Ok, This isn't so much SGSIII specific, but it'll be a major use for my new toy, err, phone once it arrives. The standard google email app in ICS isn't all that great (based on my CM9 usage on a tablet), and it completely sucks if you happen to be off-line, despite having tons of storage space available.
So, does anyone have some recommendations? Primary desire is support for:
1. Exchange (2010). Ideally the ability to go out and search for older emails not stored locally, actually download attachments ahead of time and store them (WinMobile 6.5 could do this, why not Android), search (localy cached) emails while off-line.
2. Support for imap with similar off-line search and attachment downloading
The current email app works ok except for search. I know I'm tained by some of the easy features in the WinMobile email app (can you tell I'm upgrading from a Touch Pro2 ) Of course, the benefits of Android have had me running Gingerbread on the TP2, but that doesn't mean I find all the apps great.
Check out touchdown exchange in the playstore.
Maildroid handles exchange. Not sure about all of the other stuff you are looking for.
I briefly used the HTC One XL email app and that was far superior to the one that comes with the S3. The biggest issue for me is that I am unable to select what folders to sync to my phone.
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Maildroid handles exchange. Not sure about all of the other stuff you are looking for.
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Maildroid only does WebDAV, it doesn't use ActiveSync which is the one most Exhange Servers use.
Touchdown or Moxier will be your best bet.
Enhanced Email. Well worth the $
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Enhanced Email. Well worth the $
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Thanks all. Taking a look at Enhanced email (there's a 7 day trial version). Looks pretty similar to the base app, so still feeling out the differences.
Any others? Another feature I've been hunting is a calendar viewer that will grab the attachments that people put into meeting invitations
Another vote for touchdown. I think it's unbeatable for exchange email.
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Touch Down!!
Get touchdown, it comes with a trial period also.
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Enhanced Email. Well worth the $
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Another vote for EE here... I have been suing it for over a year with great success.
What's wrong with the stock mail app on the GS3? While not quite as good as the one on the HTC One X, it's up there and everything works the way you expect. You can even set it to show images by default, unlike the stock ICS app. It's similar to the Samsung e-mail app in Gingerbread with a few subtle changes and has a way better interface than Touchdown.
I have never had issues with Samsung's email app.
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What's wrong with the stock mail app on the GS3? While not quite as good as the one on the HTC One X, it's up there and everything works the way you expect. You can even set it to show images by default, unlike the stock ICS app. It's similar to the Samsung e-mail app in Gingerbread with a few subtle changes and has a way better interface than Touchdown.
I have never had issues with Samsung's email app.
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One thing I noticed today was that mail that has already been deleted from the server is still retained by the email app. The app on the Nexus would delete those automatically.
I just tested this. I deleted 2 emails from my Gmail account through my PC Web browser and watched them disappear off of my GS3, right in front of my eyes. We're talking not even 1 second.
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I just tested this. I deleted 2 emails from my Gmail account through my PC Web browser and watched them disappear off of my GS3, right in front of my eyes. We're talking not even 1 second.
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Not the gmail app, the email app.
My only issue with the email app is how slow it is compared to many others - including the GS2 email app. Not only that, but every time I hit the home button from the email, everything has to refresh on my home screen. Gets old to watch everything refresh.
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Not the gmail app, the email app.
My only issue with the email app is how slow it is compared to many others - including the GS2 email app. Not only that, but every time I hit the home button from the email, everything has to refresh on my home screen. Gets old to watch everything refresh.
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I'm talking about the email app. I have Gmail set up as an activesync exchange account, so all of my mail is in one place. My work email account behaves the same. No issues.
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I hate all of these. I am an extensive Exhange user and tried all but went back to stock. Each has it's strength and weaknes but the way Touchdown stores contacts and the outdated interface didn't work for me. I wish we had the Htc One email client and spell checker because it is far superior.
Is this an app than can be separated from Sense?
Aqua mail is nice
I think it has the exchange stuff you're looking for
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I'm using a stock DI01 fascinate, and have it active syncing to or corporate exchange server.
The problem I'm having is that when someone sends a meeting request, I see the time it arrived but NOT the meeting time!
Is this a problem with the stock droid email app, or a setting I can change somewhere?
Thanks in advance!
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To be clear once I accept the meeting it does appear on the calendar, but I can't just accept meetings without knowing when they are!
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After some reading it seems this is a major problem across all Droid platforms. Lots of folks end up using TouchDown because of it.
I do get the "accept/decline/tentative" options, which some folks don't get at all.
This is pretty basic mail integration, I'm amazed that it's gone more than a year without resolution.
Hi aside from maildroid anyone gpt suggestions of any mail apps.. im missing my sense one to be fair... maildroids ok but white as you like!
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It depends what functions you want I use gmail and always have even when i had sense. The only thing gmail doesn't let you do is create a new label
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Hi aside from maildroid anyone gpt suggestions of any mail apps.. im missing my sense one to be fair... maildroids ok but white as you like!
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try to uninstall and reinstall new version.
Gmail is only good for basic text mail, as it doesn't have pinch to zoom. You can't read html mail with images comfortably with this. Until they fix this it's totally rubbish on a smartphone if you ask me. It's time google wakes up; how many years will this take? The issue was reported 2 years ago on the tracker with countless users complaining... but google doesn't listen to users.
The funny thing is that on the iphone it does have pinch to zoom, so we have the lesser google app on android
K9-Mail is better. Due to its many options it takes a little time to configure right if you are using gmail with several labels etc..., but it does support gmail with multi label and push notification for all of the labels. It has pinch to zoom, email encryption with gpg,...
No pinch to zoom?
Are you sure?
Because I'm using gmail since November 2010 and I never noticed such issue, and I do receive some html-mails
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No pinch to zoom?
Are you sure?
Because I'm using gmail since November 2010 and I never noticed such issue, and I do receive some html-mails
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Yes I'm sure. Tried it yesterday again. Still not fixed.
Here:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15745
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=18418
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10959
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=18181
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20796
There's many more.
I use K9 Mail. Am really satisfied with it.
i use gmail, ive noticed one thing that is missing. the emails dont auto resize so it dont fit my screen. any way to fix that? thank you
Nope, idk why Google hasn't done it yet,that's probably the only feature I miss from my iPhone
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I read somewhere that that was a gsiii thing, because it works fine on my EVO 4g LTE
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Rxpert said:
I read somewhere that that was a gsiii thing, because it works fine on my EVO 4g LTE
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On the Gmail app or the email app from htc?
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I think it's a no brainer...it's on his HTC Email app. Google doesn't offer it (Yet). I use the Samsung Email app on my S3 and I love it. There litterally is no difference other than it's got a black background which is not a big deal. I can zoom in and out and read the whole email with ease. It totally, for me, removes any desire to use the native Gmail app.
If you switch, make sure you turn of notifications in the Gmail app.
As a side note, I'm a purist of sorts. I love my GNex in all it's glory, but needed this S3 Beast. I don't like all the bloatware but their Email app is nice.
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I think it's a no brainer...it's on his HTC Email app. Google doesn't offer it (Yet). I use the Samsung Email app on my S3 and I love it. There litterally is no difference other than it's got a black background which is not a big deal. I can zoom in and out and read the whole email with ease. It totally, for me, removes any desire to use the native Gmail app.
If you switch, make sure you turn of notifications in the Gmail app.
As a side note, I'm a purist of sorts. I love my GNex in all it's glory, but needed this S3 Beast. I don't like all the bloatware but their Email app is nice.
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I too have foregone gmail app for this stock email just for being able to embed images into the body of an email is awesome and i do it alot.
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I live Google products but it can be infuriating how half ass some of their key products can be at times.
[Q] hey guys
whats the Best Multi Account Mail Client for Samsung s4 ?
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[Q] hey guys
whats the Best Multi Account Mail Client for Samsung s4 ?
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gmail app? lol
no seriously i only use gmail for email
K9 Mail. Free and open source, no ads.
Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9&hl=en (old version)
More recent updates: http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/
Actually gmail is a good multi account app.
Gmail is best!
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I am using the one that came with the phone. It seems to work great.
Aquamail pro has been working great for me on my previous device and S4 so far.
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LOL. K9 mail? The best mail app is the one that comes with the phone, period. Can't stand Gmail's fascination with conversation view, other than that the app is great.
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LOL. K9 mail? The best mail app is the one that comes with the phone, period. Can't stand Gmail's fascination with conversation view, other than that the app is great.
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I dont think so
mactruck said:
LOL. K9 mail? The best mail app is the one that comes with the phone, period. Can't stand Gmail's fascination with conversation view, other than that the app is great.
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I set up my S4 with 4 email accounts using the stock email program. I reboot my phone, soft reboot, and 3 of the 4 email accounts disappear. I have to set them up again. If I reboot again, they disappear again, and I have to set them up again. Definitely messed up.
I am using POP3, 1 go-daddy email, and 3 verizon.net accounts with my fios account
Anyone have ideas?
Maildroid
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Kaiten Mail, imo the best and been using it for a long time.
Dear friends...
One of the very few disadvantages of this fantastic device is that the stock email app doesnt support push for more than one hotmail account.
(or windowslive or live etc)
Appart from the main account, the others use manual fetch. (Only the time periods for fetch can be adjusted)
I've tested a number of apps and the only one that seems to be working properly with push and no problems is Touchdown HD.
The problem is that this app is a little expensive (after the 30 day trial)
Any other recommendations verified to be working?
Please keep in mind that for the time being I don't intend on rooting the device so all suggestions should be for the stock phone.
My device is the international version.
Thanks
Gus Hayabusa said:
Dear friends...
One of the very few disadvantages of this fantastic device is that the stock email app doesnt support push for more than one hotmail account.
(or windowslive or live etc)
Appart from the main account, the others use manual fetch. (Only the time periods for fetch can be adjusted)
I've tested a number of apps and the only one that seems to be working properly with push and no problems is Touchdown HD.
The problem is that this app is a little expensive (after the 30 day trial)
Any other recommendations verified to be working?
Please keep in mind that for the time being I don't intend on rooting the device so all suggestions should be for the stock phone.
My device is the international version.
Thanks
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I use outlook.com app for hotmail (official microsoft email app).
I syncs everything and gives you push email. However I dunno if it supports more than 1 account.
Life Engineer said:
I use outlook.com app for hotmail (official microsoft email app).
I syncs everything and gives you push email. However I dunno if it supports more than 1 account.
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Thanks man. I'll give it a try and see how it goes.
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Thanks man. I'll give it a try and see how it goes.
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Great! A trick is to keep 1 account on default LG email app and the other on outlook.com app!
Life Engineer said:
Great! A trick is to keep 1 account on default LG email app and the other on outlook.com app!
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Wow! I just read the comments on the play store and they are horrible. I just remembered this is why I didn't download this app when I was looking. Someone even mentions that they blocked his account after some confusion. A bit of a gamble this one....
Gus Hayabusa said:
Wow! I just read the comments on the play store and they are horrible. I just remembered this is why I didn't download this app when I was looking. Someone even mentions that they blocked his account after some confusion. A bit of a gamble this one....
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Well for me it works great without any issues whatsoever!
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Yeap!
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Well for me it works great without any issues whatsoever!
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Update on my last comment:
The app (oulook) works great and looks just like I like it!!! Clean and minimalistic!!!
Not a lot of settings (like notification sound for example) but I dont care. Looks nice, push works fine!!!
For now, Im keeping it.
Thanks again
Settings general notifications audio
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Settings general notifications audio
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I missed that
Wow man!!! You made my day!!!
Thanks again
I also learned an important lesson:
Comments are useful on google play but sometimes you just gotta give it a try for yourself!!!
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