Mail not working after updating my iPhone 14 Pro to iOS 18

apeybloom wrote:

It's a lot of people not just 30 posts wake up. This is a worldwide problem, all kinds of issues with that update. It's been a nightmare for many of us.

So how many is it, perhaps 1%? 1% of iOS 18 users would be 50 million. Are you saying that 50 million worldwide users have this problem? And which problem. You must have misread my previous post, where I said this thread has 30 DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. I did not say that 30 users have a problem. So which problem of those 30 do you think is a worldwide problem?

The Apple Care Tech Suuport Rep I was working with for three weeks admitted that it is an Apple software issue. He has since ghosted me. I’m on 18.3.1, and the native mail app and its notifications (banners and badges), are still not working as they should. I should have kept my iPhone 8 +, and just replaced the battery; I had ZERO issues with that phone. The only reason I “upgraded” to my iPhone 16 Pro Max, was due to poor battery capacity on my iPhone 8 +. Being able to utilize Spatial Audio with my Beats headphones, was also enticing. But this mail issue just isn’t worth it.

Dthoney wrote:

Why can’t you just admit this is Apples problem and they need to fix?

If its an Apple problem why don’t you see tens of thousands of posts about it? There are roughly 500 million iPhones that are eligible for the latest release, and if it affected more than a few iPhones you would see those posts. You want wait for the next update (Have you updated to 18.3.1?) to see that it doesn’t fix your local problem, or you can troubleshoot it.

This is a long thread, and I’m not taking the time to see if you described your problem in detail, so if you did I apologize. But if you DO describe the problem in detail it’s likely that another user can provide some guidance.

What I really suggest is rather than added to the 10 pages of this thread, you click on Ask the Community and describe details of your symptoms and data such as who is your mail provider, if you have more that one is the problem with all of them and exactly what works or doesn’t work.

I have updated to 18.3.1. I have talked to Apple twice and cannot fix. Was put on a list and told me I would have to wait for an update. So I was surprised that 18.3.1 didn’t fix it. So it is an Apple problem and they need to fix it.

My iPhone 16 pro Mail app stopped working after updating to iOS 18.3.2. I also have to open the app to get Mail; fetch and push are not working for iCloud email or AT&T email.

I have Apple Intelligence turned off and wonder if it is part of the problem. I hate AI and do not want it — I’m really sorry I bought a 16 because of it. Everything should be opt-in and not opt-out because it is hiding everywhere.

That what it looks like in iOS 18 is that mail is not uploading in the background. You have to manually do it.

It is Dec 3rd & my iPhone email won't receive. Sends fine... but after upgrade, won't receive. So WHEN will patch be issued?

That did not work

Comcast email does not download

Cannot get emails on iPhone 14. Works well on pc. Gets error message ending in 61

Exactly. Crazy. Been long enough and issue clear enough. when will solution/update come?

I can't even refresh? NOTHING comes through. I can send emails and they go to the right place. But NO incoming at all. Dead space.

Has this worked for anyone?

Removing address -- assume you mean whole account? I had read previously that deleting Mail App and reinstalling is not a fix.

Mine is still not working specially gmail and im on 18.2 still no fix and apple said they were working on a fix since September

Done that. Tried adding a / in the IMAP path too which I thought initially helped but then it was confirmed to not having fixed it.