Help Fraking Androind and Hotmail!

W_A_Watson_II · Aug 23, 2011

Why can't they get along? :mad:

I've had problems over and over with the Samsung Charge (Android) not keeping my mail sync'ed, and hanging in the sync process.

So today I tried the usual, power down and re-start, turning on and off Mobile Data and Wifi. All to no avail. I even deleted (on the phone) the one mail it was stuck in the middle of retrieving and that didn't fix it.

So I erased all the apps data and recreated the account. Not the damn phone can't connect the the f'ing Hotmail Server! :mad:

Who's the culprit, Hotmail or Android? :thinking:

trparky · Aug 23, 2011

Probably Hotmail in all likelihood.

Have you tried these suggestions?
Hotmail for Android - Finally a Good Way

HBLush · Aug 23, 2011

Give K-9 mail a shot. It works great with Hotmail. Even if you don't like it it will let you know where the problem lays.

WizeGuyDezignz · Aug 23, 2011

I use Kaiten Mail and it works like a charm. I would give it a shot!

W_A_Watson_II · Aug 23, 2011

trparky, didn't see anything that looked like it helps, but still need to go through every page.

K9 reterived the mail fine the mail fine, so I'm guessing it's hotmail?

W_A_Watson_II · Aug 23, 2011

Well after a good 2+ hours of trying, restarting, uninstalling a few app updates, and re-installing them, the damn thing finally set the account back up.

Since K9 worked I'm assuming Hotmail is screwing with there servers. Hope it keeps working, as I don't really want to go through the mass e-mail address updates to my backup accounts.

W_A_Watson_II · Aug 23, 2011

Well I guess I spoke too soon. It's stuck in the sync mode! there are only 25 e-mails in the inbox, with 10 unread, and it apparently can no longer handle the load.

trparky · Aug 23, 2011

What do you want from Microsoft?

urdaddi · Aug 23, 2011

I use hotmail as my main email acount. My first Android phone was a Droid X, which I got last year on launch day July 15, 2010. I used Hotmail on that device with no problems. I have since got a Droid Charge on June 30, 2011. I set my Hotmail account up as my main account and it has been working great for me since. I have also my gmail account and yahoo account setup on the device. Some people are just too quick to want to blame Microsoft for something....I do not think that is the problem here.

There is also a free app on the market, I think it is called Hot Email. This is simply an app that allows you to login to your hotmail account similar to how it is from a computer portal. I use this on occasion, as this app allows me to actually migrate through all of my folders I have setup in Hotmail.

When you set up your Hotmail account, did you set this up using the icon labelled EMAIL ?

W_A_Watson_II · Aug 23, 2011

urdaddi said:
When you set up your Hotmail account, did you set this up using the icon labelled EMAIL ?

Yes. I thought the issue may be a Verizion 3G Data issue, but even with and w/o my Wifi on, the same problem exist. One of the tree is the issue, either Samsung Droid Software, Verizion Data, or Hotmail.

From past server/update/migrations I know Hotmail uses many servers, with all the users spread across many different ones.

The phone is still stuck sync'ing, and isn't reeving new mail.

W_A_Watson_II · Aug 25, 2011

This thing still sucks. If you manually sync it now it most of the times will get them. It sometimes gets the pushes and sync's on it's one, but very rarely.

Kelmar · Aug 26, 2011

A bit of a work around, but have you tried setting it up to forward all of your hotmail to a gmail account?

jpog · Aug 26, 2011

Weird..I use hotmail..and never have had this problem with the my Charge.

jandjpuppy · Aug 26, 2011

I use gmail and hotmail with my charge and have no email issues. You could have a software issue.

W_A_Watson_II · Aug 29, 2011

Got it fixed/working. I tried many shout downs and restarts, as well as wiping out the account and re-creating it and nothing worked. So I tried setting the "email check frequency" to never, then back to Automatic (push). and that fixed it (for now).

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