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Is there a way to get instant Gmail push in default mail app?
- Thread starter Thierry ba
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No more Gmail for me
I was using Gmail for years. Then after losing push because of a new device and Googles carefree attitude about data privacy I decided the give outlook.com a shot. It worked pretty well. However, a couple weeks ago their service was down for most of the day. I get that things happen and understand that. The problem is that my most current email on my phone was from 2 weeks ago! I had no access to those two weeks. Why? They were previously on my phone but now they were gone. And I couldn't access it via a desktop either. Anyway, I finally decided to transfer all my data to apple and my @me.com/icloud.com email. I now use iCloud for everything (email, contacts, calendar). I use these services 99% of the time anyway on my phone so it only made since for me. And when I do use the desktop service I have ZERO adds.
I was using Gmail for years. Then after losing push because of a new device and Googles carefree attitude about data privacy I decided the give outlook.com a shot. It worked pretty well. However, a couple weeks ago their service was down for most of the day. I get that things happen and understand that. The problem is that my most current email on my phone was from 2 weeks ago! I had no access to those two weeks. Why? They were previously on my phone but now they were gone. And I couldn't access it via a desktop either. Anyway, I finally decided to transfer all my data to apple and my @me.com/icloud.com email. I now use iCloud for everything (email, contacts, calendar). I use these services 99% of the time anyway on my phone so it only made since for me. And when I do use the desktop service I have ZERO adds.
NuevaSync is a paid solution. It will add an exchange interface to gmail that you can setup on the phone. It was very popular before Google originally supported Exchange before the iPhone, I remember using it back on Windows Mobile 5 
https://www.nuevasync.com/nuevasync-personal.html
It looks like they offer a free trial too.
https://www.nuevasync.com/nuevasync-personal.html
It looks like they offer a free trial too.
i believe it was said, but the easier way to get push gmail is to set up an icloud email and have everything forwarded from gmail to icloud mail (with gmail being marked as read). You have to set this all up from gmail.com
on your ios device, you want your gmail set up also (but put it on manually fetch or whatever) that way when you reply to an email you can choose your gmail account as "sent from".
i've been using it this way for months and i always get my emails pushed instantly.
if you need a more details check this link.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57588936-285/receive-push-gmail-alerts-on-ios-after-losing-activesync-support/
on your ios device, you want your gmail set up also (but put it on manually fetch or whatever) that way when you reply to an email you can choose your gmail account as "sent from".
i've been using it this way for months and i always get my emails pushed instantly.
if you need a more details check this link.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57588936-285/receive-push-gmail-alerts-on-ios-after-losing-activesync-support/
According to my friend who is a developer for Gmail team, IMAP support is also on the list of features that could be phased out in few years (except for Google Apps customers). If it happens, you won't be able to use mail clients other than Google's own Gmail iOS app and website to check email.
Until iCloud experiences some downtime (as it sometimes does) and you run into similar issues more than likely.
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Doesn't seem likely as it's free and it's a standard (unlike Exchange).
If that happens I'll deal with. I realize I may see the same result if iCloud goes down. My point was that I had broken away from Google and was happy with iCloud. I still use my outlook.com as back up. And would be happy with them as well. I'm guessing you use gmail?
for me this will be a problem also when i will change my iphone.
i have many gmail accounts and i use exchange for push email before 31 jan 2013 that they stop the service.
maybe i should start moving to @icloud.com
i have many gmail accounts and i use exchange for push email before 31 jan 2013 that they stop the service.
maybe i should start moving to @icloud.com
I was just saying that an outage isn't that much of a reason alone to switch, given that it similarly applies pretty much to all other services.
I do use Gmail, at least for now (while I have Exchange support for it still). Might have to look at options of moving away from it at some point down the line, although the robustness of the filters that can be set up and the options they provide is one of the bigger things that got me to use it more and is keeping me with it as well.
Actually, looking at the direction Gmail is going with multiple/priority inboxes, discontinuing IMAP support wouldn't be out of the question. Gmail already causes some issues with IMAP the way it handles folders as labels. I would think eventually they would want everybody to have the same experience, and of course profit from targeted advertised.
Google has transitioned from free and open standards before. Google Talk was based on XMPP, now the successor, Hangouts uses a proprietary base.
Well it's only been a short time and I am already missing google. Think I became a little paranoid with all the big brother crap. Fact is their devices are great! What to do, what to do? :-|
You can use the Gmail iOS app to notify you of new messages (via push), but use the default mail app to read and respond to the email. That's another way around it.