Help No notifications in native email app

[triviamaven]

Hi
I recently reverted back to the Samsung native email app (the latest update of Yahoo! Mail was too much for me to take...). Now I cannot get the email app to notify me when I have new emails. The little mail icon updates on my home screen, but I don't get a flashing light or a noise.

I've tried all the suggested fixes I've found. Sync is on, the notification settings in the email are correct, I've cleared the data from my app and reset my account. Nothing is working. My Gmail, calendar and SMS notifications all work.

The one odd thing is that when I look at the app info
Settings>App Manager>All>Email
There is a box below the Force Stop button that says Show Notifications. It is unchecked but I cannot check it.

Any advice?

 

[Madbat]

Hi
I recently reverted back to the Samsung native email app (the latest update of Yahoo! Mail was too much for me to take...). Now I cannot get the email app to notify me when I have new emails. The little mail icon updates on my home screen, but I don't get a flashing light or a noise.

I've tried all the suggested fixes I've found. Sync is on, the notification settings in the email are correct, I've cleared the data from my app and reset my account. Nothing is working. My Gmail, calendar and SMS notifications all work.

The one odd thing is that when I look at the app info
Settings>App Manager>All>Email
There is a box below the Force Stop button that says Show Notifications. It is unchecked but I cannot check it.

Any advice?

Long press home and go to the task manager (little pie symbol) on the top look for defaults. This should show you all of your default applications. If there are any email apps on the list clear them. Then open the Samsung email app, go into its settings and make it the default. This works for most apps, like messaging and things. Should work for email too. Simply clearing the defaults on email app alone may do the trick.