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Help Sync @live.com to Galaxy S II

mst

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Jun 14, 2011
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Just got the phone and im now looking to sync my e-mail accounts. With Microsoft i've got 2, a @hotmail.co.uk account and @live.com one. The hotmail one I use for any random unimportant stuff and the other I use for more formal and official business. So i've managed to set up my @hotmail.co.uk account without any problems but when I try to do the same with the @live.com one and it doesnt work, ive seen suggested that I need a Plus account but anyone know a solution without having to pay to upgrade my account?
 
Just got the phone and im now looking to sync my e-mail accounts. With Microsoft i've got 2, a @hotmail.co.uk account and @live.com one. The hotmail one I use for any random unimportant stuff and the other I use for more formal and official business. So i've managed to set up my @hotmail.co.uk account without any problems but when I try to do the same with the @live.com one and it doesnt work, ive seen suggested that I need a Plus account but anyone know a solution without having to pay to upgrade my account?

Works for me. Just select the first option for premium account & type in your email address/pass. It works for me. Except that it is not a true IMAP account. It is more like the POP accounts of old. It does not change the read status of mails if you read them on your phone/PC.

Anyways try it out & see.
 
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I've got two live.co.uk accounts set up OK in the Android email client. Try the following settings.
Select Exchange Server
Server/URL m.hotmail.com
Domain\username; \ABCDEFG@live.co.uk ..... i.e you own full email address and make sure the back slash at the start is included.
SSL; enable


Also set sync schedule to Push. This supposedly saves battery life by not checking on a schedule but the server pushing out mail when it arrives.
 
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