Yahoo Server Unavailable on 2 iphone 4S's

I was getting the same message "server unavailable" when I tried to add my yahoo account to my iphone (I tried adding for a couple of days). I read somewhere that if you change your email password (on a desktop), your account could be added without fail. I changed my password, and what do you know... it worked. Give it a try. Worked for me.

CWS, your instructions to reinstall yahoo through the "other" mail option worked perfectly. My mail is up an running now. Many, many, thanks.

Ed

C.W.S.

Thanks for teh post, very helpful. Also sorted my problem. Much more insightful than not Apple's fault, speak to Yahoo attitude of the first page...

Details of Yahoo set up inc SSL and ports

http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?locale=en_US&y=PROD_MAIL_ML&page=content&id=SLN40 75

Thanks CWS. Solved it. I tried changing password from a desktop and didn't work.

http://www.karthikk.net/2011/10/how-to-fix-yahoo-server-unavailable-when-syncing -with-ios-5/

I am having the same issue. Can you tell me how your wife fixed it. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what to do. Thank you

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have spent a great deal of time trying to fix this yahoo mail issue and have looked at countless threads and sites and your answer is the only one that spelled out how to add the account via the "other" option.

Execellent advice that worked and was easy to follow for a newbie.

thanks again!🙂

thank you sooo much for your help !!!! IT WORKED !!!! I FOLLOWED YOUR STRICT INTRUCTIONS !!!! THANKS AGAIN !!!

This worked liked a champ!!!! Thank you for saving me time and not having to go to the apple store

I had the same problem and this was how it was solved.

I have iphone 4s and I needed to sync my contacts with my yahoo account.

I went to Mail, Contacts, Calendars, clicked Add Account, clicked Yahoo.

Below is an example.

IF this is your email address: lovekairos@yahoo.com

This is how it will be filled:

Name: lovekairos

Email: lovekairos@yahoo.com

Password: Your password

Description: This is will automatically filled by the phone

So under Name, I will always fill it with whatever is the name of my email address, minus the @yahoo.com

If the email is SSM@yahoo.com, then I will key in SSM under Name.

And everything works!

Well, at least for me.... and I could sync my contacts...

Under "Other", I can't do any contacts sync...which is frustrating...

I have a few hundred contacts... !

Just got the phone and pulling my hair out over this error message..I tried everything I could think of to correct it..I even deleted my mail account on my new 4S and re-added it (turning the phone off in between)...nothing worked...was ready give it back(!)...until I read your correction...Thanks a million!

Thank you Clairesther, yours is the ultimate fix!

Hope Apple and Yahoo! pick this up in the next iOS.

I was experiencing the same problem. Getting the message "server unavailable". I saw in a previous post that someone had deleted their Yahoo mail from the settings menu on their iphone, reset their Yahoo password on their desktop and then added their Yahoo account back to their iphone. I tried this and IT WORKED!

Thank you! : )

While the solution of using "Other" and entering all the server information manually worked for me, it would not allow me to sync anything by my mail and my notes with Yahoo!

I wrote to Yahoo! asking for help, and they sent me to a typical troubleshooting page with a bunch of, "have you tried turning it off and on again?" steps, but on that page it said:

if the steps on the help page did not fully resolve your issue, I'd suggest following these additional steps to continue troubleshooting:

• Set up your Yahoo! Account on your iPhone using the Yahoo! option. Please make sure that you enter your new password when setting up the account.
• Make sure that your iPhone is not set to Fetch new mail manually. To verify this, please take the following steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
3. Select Fetch New Data.
4. Ensure that Push is ON.

I had "Push" turned on, but I had "Fetch" set to "Manually."

When I changed it to something like "Every 15 Minutes," it started working perfectly, and it allowed syncing of all the Yahoo! features (mail, contacts, reminders, calenders and notes).

Maybe this will help some of you if you need to sync your Reminders, Contacts, etc. as well.

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Thank you, C.W.S!

After much frustration, finally googled the problem and came to your post. I appreciate the help. Worked beautifully!

🙂