Retrieving all Gmail messages on Iphone 4

[groundeddreams]

I have setup my iphone4 through the Exchange Account setting, to collect my gmail messages.
All works fine for sending/receiving emails except for the amount of mails shows in the folders.
Does not matter which folder I check, it will only show emails that I have in that folder that were received within the last few days.
So for example, if I log into gmail normally on a PC it will show 50 emails in my inbox, with 2 within the last two days. If I login on my iphone it will ONLY show the 2 emails received in the last 2 days,
This has always been the case, and I have tried recreating the exchange account and also changed the settings to show "200 Recent messages" but nothing changes.
I have got a friend to check on his iphone and get the exact same result.

Anyone know how to expand the viewable emails to show everything, when I go into the Inbox or any other Folders?

 

[jplusc]

I would love to know about this as well. I don't setup my gmail via exchange for this reason alone.

 

[mstrze]

I don't have this issue.

I only have my gmail account linked to my iPhone's Mail program and I display generally 25-30 of the most recent emails...with the oldest curretly from last Wednesday (today is Tuesday).

I also have a Load More Messages link on the bottom and it lists that I have 4038 messages total. Pressing this gets me an additional 25-30 more messages.

I have a 3G...maybe that's the difference? I am running iOS 4.2.

EDIT: Is 'Exchange" different than just setting it up through the iPhone's Mail App? I did it thorugh the App with no issues at all.

 

[poisonvenom]

done this!

go to: SETTINGS, then, MAIL,CONTACTS,CALENDARS, then choose your Gmail Exchange account, then MAIL DAYS TO SYNC, and set to NO LIMIT! done... all emails downloaded!

 

[groundeddreams]

Excellent, thanks for the help.