I setup my yahoo mail on the droid and for some reason it is not notifying when i get new email. I have to physically go in and check it, I am a former blackberry user, and if youve owned a blackberry you know how convenient the email push is! I have the timer set to 5 mins and it is not receiving them unless i manually go in. Any suggestions? thanks!
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Help Yahoo mail not pushing or notifying....
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android121
Newbie
I am having the same problem with the Droid not pulling my Yahoo Mail Pus (through POP3) every 5 minutes (as it's set to do) I often have to manually choose "Refresh" after I open the e-mail application in order to receive new e-mail.
How do I have Background Data turned on?
How do I keep the e-mail client running in the background? When I an done reading my e-mail, I have been pressing the Home option. Does that keep the e-mail client running in the background?
Thank you in advance for any feedback.
How do I have Background Data turned on?
How do I keep the e-mail client running in the background? When I an done reading my e-mail, I have been pressing the Home option. Does that keep the e-mail client running in the background?
Thank you in advance for any feedback.
ladybadger2007
Well-Known Member
I wasn't even able to set up my yahoo on my droid. AOL set up fine, but it only notifies me when it wants to that I even recieve email. I usually have to open the email widgit before it will even start to download.
android121
Newbie
I called VZW tech support about my droid not consistently checking / pulling e-mail and they looked in their computer and could not find a solution. The rep transferred me over to Motorola support overseas (who were totally useless) and they ended up leaving me on hold forever until the call got disconnected. Let's hope that enough Yahoo Mail Plus users complain to VZN, so they fix the issue with mail other than through Exchange and Gmail.
mjschmidt
Android Expert
First of all, to get your Ymail on your Android phone you must be able to get your Ymail via POP. The only way to do this is either to pay for Ymail Plus, or agree to receive a newsletter once a month (which actually never comes) to get Ymail POP for free. If you aren't doing either of these, you can't get your Ymail through the email app, you will have to use the mobile browser instead.
As for getting it to auto update, you must do the following:
In the Email app > Setting for your Ymail account > Setting > Send & Receive > you must set a Check Frequency. The shorter the frequency, the more battery usage.
The email app must be left running in the background. Whether you "back out" or press Home, it should still be running. If you want to check, get a task app like TasKiller to see what apps are running in the BG.
Your phone settings must be set to update in the Background.
Go to > Settings > Data Synchonization > Data Synchonization > and make sure that Background Data is ON. I think you might also need Auto-Sync on, but I'm not sure.
With these settings on you email app should be checking for email ini the background at the frequency you set. Obviously you must also have either WiFi access on (and connected) or access via your data plan.
BTW: Attention Mods! Just because this guy mentions he is using a Droid, doesn't mean it's a problem specific to Droid, and should therefore maybe be in one of the general topic areas, instead of the Droid area?
As for getting it to auto update, you must do the following:
In the Email app > Setting for your Ymail account > Setting > Send & Receive > you must set a Check Frequency. The shorter the frequency, the more battery usage.
The email app must be left running in the background. Whether you "back out" or press Home, it should still be running. If you want to check, get a task app like TasKiller to see what apps are running in the BG.
Your phone settings must be set to update in the Background.
Go to > Settings > Data Synchonization > Data Synchonization > and make sure that Background Data is ON. I think you might also need Auto-Sync on, but I'm not sure.
With these settings on you email app should be checking for email ini the background at the frequency you set. Obviously you must also have either WiFi access on (and connected) or access via your data plan.
BTW: Attention Mods! Just because this guy mentions he is using a Droid, doesn't mean it's a problem specific to Droid, and should therefore maybe be in one of the general topic areas, instead of the Droid area?
android121
Newbie
Thanks very much mjschmidt & trick202 for your valuable feedback. I appreciate it. Mjschmidt, I had & have all of the phone settings just as you mentioned. Sometimes my Yahoo Mail Plus messages come right through (like this morning), and sometimes not. Trick202, thanks for the Gmail tip as well. 
ppwazzup
Lurker
Just did this on my MyTouch 4g. Open Yahoo! Mail. Menu> Options> Click your email address> Make sure Notifications is checked. Mine used to work just fine until the last update then it would not automatically retrieve messages. I did this and it works fine now.
I know this is an old thread, but I found it when looking for a solution to this problem so someone else may too. Might as well put up a solution to the problem LOL
Matt
I know this is an old thread, but I found it when looking for a solution to this problem so someone else may too. Might as well put up a solution to the problem LOL
Matt
gutterboy2ca
Lurker
OK, mine used to work fine also, but my Battery sucked, was almost dead from full charge at 7AM to 1PM, so i went to Settings/Power/Power saver Settings/Disable background Data was checked.Unchecked, all appears fine now, and battery is at 60% after 12 hours use, i'm content.