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Any luck setting up iCloud on Android?

I've switched over to iCloud and now my Samsung Sidekick won't work with my Mac email. Anyone sorted this out yet?

Posted on Oct 16, 2011 9:10 AM

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Jun 2, 2012 3:46 PM in response to Csound1

Done all this by the book. Password meets requirement and works when I log in on Icloud. At one occasion i got the message the server is not responding. It also takes quite a long time.. Or is it the mobile that can´t send the correct info in time.

apple mail works on my other units, mac mini and ipod.

I am considering reset my mobile.

Jun 9, 2012 10:34 PM in response to jimsimon1

On my Android (a Droid 2) I can now only send mail. Receiving stopped working the other day. None of these tips help. The incoming server setting worked if I only used mail.mac.com. None of the variants on imap.mail.mac.com work now. No idea what is going on. Even went to the trouble of changing my password to include a capital letter.


If Apple did something to screw with Android users it won't convince me to get an iPhone.

Jun 10, 2012 4:58 AM in response to G. Ewald

I don't know if this is the case, but I have read in several places that there have been server problems with .mac and .me emails.


I'm using an iPhone and up until last Thursday I wasn't getting emails pushed to my phone. They were on my Mac but just not to the iPhone.


This has now been sorted out. I'm just wondering if the Android folk will follow soon.


PS Are you using Push notifications? Or asking for emails to be checked at intervals?

Jun 10, 2012 8:54 AM in response to G. Ewald

G. Ewald wrote:


On my Android (a Droid 2) I can now only send mail. Receiving stopped working the other day. None of these tips help. The incoming server setting worked if I only used mail.mac.com. None of the variants on imap.mail.mac.com work now. No idea what is going on. Even went to the trouble of changing my password to include a capital letter.


If Apple did something to screw with Android users it won't convince me to get an iPhone.

mail.mac.com is the wrong server, I don't care if you managed to make it work once upon a time. Use these settings and don't change anything. (Except for email address, username and password).


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Jun 10, 2012 9:14 PM in response to Csound1

Didn't work. I have also tried all the p0x- versions I've seen mentioned. Can't wait for this to magically fix itself the way some users have suggested it would. On my Droid some of the settings have different names and there are more options than these. I have also tried the different options for those. For example my TLS choices are none, always and auto. I also have a verify certificate option.


Infuriating that I can send, but not receive (and I could receive until last week). And that it works on my Mac in Outlook. I can also access everything on the web. I even changed my password to include a capital letter. I wonder how widespread this problem is.

Jun 11, 2012 7:00 AM in response to hector2012

I have had the similar problem after moving to I cloud. Then I did not have an android it hit my apple Ipod. I have xperia neo. I am convinced that this is an apple server **** up. But it only happends now and then and for android users. Because it happened just like that with no warning. It hit me as you can see earlier but is now sorted out.

First I deleted my appleaccount on my android. Then when wrote my old settings and tried to install the apple server answered wrong username or pasword. It was impossible to connect.

Then I decided to

change my I cloud password on my computer. mac mini

And on my computer the settings now looks like this

mailadress name@me.com

Server incoming mail, p01-imap.mail.me.com

my username (without me.com)

password xxxxx


Outgoing mail server .Mac(iCloud)

TLS certifikate com.apple.idms.appleid.prd

in tab advanced port 993

authentification , apple-mark


It may be so that the settings on your computer in a way may incompatible with your android.


After that I tried to make a new installation with the settings below. And after a few tries it worked. But it took a long time to get connected. And the phone must first get connected with incoming server. And then when sucessful it is the the outgoing server.

Here are how the settings are on my android.

username name@me.com

password xxxx

imapserver imap.mail.me.com

port 993

security ssl

outgoing server smtp.mail.me.com

port 587

security TSL (acc all certificates)

And the short of the long new password, check settings on computer. delete apple account on the phone and reinstall( I guess you still have all mail on computer). If the phone don´t connect It surelys is an apple server issue. But you will have to try several times and be patient when you see "connecting to server.

good luck

Jun 12, 2012 6:21 PM in response to Csound1

OK, checking settings again I have matched them up best I can. My Droid has some additional choices, and some different ones. I was trying at a Verizon store today on some other phones and they have different settings from mine. Had connection errors and ran out of time before I could check my connection properly.


Incoming server imap.mail.mac.com (mail.mac.com was working for me before)

Username gewald@mac.com

Password (now includes a capital letter, didn't before)


Advanced Settings

Port 993

Check, Use secure connection

Use secure password (TLS)

Never, Auto, Always (Always selected)

Verify Certificate (check box)


Outgoing mail works fine with above settings.

Any luck setting up iCloud on Android?

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