I only recently started getting this error with gmail. Hope this gets corrected soon.
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Some Experiencing Issues With Gmail on iOS Devices, Google Working on Fix
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I only recently started getting this error with gmail. Hope this gets corrected soon.
LOL - Google mail works when you use Microsoft protocols from your Apple.
Oh, the irony!
I noticed, when I tried to get this iPod Touch to sync notes back to any other devices, there is no longer any way to do it.
iCloud: not supported on iOS4
iOS5: not supported on iPod Touch
Syncing over iTunes: not supported on OS X 10.8
Gmail note syncing: imap no longer works
Gmail email: also dead.
New mission: Migrate data off this $%^& device, whose hardware works perfectly, but whose software has rendered it useless junk in a couple years time. Smash with hammer. Send in bag back to Cupertino.
iCloud: not supported on iOS4
iOS5: not supported on iPod Touch
Syncing over iTunes: not supported on OS X 10.8
Gmail note syncing: imap no longer works
Gmail email: also dead.
New mission: Migrate data off this $%^& device, whose hardware works perfectly, but whose software has rendered it useless junk in a couple years time. Smash with hammer. Send in bag back to Cupertino.
Gmail has been working just fine on my SGS III & my iPhone 4S.
After reading about this, I sent an email out to the fifty or so iPhone users in my building. So far I've received nearly all responses & none of us have a problem.
Perhaps this is confined to a very small group.
After reading about this, I sent an email out to the fifty or so iPhone users in my building. So far I've received nearly all responses & none of us have a problem.
Perhaps this is confined to a very small group.
Yeah it looks like it has only affected a small group, none of my friends who use Gmail on their iPhones have experienced problems.
use the Google app
I have had this problem for a while with the native iOS Mail app. However the Google app reads the mail fine.
I have had this problem for a while with the native iOS Mail app. However the Google app reads the mail fine.
Battery Life?
I wonder if this is in any way related to the decreased battery life people have been reporting with Mountain Lion? A lot of the battery life issues initially in iOS 5 were related to mail (exchange specifically, I think), so I wonder if maybe the new mountain lion mail protocols are also shoddy. There are probably new hooks to allow Power Nap in compatible machines, so perhaps the computer is staying way too busy checking the mail servers and thus crushing battery life.
Just a though.
I wonder if this is in any way related to the decreased battery life people have been reporting with Mountain Lion? A lot of the battery life issues initially in iOS 5 were related to mail (exchange specifically, I think), so I wonder if maybe the new mountain lion mail protocols are also shoddy. There are probably new hooks to allow Power Nap in compatible machines, so perhaps the computer is staying way too busy checking the mail servers and thus crushing battery life.
Just a though.
Had all kinds of issues with iCloud mail after the transition from MobileMe but no problems with Gmail.
If I don't have multiple devices to sync, can someone explain the big advantage of IMAP over POP3? In my single-client world it just seems like a big bandwidth suck.
If I don't have multiple devices to sync, can someone explain the big advantage of IMAP over POP3? In my single-client world it just seems like a big bandwidth suck.
Yeah, I've had it for several years. Gmail basically doesn't scale beyond ~3 IMAP clients, even if you have a paid account. It pretty much blows chunks.
If Steve Jobs would have never let this happen, why didn't he allow PUSH for Gmail? Why do iPhone users have to set up an Exchange account to get emails pushed to their devices? 
And you guys blame Google...
And you guys blame Google...This has been happening to me over the last week or two. It's on my iPhone 4s running the newest iOS, with the mail app. I have 2 gmail accounts active and it seems to only affect one of them. I also have a third junk gmail accnt that i occasionally check in safari. The best work around is to open the app dashboard and close mail.app. Then opening Mail causes it to correctly check and download email.
Hope that helps someone else.
Hope that helps someone else.
This issue affected me a little bit, just because I rarely use the Gmail
(BTW I still sync it)
This error appears sometimes, not every time. I can confirm this is not my network problem because Yahoo is fine at the same time.
Just tried again before I texted this. Sync fine.
This error appears sometimes, not every time. I can confirm this is not my network problem because Yahoo is fine at the same time.
Just tried again before I texted this. Sync fine.
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That would be pretty stupid of Google. Apple users are more loyal to their devices than their email client. If GMail continues to falter for users on iOS, it'll just push them to another host.