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My iPhone 4 won't push email.

I have 4.0.1 installed on my iPhone. I have it set to push Yahoo, GMail and MobileMe mail. I've noticed lately that it won't push any email over night. When I "fetch" the email in the morning, there will be several new ones.
Last night, I noticed in my hotel room that my iPad was getting email pushed to it, but my iPhone wasn't.
I have it set to push, and retrieve every 15 minutes.
Last night, I reset all network settings but that didn't work.
Any ideas?

iMac - iPhone - Many iPods, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Aug 3, 2010 3:32 PM

21 replies

lauro

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Aug 17, 2010 3:03 PM in response to chicagopauly

I noticed my email wasn't pushing on 4.0.1 but once updated to 4.0.2 it seems to be working. I waiting to see if it lasts because in the past an update would start to push and then stop for no reason.

Mickinator Author

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Aug 18, 2010 9:28 AM in response to lauro

I'm back again. 😟
As I posted earlier, I deleted my Yahoo account (in 4.0.1) then set it back up again. It worked for a week or more, then it stopped pushing again. I updated to 4.0.2 but that didn't fix it, so I deleted it again. Now, after setting it up again, it's pushing.

Aug 20, 2010 6:16 AM in response to Mickinator

And so shall this pattern continue. In the two months I've had my new iPhone 4, in order to keep it pushing email from a Yahoo acct. and a Gmail acct. I have to delete the email accounts on the phone and re-input the settings. It pushes for a week or so then stops and compels me to fetch. Before I upgraded to the iPhone 4, I downloaded the latest OS to my iPhone 3G, and that's when I noticed the problem first appeared...with the latest OS release. I have a tough time believing that Yahoo and Gmail wont push, when it works just fine for a week or so then quits inexplicably. So needless to say...very frustrating. And OS 4.0.2 doesn't make any difference. Any advice welcome.

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Mickinator Author

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Aug 20, 2010 6:44 AM in response to katiebeansdaddy

That's what mine is doing too, as is my wife's. I haven't tried it with my Gmail account because I get very little email from that one.
I can state that I have had this happen with my first generation iPhone. Now that I have the benefit of hind site, I know that it stopped pushing a loooooong time ago. I didn't even realize that I was checking it manually.
APPLE, ARE YOU READING THIS? Please fix it!

Aug 23, 2010 2:36 AM in response to Mickinator

Same Problem here.
After updating to 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 no more email push for my yahoo-account.

As stated by some other users, deleting and recreating the account doesn't help for long.

Any other suggestions on how we can get it to work again?

Aug 15, 2012 1:22 AM in response to Mickinator

Delete the mail app from multi taking bar when you double click the home button. Saw this on another post, tried it and it works.

My iPhone 4 won't push email.