Setting up e-mail for Android?

I just realized that my MacMail stopped working on my Droid RAZR MAXX in September (Verizon). My Droid Bionic (WiFi only) is still configured and working. It can send and receive mail. I've made no changes for like 8 months on the Bionic.

My RAZR just keeps telling me that my username or password is incorrect. I'm using the same password that just allowed me to logon to icloud. I've tried my username, username.me.com, username.icloud.com. It just fails every time.

It seems like the configuration screens ask for different information. The Bionic is on Gingerbread (2.3.4) and my RAZR is running Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.4). It was working before September though. No recent software upgrades.

UPDATE: With these settings I can send email, but not receive:

Incoming

Username: username

Password: ***

IMAP Server: mail.me.com

Port: 993

Security Type: SSL/TLS (accept all certificates)

Authenication method: LOGIN

IMAP path prefix: leave blank

Outgoing

smtp server: smtp.me.com

Port: 587

Security Type: None

Require sign-in box unchecked

All other possible Outgoing settings don't allow me to finish setup.

Anyone else on ICS having trouble?

Brenden

Found this reply to a ICS specific config. It works!!!

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3967416?start=0&tstart=0

nhlevin

Many helpful hints here, though with ICS on my Razr Maxx, none went the distance. Here are some additional settings that finally made it happen, working from astorixx's (Trev's) post above:

Incoming server is indeed: imap.mail.me.com

Do not use @mac.com or @me.com after username

Port is indeed 993

Definitely select SSL/TLS and accept all certificates

Now here's the zinger: Authentication should be LOGIN

After figuring this out, I finally (after many hours of searching and testing) got to my outgoing server settings, which are:

smtp.me.com

port 587

NONE for security type

Tic "Require Sign-in"

Authentication is PLAIN

Username again without @me.com or @mac.com

What a royal pain in the arse! Yet now it works like a charm and I'm lovin' the Razr!

Good luck, all!

Thank you so much for your detailed information. I just spent an afternoon with Tmobile trying to fix the problem of reconnecting mt HTC one S phone to my .mac account. Somehow it lost its way, and Tmobile didn't have a clue as to how to fix it. Many, many thanks to you!!!!!!

Zoraida - Thanks for posting this solution for a T-Mobile Galaxy. I had problems with my outgoing mail on my model SGH-T999, Android 4.0.4 and it worked just fine.

This worked!!! finally a solution. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I have tried everything that is posted here and I still am unable to get my Mac Mail through my Android. I have a Motorola Electrify 2. I spent an hour and a half on the phone the othernight with tech support from my cell phone company, and then called Apple Support. Basically, no one was able to help. Apple said all my settings were correct. Tech support from my phone company said all they really do is look online for answers. So, PLEASE can anyone help with this frustrating problem? Brenman2, your information at least got me through the incoming mail set-up. But then I got to outgoing and NONE of the Authentication choices worked. Help. Please😕

By the way, my email was working PERFECTLY until March 4. Then zingo! Nothing. Was there some sort of weird atmospheric change that day??

I just setup my RAZR Maxx using the settings above, with one small change: for the outgoing I had to enter "none" for authentication in order to finish the setup. I haven't tried sending email yet, but I've already synched the inbox.

Best of luck!

~AP

"None" is not an authentication option for my outgoing mail. The options I do have are: Auto, DIGEST-MD5, CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, and LOGIN. Not one of them works. Again, this is on a Motorola Electrify 2. Do they have a tech support group? I'm losing my mind. 😟

Do they have a tech support group?

Who? Apple or Motorola?

Apple won't provide support for setting up iCloud email on Android devices above pointing you to the mail server settings. Apple provides support for iCloud on Apple mobile devices, Macs and PCs - the systems it advertises iCloud as being compatible with. Due to Androids incredibily fragmented OS, the same settings can work perfectly on one device, using one version of Android, but for some reason won't on another device using another version of Android.

I already know about Apple. As I wrote in a previous post, I've talked to them and to tech support at USCellular. I was wondering if Motorola had tech support.

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/home/

Hello All,

I have experienced much trouble getting this to work consistently on my Droid RAZR MAXX. The setting in my original post worked for maybe a couple of months. I'm just trying to peice my timeline back together, I'm not entirely sure. I beleive that some time after getting the Jelly Bean update I removed my existing MacMail (icloud) account and just entered my username and password and "bam," it worked for like 2 weeks and then got all jacked up again. I'm guessing Apple keeps jacking with us and changing their access settings while they send out updates to the Apple products to keep them connected. It's like chasing a monkey with it's hair on fire trying to keep connected.

Keeping all that in mind, my old Droid Bionic (WiFi only), has never lost connectivity to my MacMail once and still functions flawlessly.

None of it makes any sense anymore.

I will keep trying and hopefully will make progress... again!

Thanks,

Bren

Hi RLestina,

So I did some playing around today. This is how my settings are right now and my MacMail is working on my Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX (Jelly Bean)

INCOMING Settings

Username: XXXXX@me.com

Password: ********************

IMAP Server: mail.me.com

Port: 993

Security Type: SSL (Accept all certificates)

Authentication Method: LOGIN

IMAP path prefix: leave blank

OUTGOING Settings

SMTP Server: smtp.me.com

Port: 587

Security Type: TLS (Accept all certificates)

Require sign-in: Check the box

Authentication Method: Plain

Username:XXXXXXX@me.com

Password:*******************

I haven't compared this side by side with my previous post, but I'm pretty sure there are some differences.

I hope this helps.

Brenden

Hi Brenden -

I will give it a go today. Thank you so much for your help!

Robin

ps I can't WAIT until I have an iPhone. I'm growing very weary of this Android device...

OH! MY! GOODNESS!!!!! IT WORKED!!!! You have been elevated to Grand Vizier of MacMail! I'm anticipating that there will be problems again, so we may be in communication before too long. Thank you, thank you, thank you! How you ever figured this out is a mystery to me, but I'm glad you did. I'm going to go and read my email now -- on my PHONE!!! 😁