive like the phone client
I have a HTC One V and a Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 - in the One V, I can archive a message by swiping it. On the galaxy tab, I need to select the message, and hit the swipe button. The phone runs android 4.01, ...
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Double Security for Gmail
My phone has a pattern lock and I want friends to be able to unlock it with the pattern, however, I do not want them to have access to my gmail. Is there a way that I can force gmail to ask for the ...
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How to filter my Google contacts?
I have synced contacts from my Google account on my Samsung Galaxy.
Now in my contacts are all kinds of people I've written once an email to, which Gmail stored in my contacts.
Some contacts even ...
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Sync Google contact photo to Android phone
I created a contact a while back of a friend, just her name and mobile number. Today I added her Gmail address to the phonebook in her contact card.
When I go into Gmail Contacts I see her Google+ ...
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Upload PDF file to Gmail
After downloading a PDF file from Gmail with the help of ASTRO File Manager in my Samsung Galaxy S III, I tried to find the PDF file to attach in the email (Gmail). Unfortunately, only ...
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Samsung Galaxy S3 Email does not refresh read status
I just got the S3.
The Samsung email app was appropriately pulling in new emails, but if I have already read them in Gmail, it does not reflect that in the Samsung app. I've been changing settings ...
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How do I delete an email in Gmail from the notification screen?
The latest Gmail app update (26 MAR 2013) introduced a feature for devices running Android 4.1 (Jellybean) and higher wherein a user could directly archive / reply to an email from within the ...
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When I write an email using the Android mail apps, how can I send it 2 hours later?
When I write an email at 2:00 AM or 2:59 AM I don't want to send it at that time (because I want to go to sleep), but instead tell Android/GMail to send this email a few hours later, because of ...
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What happens to my google account if I factory reset?
Ive have been using this Android phone for about a year and a bit but
I was just wondering about my gmail/google account which is connected to my phone.
I want to change the email address on my ...
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Quick way to show unread emails in inbox in Gmail app?
Is there a quick (menu / tap) way of viewing the unread emails in your inbox? Or at least showing the unread emails at the top of the list of emails, in other words sorted by unread/read ...
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Gmail app setup for company email that uses Single Sign on
I'm very new to Android environment and need some assistance with this.
My company uses Google Apps email with single sign on. To access my work email on a computer, I go to email.mycompany.com to ...
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GMail notifications not removed when message is read elsewhere
I'm on Cyanogenmod 7.2 (Gingerbread) on a Droid Incredible, and I'm having a weird issue with notifications from the GMail app. Notifications for new messages are coming through fine. However, I ...
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GMail attachment download does not complete
I am using Jelly Bean on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. I have been trying to download an attachment from the GMail app. All I see is a progress bar which shows 0% progress and an icon added in the ...
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Can not receive some mails sent by SMS Backup+ Android app when using Gmail mail delegate feature
I currently backup my Android phone data using SMS Backup+. Data entries are written to Gmail: e.g. each phone call is logged as one message labeled with the call log tag and automatically archived.
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How can I set up my Google account without syncing Gmail?
I got a Nexus 7 tablet. Is it possible to use my Google account just to download apps and for backup purpose?
I'd rather not see my emails, chats and contacts on the device as it's not with me all ...
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Some Google Apps Accounts Stuck On “Waiting for Sync”
I have several Google Apps (Free Edition) and one traditional Gmail acct set into my Nexus 4 (stock 4.2.2). All accts use 2FA (2 factor authentication).
Using the gmail app, all (GApps & Gmail) ...
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Saving draft emails whilst offline (Gmail App on Galaxy Note II)
I use the Gmail app on my Note II and it works well, but I have one problem that I experienced whilst in Flight mode. I already had a partially drafted email in my Draft box and on the flight I ...
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Some Emails Not Pushed to Gmail App
I have 2 accounts within Outlook 2007 - work email through Microsoft Exchange and a Gmail IMAP account. I have a rule set where email sent to the work account will also be copied to the Inbox of the ...
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Contacts and calendar no longer syncing between google and phone
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that has suddenly stopped being able to sync my calendars and contacts with GMail. Every time I try, I get the message sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be ...
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Google account without gmail
I have a google account for G+ Picasa and some other services i like to use.
What i do not like is gmail it is i believe complete junk.
Be it as it may.
I have purchased a new android device and ...
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How to install Gmail apk on emulator (from Android Development Tools, ADT)?
I'm working on an email app for Android, and I'd like to install the Gmail apk on my emulator in order to test it.
How can I do that?
I have seen tutorials on how to do it on windows, but I'm ...
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Stuck on the Gmail inbox
When I click on Gmail app, it takes me directly to my inbox. I cannot get out of it. I also cannot find my contacts, or the sign-in or sign-out page. I tried to uninstall it, but it would not let me.
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Gmail has stopped syncing
How do I get my new email to update and notify me on my Android? On a regular computer I can see all my email. On my phone I will not see anything new; it's always just the same two email messages. I ...
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How do I disable notifications for a second Gmail account?
I have two Gmail accounts, one that I use for mailing lists and signing up for online services and whatnot, and the other one for more important stuff like work and friends.
I'd like to set it up so ...
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How to delete gmail account in Gmail app on Galaxy S3? [duplicate]
How to delete Gmail account in Gmail app on android (galaxy s3) without resetting to factory settings?
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How to “un-save” attachments in Gmail on Jelly Bean?
Gmail on Android 4.2 brings a boatload of improvements over the version I'm used to from 2.2. Its improved interface for dealing with (received) attachments is very welcome.
However, I cannot find a ...
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How can I eliminate duplicate notifications when I have a custom notification on a Gmail label?
I've set up a custom notification on a particular Gmail label (call it [special]). However, when an email with the [special] tag arrives, I get a notification for both the [inbox] and [special].
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Recipient removed from address list when replying to all in GMail
When receiving a group email with multiple recipients in the "to" field in the GMail app on Android, I have noticed that when I "reply-all", one or more recipients are truncated from the address list. ...
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replace native samsung galaxy s3 email app for gmail app?
Is it possible to disable the native email application that comes with the samsung galaxy s3? I feel that the UI is inferior to the gmail app.
If so would this require rooting into my phone?
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Problem syncing Gmail contacts on Android tablet
I have a Teac tablet (classic101) with Android 4.0.
After signing in on Gmail and Drive and everything, my contacts won't show up anywhere. It doesn't show when I start writing an address in Gmail. ...
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how do i manually configure an account?
I downloaded the google play app, and it says I need to add an account to access. When I go to accounts/sync and add account, I do not get the same prompts as I do on my phone. The phone asks which ...
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How to change my gmail email address on my phone? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I change a Google account for Android mobile (Xperia 10)?
I have a samsung galaxy and I gave my email, but now I got rid of that email, got another and want to ...
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Change existing contacts from 'phone' to 'gmail' [duplicate]
When the contact items (or several) are set to 'phone', how can they be changed to 'gmail' in order to sync?
In the post Contacts Sync problems: phone contacts not syncing to Google,
it says that ...
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Gmail Notification stopped working on Nexus 4
I have to press the refresh option in Gmail just to get new messages.
I have checked the application and the notification setting is on. I stopped it and then again started it but still it is not ...
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Can I change the gmail account associated with google play store? [duplicate]
When I got my android phone I had a gmail account, gmail-1, but have now created another account, gmail-2. Is it possible to transfer my play store info (i.e. app download history) from gmail-1 to ...
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Gmail notifications stopped working
I don't receive Gmail notifications on my phone recently, no sound, no light and nothing appears on the notification bar. Searching the web, I figured it might have happened because I turned syncing ...
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When I delete contact item (phone, email, etc), the item deletes but reappears
In the People app, if I delete a portion of a contacts information (like their address or phone number) the information will disappear for a time, but the next time I view my contacts, the information ...
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How do I disable GMail?
Yes, this has been asked before, but neither really addresses my concern, and I don't have reputation enough to add comments to existing questions.
I've bought the cheapest Android 4 tablet with ...
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how to sort my contacts from pc on google account to most frequently used. not including the default email list
How can I sort my contact list from my PC to show the most-used contacts or most-recently-used from my Google account without my Android in hand? This does not include the default 20-most-contacted ...
