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iCloud .me email not pushing to iOS 5 devices

First off, if this is a repeat post please direct me to the existing conversation. As I could not find one I wanted to know if anyone is having an issue with iCloud email being pushed to iOS 5 devices? It seems like the push feature only works when the email app is running in the background and even then it runs very slow. Does anyone know if this is a glitch within iOS5, a server issue, settings issue, etc?

I have already tried deleting the account and re-adding it and various other "fixes" but to no avail. I remember the horrendous rollout of MobileMe and I have a feeling that this is simply more of the same.

iMac 24, Mac OS X (10.7.2), iPhone 4 32GB (Verizon) iPad 2 64GB Black (Verizon)

Posted on Oct 13, 2011 6:15 PM

307 replies

Jun 8, 2012 3:21 AM in response to Joseph T Bergen

This has been an issue for about 6 months now. Even swapped my iPhone 4S for a new one so it's not the device. I'll go all day without any emails pushing thorugh then I manually open mail and loads of emails come through from throughout that day!

I've tried everything, reset network etc. Checked push settings, phone restore.

Can any advanced users help?

Thanks

Jun 28, 2012 11:32 PM in response to Joseph T Bergen

Some good news to all having this issue:

I am running iOS 6 beta from the day it was published to developers, and the problem seems to be solved!

In detail:

I too had a problem with mail.app which, if let open in background, would stop updating. Push would stop working. The workaround I had to use was to check the mail, and then close the mail.app completely (task manager, hold 'til wiggle, then "x" it). That way push would work normally (using the term "normally" very losely here).

I got used to it, hoping Apple would do something about it - and what do you know, it did!

As I said, I got the iOS6-beta1 as soon as they released it for developers at WWDC this June, and I left the mail.app running in the BG - and it continued to work! After a week it was still working great.

Two weeks passed by, and iOS6-beta2 came out. I have it for 3 days now, and the mail push is still working as it should.

So I guess we can mark it as "fixed". It's just a matter of waiting 'til September when iOS6 goes public (unless you have a developer's account) and then all of this will be history.

Jul 9, 2012 4:53 PM in response to Joseph T Bergen

I'm running a iPhone 4 (Verizon) and iOS 5.1.1 As soon as I activated iCloud a few weeks ago, I noticed that my phone wasn't retreiving email sent to my .me account like it used to. I have to manually launch the email app to check for mail (which is annoying). On my phone, I have Fetch New Data set to Push and Fetch set to Every 15 minutes.

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Jul 29, 2012 9:03 AM in response to Joseph T Bergen

I'm on ios6 and Mountain lion and everything work good no issues.

Aug 15, 2012 1:20 AM in response to ggarthe

Thanks! This worked for me.

Sep 2, 2013 12:38 PM in response to vandamelloc

This problem is effecting me too. Both my iPad and iPhone don't receive pushed emails. I have to remember throughout the day to check for messages. Not impressed that this seems to be a problem for many and has not been rectified.

Let's hope iOS 6 really does resolve this issue.

Sep 4, 2013 7:19 AM in response to adam_lloyd

Yep it does! It was a problem with multi tasking. iOS7 soon 🙂

iCloud .me email not pushing to iOS 5 devices