iphone 4 and push mail failed

First thing I'd check is to make sure you have Push turned on in your Mail Settings.

I've had no problems with push on my mobileme and 2 exchange accounts.

 

I saw you restored already. Did you do a DFU restore? If not, I'd maybe give that a try, set up as a new phone, add your email and see if push is working properly.

 

Push has been working sporadically on some of my accounts and not at all on others. I've tried deleting the accounts and adding them back, changing gmail accounts to exchange, restoring, etc. I haven't figured out how to get it to work.

 

I have this problem too and it's very annoying. I reset all settings and it then worked perfectly. 3 days later....back to not working. WTF?

 

Very similar experience here. No fix just sharing.

 

I remember having problems like this with my 3G. Finally, it was working fine. Now here were are again with the same stinking mail issues. Seriously, this is pathetic. I love this phone, but this mail thing is getting old.

 

Same thing here with mine and my gf's i4. Weirdest thing! It was fine before ios 4.0.1

 

Yes since 4.0.1 too

 

Precisely.

However it's important to note that Apple's morphed into an entertainment company, hence the name change from Apple computer. Apple's demographic doesn't care about email. They want shiny toys that impress their friends and bolster their egos. It's evident in the arrogant corporate culture.

 

The same issue here with MobileMe.

I did a restore with no apps synced over. For a week not a single issue with mail being pushed. I then copied my apps over and did what I needed. Day 2 and mail stopped pushing.

I believe the iphone is runnng out of memory and killing processes. Mail should be priority but the OS is not maintaining that. Let's hope it's fixed in 4.1

 

If you really need a great device for mail and messaging I suggest you looking into a Blackberry. Its their specialty.

Plus they just announced the new BB torch which has many consumer features as well as the great email service......perhaps it's a good compromise for you?

For a pure communication machine I suggest the new BB Bold. It's awesome. But it does not have the multi-media capabilities as the iPhone.

 

i dont think push has worked on my ip4 since i got it, been about a month. i always have to open up the mail app for it to download my new messages.

 

I've had this issue right out of the box.

I don't want a BB. If I did, I would have gotten one.

For most of my accounts, I don't care if email is pushed, but for some I do, like my email account for the group I volunteer with. We communicate solely through email. I find myself going into the mail app at least every 1/2 hour to get new emails.