I've switched to Acompli. Very impressive. Push extremely fast, it has a built in calendar, contacts, and save all photos, docs etc.
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Gmail push in native mail app?
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I've switched to Acompli. Very impressive. Push extremely fast, it has a built in calendar, contacts, and save all photos, docs etc.
But can you send from your gmail...?
Ive gotten to like the timers provided by Mailbox app anyway. Not sure i even want the stock mail app back
http://www.nuevasync.com/nuevasync-personal.html
Get your Google mail, calender & contacts sync back! Up to 4 devices per account.
I've been a customer for over a year and about to renew for my second year. This allows for everything to stay in sync across all my devices and it means I can still use the native apps and not have to put up with the crappy Gmail app.
Get your Google mail, calender & contacts sync back! Up to 4 devices per account.
I've been a customer for over a year and about to renew for my second year. This allows for everything to stay in sync across all my devices and it means I can still use the native apps and not have to put up with the crappy Gmail app.
It's not based on the OS but when you got the phone and if you had it on it already. Restored mine many times including recently and still was able to set up Gmail as an Exchange account with push as usual.
I can confirm what C DM said, I still have it on my 4S, but not my new'ish ipad mini. I have restored my 4S many times and I still have push. At some point I want to get the iPhone 6 and it is going to suck to lose push. I might go back to the Gmail app at that point, but I like the mail.app better, I might have both set up and get notifications from gmail app, but use the mail app for actually using email.
oh u r right i mixed it up. i lost it on my iphone when i had to get a replacement and its still on my ipad.
i wonder how google can tell the device?
Correct. If I remember correctly google push tech was based on licensed Active Sync from Microsoft. Google didn't want to pay Microsoft and hence push stopped working.
Seems like it's easier to just use the Gmail app for mail notifications and launch the Mail app to actually read and send the mail.
It's actually quite an easy and effective fix although the link I posted above is a bit outdated.
1. Setup iCloud email account
2. Setup Gmail account. Turn mail off.
3. Turn iCloud SMTP server off> Settings> Mail, Contacts, Calendars> xxxxx@icloud.com> Account> Mail> Outgoing Mail Server>Primary Server iCloud SMTP server> Server (toggle to off) and done... then on the same screen...
4. Other Smtp Server> Add Server> Host name enter gmail host name which is smtp.gmail.com> User name: Is your full gmail address > Password (is your gmail password).
5. Open Safari and log into your gmail account and change your forwarding settings.....
settings >fowarding and pop/imap> forward a copy of incoming mail to xxxxxxxx@icloud.com
And that's it...
Seems more work then just having the Gmail app notify with push. Plus relies on forwarding which isn't always guaranteed to be instantaneous.
From their web site, that looks interesting. So they just scoop up your Gmail then push it to you through their servers? When you send or reply, does it still appear to the recipient as coming from Gmail?
Giving in is what Google wants. This move has come to affect me now new phones and new build means new push Id denied. I refuse to use there ****** app it is leggy and crashy and poor. They want more money from ads from your mail. There was nothing wrong with how it was it just did not net them money like every android user was. So they leveled the field so to speak except the experience on iOS and windows mobile is poor. This is more push to get you to come to android.
Not only can't they tell, it's transparent to you. I actually forgot that I was using it the other day when I set my new phone up.
I signed up for NuevaSync but it didn't seem like push was working instantaneously the way it used to when I had my old, grandfathered device.
Can the people using NuevaSync to forward gmail confirm that it pushes instantly to the default Mail app?
That's not normal for them. I just tried a work email (direct to an exchange server) and it also failed to push, so I wonder if Apple's push service is having trouble.
Edit: Resetting my device seemed to fix notifications (through both), so it must be a bug. Maybe try that. After resetting, my phone received a push from Nuevasync within 5 seconds of the email shoing through the gmail website.
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I switched off push on the gmail app and went back to push in native mail.app for my gmail.
It's a work account so its part of gmail exchange and google work. I have had no trouble receiving push messages today. I have received them at the same time my desktop mail client gets them. Often faster than the gmail web interface itself!
I've given up on the gmail app for my personal gmail. I really miss push to the native app on non google apps/work accounts but i'm prepared to accept a 15 min interval. The experience with native mail is much faster and better formatted for good readability.
They will fix the gmail apps ugly scaling but its never really got any faster for me, even with background app refresh. I'm sick of that silly colour loading circle.
It's a work account so its part of gmail exchange and google work. I have had no trouble receiving push messages today. I have received them at the same time my desktop mail client gets them. Often faster than the gmail web interface itself!
I've given up on the gmail app for my personal gmail. I really miss push to the native app on non google apps/work accounts but i'm prepared to accept a 15 min interval. The experience with native mail is much faster and better formatted for good readability.
They will fix the gmail apps ugly scaling but its never really got any faster for me, even with background app refresh. I'm sick of that silly colour loading circle.