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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Incredible2 and Gmail notifications
My wife has an HTC Droid Incredible 2, unrooted, running Android 2.3.4, HTC Sense 2.1. If she gets a Gmail email, the notification appears in the notification bar AND it plays a notification sound.
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HTML signature in Gmail app
Is it possible to set a HTML signature in the Android Gmail app somehow? I set something like
<a href="http://myurl">mytitle</a>
as a signature but the HTML tags didn't parse.
If you ...
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Should I reset my phone and how do I back up my phone's data?
I've got a new Telstra Smart-Touch Next Generation and I logged on to my G-mail account so I could use the calender and other apps. After a while I realised that my credit was being eaten up bit by ...
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How do I restore a contact I deleted on my Android phone, but not in GMail contacts?
The contact in question had the wrong phone number in Viber, so I deleted it from Viber. I later found out that Viber had deleted it from my contacts, so I had lost all of the other correct ...
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Just enabled 2-factor authentication for gmail, now on my Android phone I get “Sign-in error” to my google account [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Google's 2-step verification
As per today's Stackexchange Podcast I took Jeff's advice and enabled 2-factor authentication for my gmail account. However now when my ...
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Need only one icon in the top notification bar for multiple Gmail accounts
I am trying to figure out how to have only one notification icon on the top notification bar for an incoming e-mail for any of my multiple Gmail accounts. This was the way Gmail worked on my phone ...
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Not able to login in Gtalk when using GPRS connection working perfectly when using WIFI connection
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2. I am not able to log in to Gtalk or Gmail. The apps cannot load conversations when using a GPRS connection (error message: could not connect to server). But when I ...
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How to save attachment from Gmail?
I've got two MP3 files from my friend via Gmail. How can I save them to my phone? There is only a Preview button...
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Is the Google GMail client able to download attachments for arbitrary file types?
I emailed myself an epub the other day and went to the GMail app (v 2.3.5) on my android phone to download it.
While it showed me the attachment, I could not figure out how to download it. The email ...
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Stop Android GMail from receiving GTalk offline messages notifications?
I've been trying to find a way to stop getting notifications on my phone when I receive offline messages to my GTalk account. It's highly annoying to be falling asleep and suddenly receive an email ...
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Sprint HTC shift: delete all gmail contacts with no phone number
After syncing my phone with a gmail account, all of my gmail contacts were loaded onto my phone... Now any app that pulls all my phone's contacts, such as RingDroid, will include hundreds of email ...
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How to remove Samsung native email app from Galaxy S2? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?
How can you uninstall an app that you didn't install on your Droid?
How can I uninstall built-in ...
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Gmail app: how can I change the sender address?
I'm using Gmail for all mail related stuff, but the main address I use is not my "real" Gmail address, but something like myname@mydomain.com.
I have set up that adress as a sender in Gmail, so every ...
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How can I make the GMail app open to the accounts page when using multiple accounts
When I open the Gmail application, it opens the last inbox I looked at. Is there a way to make it always open to the "Accounts" page instead?
I have an HTC incredible 2 if that matters.
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Why aren't there notifications for updates to built-in applications?
On July 29th, Google released an update for the Gmail application, that brought it to version 2.3.5. Since I had version 2.3.4, I was expecting to be notified of the update shortly as I had for ...
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Can application upgrades happen automatically, even if you have it turned off in marketplace?
I thought I had turned off all the automatic upgrades for the apps on my phone (T-Mobile G2 w/ Froyo).
However, yesterday, I got a notice that said that I had new GMail and described the new ...
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Can I create a specific ringtone for email from specific people?
Is there any way at all to set it up so that I can have a different notification sound for different email senders?
In other words, if I get an email from Fred, can I have a different notification ...
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Disable priority inbox on Android Gmail application?
I suspect that there isn't a way to do this, but just in case...
Is there any way to disable Priority Inbox on the Android Gmail application?
I don't use this feature and can disable it in the web ...
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Gmail app does not refresh email read status
The first thing I like to do in the morning as I wake up is to read new emails in the Galaxy S. I refresh my Gmail account in the Gmail app, the mails show up, I read them and everything works ...
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How to turn off duplicate email notification messages?
Recently bought a Samsung Galaxy 2.
There's a built-in app for both Gmail and general e-mail. I've been using the general e-mail app.
I'm finding that I'm getting notifications from both apps for ...
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Gmail app Hebrew support
My Gmail app on the Galaxy S2 stock app shows Hebrew reversed and left to right. How can I fix this?
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Gmail stopped syncing messages
For some reason, Gmail on my Nexus S is not pulling new messages anymore. I added a second Gmail account; could it possibly be the reason?
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Understanding Sync & Transferring one account to another
I've tried to find information about understanding syncing account information on Android but cannot find any definitive guide to answer the below questions
What does syncing actually mean? Is it ...
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How Do I Stop Double Email Alerts?
On my Android 2.2 phone, I have the Gmail app and the regular Mail icon on the desktop GUI. Unfortunately when I get a message, I get two alerts, usually about 4 to 15 seconds apart from each other. ...
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How to get warning if there is an e-mail?
I know how to set vibration when getting an e-mail: How to set vibration ON when getting e-mail (Gmail)?
But how can I set my Android phone to always vibrate/give sound when getting an e-mail?
I'm ...
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Synchronizing Call log with Gmail
I have noticed a label in my Gmail with name Call Log. And it contains the some Call Logs of my Phone. I haven't created that Label. I thought it was because of the Mails synchronization. But the same ...
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Can't access emails in Gmail labels
This is a problem that suddenly appeared (or rather didn't!) on my Nexus One running Cyanogenmod 7.
It was fine and then all of a sudden I could no longer load any emails in any of the labels, it ...
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Sync only Gmail “My Contacts” group on android 2.3
I have more then 2k contacts on other contacts, but i only want to sync the "my contacts".
Any hints?
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deleted drafts remain in conversation chain
In the gmail app, I keep finding conversations that display multiple draft versions of replies that have long been deleted via the drafts folder. Is there a proper way to remove drafts from all ...
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Motorola Defy does not sync to GMail
I have purchased a Motorola Defy some time ago, and imported my address book from my old featurephone using the SIM card.
Under Settings / Account now I have two accounts listed in the Motoblur ...
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Download Zip file attached on gmail
I recieved an email with a zip file. But I'm not able to download even having some installed apps that can open zip files.
Is there any way to enable the zip file download?
I'm trying to do this on ...
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Different notification tones for multiple Gmail accounts
Is it possible to use different notification tones for each Gmail account? I.e.:
account1@gmail.com => tone X
account2@gmail.com => tone Y
Maybe with a helper app?
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Can I use Gmail while offline?
Is it possible to download the new emails from the Gmail account while online, and then read them while offline? Is it possible to write emails while offline that will be sent when online?
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How to set vibration ON when getting e-mail (Gmail)?
Using Android 2.1-update1
It seems there's no "vibration" settings in the menu regarding this!
Thanks for any answer!
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how can i make my phone not show “Other contacts” from my gmail account?
I have a google acount set up, and i had lots of contacts in my address book that got synchronized with the ones in my phone address book.
I've found out that i can organize my contacts into groups, ...
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Mails deleted in android gmail app are not deleted from server
I have installed android on my HT device.. when I delete the mails from android gmail app, they are still available on server and i can see them using gmail web page..
can anyone give me solution?
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Gmail notification sound only for new mail
I am using the Google Gmail app, which I've configured to play a notification sound for new mail.
However, it actually plays the notification sound when there is any change at all to the account ...
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Is it possible to have Android only alert me when specific email accounts have new mail?
I have Froyo 2.2 on my HT-03A "Magic" phone.
Currently, I am in the process of consolidating all my email accounts into my Gmail account, so that I can access them anywhere. I want to be able to not ...
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Is there “select all” functionality in the GMail app?
I've previously used the default Email app on my CyanogenMod 7 EVO because I had an Exchange account at work. However, I switched jobs recently and my new place just uses GMail corporate accounts ...
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Notification of new label e-mails [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can gmail notifications be customized by label?
I have a filter in gmail that sets some of the mail to skip the inbox and be archived (unread) under a specific label. On ...
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Gmail app on LG Optimus U doesn't get email anymore
I have an LG Optimus U from US Cellular and I use the stock Gmail app. A few days ago, it stopped receiving any new emails. When I click on refresh it doesn't do anything, just fails silently. Also, ...
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Temporarily protect email/sms when giving device to others?
Say my cousin wants to play with my phone/tablet for a while. Let's pretend I'm really nice and pleased to let him play with it as long as he wants, but deep inside I'm a little worry about him ...
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Can gmail notifications be customized by label?
I have filters configured on my gmail account to add labels to incoming messages based on sender, subject, etc. I'd like to configure the default gmail client to apply different notifications based ...
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How can I sync .vcf contact photos between Android 2.2 and Gmail?
I can save all of the contacts to one .vcf file, then use a PC to import it to a Gmail account but there are no photo in the Gmail contacts. I checked the .vcf file there is photo data in it. Is there ...
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How can I tell what “Internal error” in Google Mail app
For a couple of days now I've had error messages when viewing my mail in the Google Mail app.
In the beginning the error was displayed when loading mails further down the list.
By now I won't see any ...
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Can't sync using Leedroid
I have been using Leedroid for a while and all is well, it works great. Now for some reason my GMail is reporting that I have 7 unread emails, but my GMail app won't update my inbox on my phone.
I've ...
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How does the gmail Android App compare to the Webmail experience when using multiple gmail accounts?
This is a "pre-sales" question as I don't currently have an Android device. I did try out one when Android was version 1.6, but was dissappointed. I am interested to know if 2.2 or 2.3 is better.
In ...
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Why are files sent through Gmail renamed?
Why is it if I download an image sent to me through Gmail the filename of the image was changed into downloadfile? Is there a way that the filename won't be changed after downloading it from Gmail?
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can I push 'hanging' sending email in gmail outbox?
I sent out three (big emails - 6 pictures from my mobile camera) very quickly one after each other. Now after 10 or so minutes they are still in the gmail outbox folder. I experienced the same when I ...
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Always Show Images for Emails
Is it possible to configure the built-in mail or Gmail clients to always display images?
