Hi guys,
I decided to share with you my thoughts about Samsung Galaxy S.
Historicaly, in the last 2 years I owned HTC Tyt'n 2, iPhone 3GS, HTC HD2, and now Galaxy S.
Out of all these devices I have to recognise that the iPhone wad the most user friendly phone I ever have. Unfortunatly the fact my local cellular company doesn't sell it so after a re-softing to 3.1.3 I had to sell it....
I took HD2 because at that moment of time Galaxy S was not available. When it become available in Romania, last week, I quiqly buy it.
And now...... I am totaly dissapointed!
1. I can not use the embeded email client for Exchange and Yahoo accounts.
2. I had to serch and to install a separate Exchange email client, Moxier. It's ok but it has some limitations;
3. I installed the Yahoo email client from Android Market, but simply I can not use it!!! If I open it the CPU is going to 100% and the phone is working ver slow. So practicaly I can not check my Yahoo emails;
4. When I open for the first time an application, I wait arround 15 seconds!?! I saw on the forum that this is normal..... Strange.
And I can continue.....
What's wrong with this phone? My impression is that, simply it is not prepared for mass market delivery! Samsung doesn't care about their customers and it hurry up to launch it.
I saw how Apple react at the anntena signal issue.... Big difference! Samsung doesn't care that Google launch Android 2.2! How can they wait for launching it on their phones, when they have so big troubles? And we are speaking about the highest end phone in their portofolio.
I am still patient, but if I continue to have issues in my daily staff using the phone I 'll change it.
What do you think?
Thanks
Mircea
PS: I am using the official last software
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With the 2.2 Update, it's only barely come out officially. While its likely true that developers would have had internal builds to test out on, they only now have their solid base. You can see this with the desire being close to having it's froyo update to come out soon - looks like that we are going to be about a month or two past that.
I'm not dissapointed with this phone, love the interface so far, and the thought samsung put into things like divx playback.
I am a bit let down by not having it an easily to use device for development though.
For your mail woes, maybe you didn't do enough research.
It's common knowledge that only Froyo brings in Exchange support. There will be other apps, but until Froyo, there won't be any official google support.
For POP/IMAP (which'll be your Yahoo, Gmail and probably your Exchange if you ask your IT Support nice enough), look at K-9 Mail. It's fantastic. It's taken from the original mail client android comes with and built ontop, with things like IMAP IDLE (push) and some other very nice features.
My Galaxy S is simply fantastic, yes i have noticed a few slow-down issues, which i wasn't expecting, but the Samsung guys are working hard to fix them i'm sure, as are the hacker community here on XDA.
One thing i have noticed, where i am in London, i haven't seen a single advert for the Galaxy S. However they are selling really well, and getting very good feedback. I'm convinced Sammy did this to release the device, iron out the wrinkles, then attack it with Marketing. The hackers have already got the device running faster than a Nexus One with Froyo on it, with a slightly modded 2.1. Imagine what 2.2 will be like.
Simply amazing phone, don't regret choosing it over the Desire a single bit.
And FYI, Apples initial reaction to the Antenna issues were appauling, 'Don't hold it like that', is not the response you expect from one of the big 3. They are only now 'patching' the issue with a free rubber band, instead of actually fixing it.
You should try out k9. It's so much faster than the crappy stock email client. UI is good. You can refresh all mail account instead of having to do it one by one as in the stock. You an set up yahoo account whereas stock mail can't. There is a select all button for mass deletion, mark read, or mark unread, which is great. Performance is still slow compared to iPhone's but is way better than the stock. I also like the gesture feature to move from mail to mail like one would in viewing pictures. Try it. You might like it.
You may need a task killer as the phone multitasks really well, please consider that the phone will be like %150 better when froyo comes and for me this phone is a beast already
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mirceal said:
Hi guys,
I decided to share with you my thoughts about Samsung Galaxy S.
Historicaly, in the last 2 years I owned HTC Tyt'n 2, iPhone 3GS, HTC HD2, and now Galaxy S.
Out of all these devices I have to recognise that the iPhone wad the most user friendly phone I ever have. Unfortunatly the fact my local cellular company doesn't sell it so after a re-softing to 3.1.3 I had to sell it....
I took HD2 because at that moment of time Galaxy S was not available. When it become available in Romania, last week, I quiqly buy it.
And now...... I am totaly dissapointed!
1. I can not use the embeded email client for Exchange and Yahoo accounts.
2. I had to serch and to install a separate Exchange email client, Moxier. It's ok but it has some limitations;
3. I installed the Yahoo email client from Android Market, but simply I can not use it!!! If I open it the CPU is going to 100% and the phone is working ver slow. So practicaly I can not check my Yahoo emails;
4. When I open for the first time an application, I wait arround 15 seconds!?! I saw on the forum that this is normal..... Strange.
And I can continue.....
What's wrong with this phone? My impression is that, simply it is not prepared for mass market delivery! Samsung doesn't care about their customers and it hurry up to launch it.
I saw how Apple react at the anntena signal issue.... Big difference! Samsung doesn't care that Google launch Android 2.2! How can they wait for launching it on their phones, when they have so big troubles? And we are speaking about the highest end phone in their portofolio.
I am still patient, but if I continue to have issues in my daily staff using the phone I 'll change it.
What do you think?
Thanks
Mircea
PS: I am using the official last software
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Yup yup yup, my experience is exactly the same as yours ...i also could not attache files on the email client program, although there is button that says 'attach files".
Yup it took long time for the email to start and download the emails....and everything else is slowed down.....
After having some more issues with the phone and the crappy GPS system.... i opened the map program and the gps initially showed my position on the map and as i moved , it didnt track my position, so after traveling more than 60km, i was still in my original position....
i just got fed up and sold the phone.....
everything about this phone hardware wise, the screen, big internal memory, 720p video recording, iphone style app browsing are very good, but when the basic function is as flawed as this, it just doesnt cut it....
K9 can attach files though. Just drop the stock mail client and half your problems are gone.
Huh?
Samsung Galaxy S doesn't support Exchange accounts???
Yes it does, I have one setup right here!
Do you guys have different firmware????
I cant help but to look a little suspiciously at some of the threads that have been started lately. There are a couple things that need to be fixed but the problems are not nearly has huge as they are made out to be. Not once did i have to wait 15 seconds for an ap to open. In fact after installing autokiller on the stock firmware the phone has been great with the excepton of the gps. The gps usually gets a lock quickly but it often loses connection for about 15 seconds or so making it impractical to use as a turn by turn solution. Driving for 60 miles with no lock is ridiculous, you are making things up or your phone is broken.
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I agree Dakine, note how he did once have an iphone. There is already a thread started for the iphone fanboys attacking the Samsung Galaxy.
Yes i have a few issues with my phone, only minor ones but you show me an absolutely perfect smartphone without one glitch and i guess we can then shut XDA down and all buy that one. It ain't gonna happen
I reckon someone's got an iphone 4 and because they can't use it they spend their time trolling other phone users with ridiculous remarks like 15 seconds to open an app?? i can choose to fire up any app and i don't wait no more than 6 seconds. Use a task killer to clean up the back ground and that time drops even further. Even with the problems i am still totally happy with this phone
Either someone had a very faulty phone which is possible (in which case send it back) or you have an iphone 4 on the desk (not in your hand because it won't work )
Maybe hire goons from iphone.
How well did apple handled the signal issues? first they start by telling you that you are holding it wrong. Then until more fact comes out that the problem are design defects they decided to offer users cheap case rather than refunds.
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Huh?
Samsung Galaxy S doesn't support Exchange accounts???
Yes it does, I have one setup right here!
Do you guys have different firmware????
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yeh, i had no probs setting up my Exchange account straight out of the box.
Hello guys,
I see that finally I succeded to open your interest with my thread. I already opened 2 thread regarding my issues but I got few answers.
It seems that, speaking about iPhone in this Forum, everybody become a litle bit nervos.
Anyway answering to kcharng and stickfinger I am not an iPhone boy or something simillar. I spent some money for Galaxy S! Do you think I am stupid to spend money senseless!?!?!
Anyway I got some hints from thes answers:
1. Obviously Galaxy S has an issue with the Exchange client. What I don't understand is why some phone's are working without any problem (I have coleagues which own GAlaxy S working with this feature) and other not! What can be different....
2. I will try K9 email client. I see that it has good referencies;
3. I will start to use an Auto Task Killer program. Now I am using Advanced Task Killer but it seems it is not so eficient. Can I get some referencies about an Auto Task Killer program and how this is working?
And one more thing: finally these devices should help you in your job and also bring you more fun, and not bringing you all the time issues to be solved....
I can not belive that, related to Exchange client, an Windows Mobile 6.5(which finally is a ****ty OS....) can work so easily with any email server!!!
Thanks guys for your answers,
BR,
Mircea
mirceal said:
Hello guys,
I see that finally I succeded to open your interest with my thread. I already opened 2 thread regarding my issues but I got few answers.
It seems that, speaking about iPhone in this Forum, everybody become a litle bit nervos.
Anyway answering to kcharng and stickfinger I am not an iPhone boy or something simillar. I spent some money for Galaxy S! Do you think I am stupid to spend money senseless!?!?!
Anyway I got some hints from thes answers:
1. Obviously Galaxy S has an issue with the Exchange client. What I don't understand is why some phone's are working without any problem (I have coleagues which own GAlaxy S working with this feature) and other not! What can be different....
2. I will try K9 email client. I see that it has good referencies;
3. I will start to use an Auto Task Killer program. Now I am using Advanced Task Killer but it seems it is not so eficient. Can I get some referencies about an Auto Task Killer program and how this is working?
And one more thing: finally these devices should help you in your job and also bring you more fun, and not bringing you all the time issues to be solved....
I can not belive that, related to Exchange client, an Windows Mobile 6.5(which finally is a ****ty OS....) can work so easily with any email server!!!
Thanks guys for your answers,
BR,
Mircea
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You cannot believe that a MICROSOFT OS works with MICROSOFT exchange easily?
/facepalm
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If you use yahoo, the sgs is not for you... lol
Been using my sgs for a month now, and love it. Just rooted it and been using launcher pro from day one. Also a good task killer makes a big dif. Using it for sat nav have been a pleasure aswell. No signal problems here.
Using the app called auto memory cleaner. Works out of the box.
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I have had the Galaxy S (vibrant) about three days, but have used it a lot.
First, as a behold 2 owner, I know that Samsung is a crappy company when it comes to support. If you are not willing to root and play with your phone, then I would def not go with Samsung. That said, they also make their phones the hardest to root. As I am sure the developers on this site are figuring out if they hadn't already.
I did decide to purchase this because of the phone already being rooted, I figured the community would have froyo on it within a month or two. Either way, I really like this phone.
I have not had any of the issues posted. A tad bit of lag when opening games, but other than that, even apps load instantly.
In short:
Samsung = Crap
Galaxy S = Best phone out with horrid customizations to android and firmware altogether.
I'd advise you not to base your opinion upon the expirience with the samsung galaxy i7500.
Since it's release, samsung already released 3 firmware updates, IN ONE MONTH.
They're working very hard to change their poor public image about software support.
I think it'd be wise to see what diraction this is going in before starting to judge them, and especially before stating stupid stuff like "Samsung=Crap"
regarding Exchange... i have a windows mobile phone, and not even itself works all that great with exchange
ironically enough, if i use gmail as my exchange server, everything works wonderfully.
now back to SGS, i'm quite confortable with K9 it works just fine and i can attach files
i think what you need to do, is to configure the "lagfix" that people has been talking about, that will solve half of your problem regarding speed
i'll also suggest to upgrade to the latest firmware
Omfg fed up of reading this bull
Hi guys,
Thanks for the hint with K9. It's exactly what I need for my acciunts from Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail.
Mircea
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Hi everyone, yes it's me again
With the HTC Aria being my first smartphone (my previous cellphone is a Sony Ericcson W890), I'm curious about several things. I gotta tell you first that I'm absolutely unfamiliar with programming language.
I chose the HTC Aria because it's an Android (even though I have absolutely no idea what Android is fully capable of!), and a pretty looking phone it is!
Secondly, I'm tired of the peer pressure from all my Blackberry friends, especially because they are always in their own little world all the time even when we meet!
Anyways, I managed to get my hands on a rooted Aria last week and loving it. My only understanding of a rooted phone is so that I can have all the features open, that otherwise would be disabled by AT&T and/or HTC. Sounds great to me because I've been eyeing the Aria for some time — and it's not even launched yet here in Jakarta. What else can I do right?
I'm not a developer or programmer, and I probably don't need to do fancy stuffs with my Aria besides:
1. Making & receiving calls
2. Sending & receiving SMS
3. Being in touch with friends via Fring (any suggestions on better IM services?)
4. Being able access my Gmail and other email account anytime I need
5. Play games once in a while (waiting at the dentist or what-not)
6. Access to Maps and GPS cos I tend to travel now and then
7. Having a reminder in my pocket all the time (using the default Calendar)
8. Take notes occasionally (with Textedit)
9. Access to useful widgets/programmes that I may not even know yet at this time (ie. live traffic, stocks, etc).
Simply, I just wanted a phone that:
• Gives me access to the internet at all times
• lets me be in touch with overseas contacts via instant messaging
• has GPS & Maps capabilities
• looks great!
Call it a waste but perhaps someone can point me in the direction of taking full advantage of the available features/capabilities? Should I even bother to upgrade to Froyo if my use is pretty basic? Why do YOU choose an Android?
I guess I'm trying to justify the real reason I got this phone LOL
Thanks!
Being a former Windows Mobile user, I made my choice to go with Android last spring after Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7. For me I didn't see the benefit of moving to a new 'verison 1.0' even though Microsoft was behind it and I sure didn't want to wait until November to even get a chance to see one.
With Android, you can see the progress that has been made in 2 years to make a stable and mature product and it remains open for customization unlike the move Microsoft made with Window Phone 7.
Personally I love the Aria form factor and now Froyo 2.2 thanks to the group who brought us CM 6. The phone features just flat work and the apps that are available just add to the usefulness.
Regards,
Tom
I didn't want an iPhone... so the Aria won me over.
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I didn't want an iPhone... so the Aria won me over.
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ditto. I much preferred the chic form factor and working GPS vs the captivate. It just feels good.
I like android OS. I call ATT and ask about upgrading and they try to push the iPhone on me I told them I wanted an android phone. Then they tried to push a Windows phone so I told them i wanted a android phone. So I order the aria from amazon.
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Cause Android is probably the best Mobile OS I have ever used. My best friend had the G1, and I loved it. Then after all of the other carriers jumped on board, more of my other friends were getting an Android OS phone. I got the Aria, cause it is an HTC phone, and every friend of mine that has Android, has an HTC, and they have never had any problems.
I am also a graphics designer at heart, so the availability of being able to customize the phone is an added plus.
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I've been following Android development since there was the news about Google purchasing a small company making a new OS for phones and it being named Android. Regrettably, I didnt had the money to buy one. And then the iPhone came out, with it's blazing fast OS that no Android could compare (heck, even today some top android phones are a bit laggy, I know why, but still).
So I wanted the Android experience of a truly customizable OS (coming from a S60 Nokia), the beauty of Sense (I fell in love when I saw it the first time in WM) that joined to the reliable hardware of HTC, a snappy phone (I hate lags), a small phone (idk why everybody goes for the 3,7+ inch screens) and then, the Aria came out, with its screws in the back, rubberized, sober, yet like a powertool in the inside.
What, can I say, InstaFav :]
Now I just need to get used to a battery-hungry phone...
Thanks for participating in this thread.
Meanwhile, I'm still browsing the forum and tinkering with exploring the phones' settings and pretending to be busy at the office
Android is just too awesome
One word...Tasker.
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I got an android because I didn't want to have to carry a desktop pc or laptop around with me everywhere like you would with an iphone (everything has to be done through itunes etc..)
FYI:
Just thought I'd let everyone know that the latest version of Kies (1.5.3.10103_100_2) won't even recognize Vibrant for US. I've been using Kies to sync with Outlook as I don't like having everything in the cloud. Fortunately I still had a copy of version 1.5.3.10093_82 around and that still works.
With the older version of Kies, the initial syncing of Contacts works, but hangs on subsequent syncs.
Calendar syncing works fine, which is a big deal for me.
Just thought I'd let everyone know. For the life of me, I can't figure out why Samsung won't support Outlook syncing in the US, but does support it everywhere else.
Encountered the same and resolved it in same manner. I am displeased with the non-support and lack of direction regarding vibrant, my patience is running thin.
Community at large provides more support and direction for this device, I'm curious about other android offerings and samsung in general.
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noticed the same problem. i love the vibrant, but samsung is really starting to push the patience of many. the only reason they are doing so well in the mobile industry is because the hardware. they produce terrible software though. touchwiz, and kies? they are both horrible. they should just stick with stock android and release the updates as they roll out.
Every now and then I like to make announcements on major developments that happen for the Nexus S when it comes to operating systems that aren't Android.. Today I can proudly say that B2G is ready for daily use, instructions on installing, files and everything found down below (Thanks to Lissyx).
Link to the instructions and everything:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924367
Video by me showing off the functions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzv5DVnRLcI
it works, but thats it... too damn slow:-\
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eng.stk said:
it works, but thats it... too damn slow:-\
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I haven't had any problems speed related.. I actually found it faster than CM10...
a user's feedback
Being fed up with privacy issues everywhere where the global internet players, like Google, are involved, I finally experimented with Firefox OS on my Nexus S. It was the first time that I did anything to my only phone that could possible have bricked it, so I was nervous. But installing it with the instructions given here (and there) was smooth, and shortly after I had it running. Wo-hoo!
It was running responsively and fast and I liked its design and touch. However, with a heavy heart, I had to roll back. And these are the reasons:
1) The video app crashed everytime instantly upon opening. As a father of a three-year-old, who likes to film his upbringing and watch these films on the phone, this alone was nibbling at me hard.
2) I use my own e-mail server, and it's using self-signed certificates. The e-mail app did not support such certificates. Also, the web interface was not usuable because the browser ignored my clicks to ignore the certificate. So, I could not use my e-mail account on the phone.
As I read that the e-mail issue was being addressed, I tried to build the up to date version for myself. But after hours of running “config nexus-s”, the process seemed to be stuck, at least it was hanging there for hours with no CPU usage and no insight about what it might be doing or waiting for, so I canceled it (tried several times). I then searched for more recent pre-build images for my model, but could not find any.
I am currently rolling back everything to Android, but not happy about it. I am looking forward to trying Firefox OS again with a next version. If anybody has hints for me what I could have done better, it's welcome to me.
Thanks, Sven.
Long time BlackBerry user , switched to nexus 6P yesterday. Not new to Android used years ago and my wife has been using Galaxy S6 edge for a while so familiar with Android..
Already missing the BlackBerry hub !!
Two main issues so far
Gmail app doesn't seem to get notification s for gmails. I get audible notifications for other emails, bit not gmail. Anyhow this is nowhere near how good the BlackBerry email was. I hope I don't end up spending hours looking for a good email client which is what I did years ago with Android. Can't believe after all these years Android still doesn't have a proper email client inbuilt!!
The phone itself seems too big !! I guess it's not much anyone can do at this point. Funnily enough I came from BlackBerry passport which itself was so wide but didn't feel this big. I might have to get used to it.
So far not too thrilled with the phone. Bit no major complaints either. Trying to justify myself for leaving my beloved BlackBerry!!
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vhl71 said:
Long time BlackBerry user , switched to nexus 6P yesterday. Not new to Android used years ago and my wife has been using Galaxy S6 edge for a while so familiar with Android..
Already missing the BlackBerry hub !!
Two main issues so far
Gmail app doesn't seem to get notification s for gmails. I get audible notifications for other emails, bit not gmail. Anyhow this is nowhere near how good the BlackBerry email was. I hope I don't end up spending hours looking for a good email client which is what I did years ago with Android. Can't believe after all these years Android still doesn't have a proper email client inbuilt!!
Unfortunately this is a current know issue. There are some threads here in the 6P forum where some have found solutions for their device but they don't seem to work for everyone.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=197805
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vhl71 said:
Long time BlackBerry user , switched to nexus 6P yesterday. Not new to Android used years ago and my wife has been using Galaxy S6 edge for a while so familiar with Android..
Already missing the BlackBerry hub !!
Two main issues so far
Gmail app doesn't seem to get notification s for gmails. I get audible notifications for other emails, bit not gmail. Anyhow this is nowhere near how good the BlackBerry email was. I hope I don't end up spending hours looking for a good email client which is what I did years ago with Android. Can't believe after all these years Android still doesn't have a proper email client inbuilt!!
The phone itself seems too big !! I guess it's not much anyone can do at this point. Funnily enough I came from BlackBerry passport which itself was so wide but didn't feel this big. I might have to get used to it.
So far not too thrilled with the phone. Bit no major complaints either. Trying to justify myself for leaving my beloved BlackBerry!!
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Not being funny mate, try hand surgery
Try wiping the phone and setting it up again.. Bit of a hassle but might be worth your time!
I use inbox app for my gmail and works great. Try that and idk what to say about the device being large. I used to not be into big phones but I am now. I came from a Nexus 6 which is even bigger than the 6p. I love this device more than any I've ever owned in all my life. I've been on many flagships and every nexus ever made since android came out and they really gave us a great device this year with the 6p! You'll get used to it. Try inbox. Happy new years to everyone. Have a safe one.
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There must be some issues with some settings on your phone because Gmail app is the best email client for any mobile device including iphones or blackberry.
1. First go to settings - account - google - Turn on the Sync button fot Gmail.
2. Go to Gmail-Setting-Turn on Sync Gmail
3. Go to Gmail-Setting-Manage Labels-Turn on Sync for each Labels you want to get notified.
4. Uninstall/Sign out any other email cleint you might have used other than Gmail app.
This is definitely a bigger phone but is much more easy to handle with two hands and single hand for some basic stuffs.
If you really think this phone is slippery then you can try some phone covers thin ones. Or you can go with the outer cover themes.
samarrss said:
There must be some issues with some settings on your phone because Gmail app is the best email client for any mobile device including iphones or blackberry.
1. First go to settings - account - google - Turn on the Sync button fot Gmail.
2. Go to Gmail-Setting-Turn on Sync Gmail
3. Go to Gmail-Setting-Manage Labels-Turn on Sync for each Labels you want to get notified.
4. Uninstall/Sign out any other email cleint you might have used other than Gmail app.
This is definitely a bigger phone but is much more easy to handle with two hands and single hand for some basic stuffs.
If you really think this phone is slippery then you can try some phone covers thin ones. Or you can go with the outer cover themes.
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Yes I've checked all the settings mentioned above and they're all set to sync and notification on. Today I've been getting notifications for gmails. Not sure how long will this last. As others have mentioned this seems to be an issue with gmail app itself for some. Apparently Google development team is also aware of this. So hopefully we'll get a fix soon
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