iCloud .me email not pushing to iOS 5 devices

I actually don't even want iCloud. I don't use it for anything so that's a fine fix for me.

Trying to figure out why people wouldn't use iCloud. Never have to plug the phone into iTunes again and it syncs automatically when you are on wifi. Makes no sense to me. People are worried about it sharing photos. Turn that switch off.

"You soooo smart. It doesn't push all the time do I'll delete it altogether. Nose off - spite face?"

Wait, you think he should tough it out with a broken mail implementation? What's the point of that? I'm now using everything but iCloud mail. Everything stays in sync PLUS I actually get my mail, all the time.

Milo - just for S's and G's I tried your method and it didn't work at all. So it's not just as easy as turning off iCloud, restarting, and turning it back on.

Sorry 'bout that guarantee. 😉

"Trying to figure out why people wouldn't use iCloud. Never have to plug the phone into iTunes again and it syncs automatically when you are on wifi. Makes no sense to me"

Wifi sync is not iCloud.

What does one do that the other doesn't? iTunes lets you see what you're syncing. But they both back up to the cloud. So as far as backup goes, they do the same thing.

You don't need to have an iCloud account to do wifi syncing. Wifi syncing is an iOS 5 feature, not an iCloud feature.

Whelp, now I have no idea what's going on. Push was working, until I decided to test Milo's theory about turning iCloud off, restarting, and turning it back on. Now even with iCloud deleted, I am not getting push notifications to email but my girlfriend's phone still gets them instantly.

I have iOS 5.0.1 now because it forced me to do the upgrade.

She still has iOS 5.0

This is so frustrating. I just want my emails to come though without have to open mail and manually check them, isn't that the entire point of push?!

I switched to the 4S 2 days ago, and when I got it home, I installed 5.0.1 and set the phone up as new. Push has been flawless ever since. App open, app closed. It pushes 100% consistently.

Finally!

It seems like the iOS 5.0.1 update sorted the issue for me.

• pushes mail whether mail app is open or closed
• pushes mail 2 hours after and beyond (after a phone restart)
• still pushing mail 48 hours later (I send a message now and then to check if push is still working)
• MobileMe migrated to iCloud is the only email account I have in Mail (no secondary iCloud account to help push - which was a trending workaround to get push working before)

Now ALL iCloud services are REALLY online... and working as they should!

HALLELUIA!

When you read a message on one device does it mark as read on the other automatically?

Wonder if I should backup everything, wipe the phone, and start over? Mine STILL isn't working and i'm running 5.0.1 so I'm not sure what the deal is....literally the only program that pushes is Hanging With Friends game app, hahahah

Yeah this is what I did this seems to be the fix for everything

Jamie Munro wrote:

When you read a message on one device does it mark as read on the other automatically?

Yes it does! from Mac to iPhone and vice-versa. Didn't really check that part until you asked. I was just so happy that my phone receives iCloud push email consistently now, this has been since the way from the moment i updated to iOS 5.0.1

DTown3011

Wonder if I should backup everything, wipe the phone, and start over? Mine STILL isn't working and i'm running 5.0.1 so I'm not sure what the deal is....literally the only program that pushes is Hanging With Friends game app, hahahah

I feel for you. I was in that situation too. Although everything was pushing, FB was even over-pushing... all except for my mail. All good now since the upgrade. I'm now confused cause all i did was upgrade the firmware, didn't touch a single setting.

On this upgrade to iOS 5.0.1, aside from the benefit of having my push sorted, It also has worked well with my iPhone 4. Battery life has significantly improved. 8am-5pm at work and it's still at 80% (normal everyday use). I'm quite impressed cause it used to leave me with about 45% after a full day at work when I had iOS 5.0 installed.

On another note though, the update may have messed with the signal/reception issues. It is not awful, but is quite sensitive to the "death grip" again - both cellular signal and wifi.... Anyone else?