New Android user, question regarding email...

[phellandrn]

Hi everyone,

Great website. Very informative. Anyhow, just jumped from iOS to Android with my new Galaxy S2 (loving it!). I was a bit dissapointed with the stock email application (no ability to change font sizes, add a few preview lines, etc..) so I am trying out K9 which is fantastic. I was doing some research about how to disable the stock gmail app from notifying me in addition to K9 when I get a new email, and the best solution I found was to turn notifications off in the stock app.

So, here is my question. Even though the notifications are off, will this impact my phone's battery life? I mean, two clients are actively involved in push gmail for the same account, seems like a waste of resources. Does anyone know of a way to simply stop the stock email application from syncing? Suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

 

[sitlet]

You can stop the stock gmail app from syncing by going to settings-accounts and sync, then click your gmail account, and uncheck Sync Gmail. However, I'm not sure how k-9 works, I thought that it needs the stock gmail app to get the push notifications. But I may be wrong, maybe someone with more k9 experience can help out her.e

 

[phellandrn]

Hi,

Thanks for the response. I had thought about doing that, but I was concerned it may affect the push email as well. Anyone have experience with this?

Thanks again,

Paul

 

[kevincott]

Hi,

Thanks for the response. I had thought about doing that, but I was concerned it may affect the push email as well. Anyone have experience with this?

Thanks again,

Paul

Use the power control widget and turn on the refresh button briefly, your email will push.

I personally send all of my email through the stock email app, it has more settings options than either Yahoo or Gmail app.

I unistalled Yahoo app and only use Gmail app to update contacts and calender then off again.

just a suggestion .....

 

[El Presidente]

You can stop the stock gmail app from syncing by going to settings-accounts and sync, then click your gmail account, and uncheck Sync Gmail. However, I'm not sure how k-9 works, I thought that it needs the stock gmail app to get the push notifications. But I may be wrong, maybe someone with more k9 experience can help out her.e

I've autosync turned off completely and mail comes through via K9 with no issues. My Gmail account is configured for IMAP so there's no need to bother with the sync settings in K9 itself as they're pushed through automatically. That being said, if the OP has a POP account, you can set it to sync at regular intervals.