Setting up gmail to push - Problem.

[Make Donuts]

I've set up my gmail aswell Hotmail , after finishing the set-ups, I looked at the advanced settings of "fetch new data" and notice that only Hotmail is set-up for "push" and gmail is set-up for "fetch", fetch and manually are the only options available. Could somebody please give me a hand on how to convert to push on gmail.

On my IP4, I remember following googles instructions on how to set up gmail manually but the input settings on IP5 are a bit different and well I'm kinda lost.

 

[MiLK©]

Try setting up as an "Exchange" account, and you should get push

Email - full email
Domain - m.google.com
Username - the bit before @ on your email
Password - normal pw
Use SSL - On

That should get you going...

 

[charlieegan3]

don't know why everyone doesn't use IMAP

 

[snowydog]

Try setting up as an "Exchange" account, and you should get push

Email - full email
Domain - m.google.com
Username - the bit before @ on your email
Password - normal pw
Use SSL - On

That should get you going...

I tried this and mine isn't pushing still?

I need it for work tomorrow, have no idea how to fix it...

Ill read up on how to use IMAP

 

[snowydog]

don't know why everyone doesn't use IMAP

Just tried it there, this didn't work either

I should add that, unlike the OP, I DO have the option for push when I set mine up, but it isn't working

 

[blevins321]

I tried this and mine isn't pushing still?

I need it for work tomorrow, have no idea how to fix it...

Ill read up on how to use IMAP

Domain leave blank. After you hit verify a server box will appear. Enter m.google.com in there instead.

 

[Make Donuts]

Try setting up as an "Exchange" account, and you should get push

Email - full email
Domain - m.google.com
Username - the bit before @ on your email
Password - normal pw
Use SSL - On

That should get you going...

Thank you for your help - It worked!

 

[danielceleste]

Thank you for your help - It worked!

I've done it that way as long as I can remember, and it works on my iPad with the *exact same settings*. My iPhone does not receive pushed mail at all, so I've been looking at that new pull-to-refresh animation a lot more than I originally expected.