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Q: Temp fix for iOS 6 not pushing Exchange mail

All,

 

If you are reading this, you are probable having the same problem as I am:

 

After you switched to the iPhone 5, Exchange mail is no longer PUSHing to your device.  I have done testing and this problem affects:

 

1) iPhone 5's running connecting to Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010 servers.

 

This does not effect:

 

1) my iPhone 4S running iOS 6 Beta 6.0 10A5376e

 

Troubleshooting:

 

1) Wiped phone and started with completely fresh iOS 6 on my iPhone 5. The only thing I did was add my exchange account.

-Still had same issue.

 

** How to fix this issue:

 

1. Go to Mail, Contacts, and Calendar.  Click "Fetch New Data".  Make sure push is on. 

2.  Go back to Mail, Contact, and Calendar.  Click on your exchange account. Click on "Days to Sync".  Even if it is set to what you want this on, chance it to a different setting (i.e. 1 week).  You can change this back later, but this is the only way to fix it.

3. Go back to Mail COntact and Calendar.  Click on "Show".  No matter what this setting is on, change it to a different setting. (i.e. 100 recent messages).

4.  Reboot your iPhone 5

5.  Exchange PUSH will be working now.

 

Thanks,

 

Clay

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 24, 2012 5:46 AM

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  • by orchid2085,

    orchid2085 orchid2085 Nov 29, 2012 6:26 AM in response to superclay
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    Nov 29, 2012 6:26 AM in response to superclay

    FYI: it's something with MS Exchange Active Sync that is not allowing for email to push through iPhone 5.  I tried my email on an Android device and it doesn't work either.  I tried test exchange email we use for testing purposes, and that email was successfully installed on my iPhone 5 and email kept coming through fine. I haven't seen any recent MS Exchange 2007 threads about avtivesync not working.  If anyone has please update here.

  • by irvinggreg,

    irvinggreg irvinggreg Nov 29, 2012 11:58 AM in response to superclay
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    Nov 29, 2012 11:58 AM in response to superclay

    Just wanted to add to this thread and say I and many others are having this problem.  We’re in a small office environment with Exchange Server 2010 SP 2 and push mail fails.  However, the problem is confined to our iPhone 5 LTE devices—not iPhone 3G, 4, or 4S phones.  And we have numerous business contacts who have the same problem on their new phones. We worked with Microsoft and they said it’s a known issue and there is nothing we or Microsoft can do until Apple fixes it.  No work-arounds, no special Exchange server settings—nothing. 

     

    I know the frustration with this because I’ve made several trips to Apple Genius Bar with colleagues. One time got a “known issue.” Another time I got “yeah, sounds like a carrier problem to me.  Good luck in getting them to fix it.”  Then the carrier saying, “not our issue.”  

     

    And it is equally frustrating to hear that a few here and there post that they have no problems. But the bottom line seems to be: from our experience and reading this now 70,000+ post with numerous replies and no permanent resolution,and the various threads out there through Google searches,this issue affects the majority with the iPhone 5 and Exchange. You shouldn’t need to do DFU restores, re-downloads of the iOS, double restores, and complex steps over and over and over to maybe get lucky and get it working for 12 hours, 2 days, or 2 weeks. If you do, chances are pretty good there’s a bug in the phone. 

  • by ad21882,

    ad21882 ad21882 Nov 29, 2012 7:15 PM in response to superclay
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    Nov 29, 2012 7:15 PM in response to superclay

    I called Apple today and I feel like that "Apple Advisors" just don't want to admit that there is an issue with this device and this iOS (iPhone5 and iOS 6.0.1). I explained my issue twice to 2 different advisors, and nothing. Now, my case is escalated to engineering and I am waiting on them to call me back. I feel like I will get response like there is nothing we can help you with, everything is working fine. But it's not. Someone needs to take ownership of this issue and resolve. I think this needs to be resolved by Apple and Verizon working together on this issue.

  • by Paula_R,

    Paula_R Paula_R Nov 30, 2012 7:19 AM in response to superclay
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    Nov 30, 2012 7:19 AM in response to superclay

    I have a theory.  It seems to me that the mail stops pushing when I've been on a wi-fi connection and it goes down, or when I have a disruption to my cell service and it comes back up.   At those times I can even be unable to get my mail at all.  I always do a hard re-start when that happens and lo and behold, it starts pushing again.

     

    If I'm right, it's still a firmware issue...but at least that's what seems to be the common theme for me.  This problem definitely did not exist on iOS6 on the iPhone 4.  It has something to do with the way the phone reacts when its connection is lost, regardless of whose radio (in other words, not a carrier issue) or wi-fi.

  • by Brad Baumann,

    Brad Baumann Brad Baumann Nov 30, 2012 8:10 AM in response to superclay
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    Nov 30, 2012 8:10 AM in response to superclay

    I've been reading this thread since I first got my iPhone 5 (preorered), but never posted.

    This is totally unacceptable, Apple!

     

    If I had more free time, I'd attempt to make some kind of Profile hack to try and keep the Exchange connection open for the proper amount of time for the push features to work (at least thats my theory)...but that's a hack, and I don't have the time.

     

    I got all excited when I saw the iTunes version update this morning...but what do you know, no iPhone update!

     

    What the heck do we need to do to get Apple's attention?!?

    This thread is obviously not helping!

  • by JMcClureSeattle,

    JMcClureSeattle JMcClureSeattle Nov 30, 2012 10:20 AM in response to superclay
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    Nov 30, 2012 10:20 AM in response to superclay

    I thought reporting on some consistencies I've come upon might be helpful. This procedure has made dealing with this problem, at least for me, bearable -- until a permanent fix arrives. I realize this may not apply to everyone, but if it helps a few out there, that's great. (iPhone 5, iOS6.0.1, ATT)

     

    Exchange Push Mail does not seem to like my shared WiFi from my MacBook Pro at my place of work. A solution that has been consistent for me is to turn off iPhone WiFi and run on 4G/LTE. After I do that, Exchange Push works immediately and consistently -- at work, home or out and about. Additionally, if I want to turn iPhone WiFi on at home, Exchange Push continues to work... and... continues to function at work over my shared WiFi. This condition lasts days and even weeks. At some point -- and I haven't determined when or what causes it -- Exchange Push via WiFi breaks, but  turning off WiFi and going back to 4G/LTE enables Exchange Push to again function, and the cycle repeats itself.

     

    No resetting. No wiping and reinstalling. Simply turning off WiFi when Exchange Push breaks -- has helped me retain some sanity.

  • by JMcClureSeattle,

    JMcClureSeattle JMcClureSeattle Nov 30, 2012 10:25 AM in response to Paula_R
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    Nov 30, 2012 10:25 AM in response to Paula_R

    Paula_R:  Very similar to my experience.

  • by ad21882,

    ad21882 ad21882 Nov 30, 2012 10:31 AM in response to JMcClureSeattle
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    Nov 30, 2012 10:31 AM in response to JMcClureSeattle

    JMcClureSeattle,

     

    I think your problem is activesync link on your exchange. In Exchange 2010SP2 there is a option for internal and external link. If they are not same, when you connect with WiFi on your work Internet, activesync will not work.

     

    We had exact same problem, but when we made internal and external activesync links same, then our iPhone connecting on work WiFi was working without any issue for few minutes and then it stops.

  • by orchid2085,

    orchid2085 orchid2085 Nov 30, 2012 11:08 AM in response to superclay
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    Nov 30, 2012 11:08 AM in response to superclay

    THIS WORKED FOR ME!!

     

     

    All week I tried many things with my AD and exchange email account nothing worked.  But I looked at the event veiwer on exchange server and I had an event id 1019; researched on it and found the following command shell resolved my problem.  Enter this command in exchange command shell and add your account on the iPhone and emails should arrive and push should work fine. 

     

    set-CASMailbox USER -ActiveSyncAllowedDeviceIDs $null

     

     

    I have exchange 2007 with iPhone 5 from Verizon.

  • by Slimmy123,

    Slimmy123 Slimmy123 Nov 30, 2012 11:27 AM in response to orchid2085
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    Nov 30, 2012 11:27 AM in response to orchid2085

    CAn this be done from my personal outlook or do I need to have the IT department do this?

  • by orchid2085,

    orchid2085 orchid2085 Nov 30, 2012 1:23 PM in response to Slimmy123
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    Nov 30, 2012 1:23 PM in response to Slimmy123

    oh yes, sorry forgot to mention some in your IT department with exchange access needs to run that command.

  • by msmitasi,

    msmitasi msmitasi Dec 1, 2012 5:20 PM in response to orchid2085
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    Dec 1, 2012 5:20 PM in response to orchid2085

    Unfortunately, this did not work for me. Here are the steps I took:

     

    • Removed account from iPhone
    • Opened Exchange Management Shell and performed set-CASMailbox <MyUsername> -ActiveSyncAllowedDeviceIDs $null
    • Re-added account to iPhone
    • Toggled airplane mode.
    • Rebooted phone.

     

    Push was not working after re-adding the account. I then toggled airplane mode but it did't update with my test messages until after rebooting the phone. It then worked for a few hours but is now back to not pushing messages.

     

    If I ever get a few hours to dedicate to this issue, I'll try to watch the logs on the Exchange or CAS servers, but that may be a while.

  • by irvinggreg,

    irvinggreg irvinggreg Dec 1, 2012 10:24 PM in response to msmitasi
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    Dec 1, 2012 10:24 PM in response to msmitasi

    Same here.  We had our Exchange admin run these steps on a few of our phones and she was very skeptical that running this CAS command would work.  But she entertained us and sure enough push failed within hours.  She knew this wasn't going to fix it after our talks with Microsoft but I guess we're a little desperate like everyone else. Push came back after the reboots, but it always does and is temporary. Seems like we get a little too excited to proclaim "this works!"  Not going to bother messing with Exchange settings.  They're fine since our other iPhone 4 and 4s's work without issue on the same server.

     

    JMcClureSeattle - We have Verizon LTE phones and push is completely unstable even when we stay completely off Wifi.  I kept Wifi off altogether on my phone and it just isn't stable at all on these Verizon phones.  I saw where you and others use AT&T and it seems Exchange push is more stable there (GSM vs. CDMA?).  

     

    I found two other large forums going with folks reporting very unstable LTE/WiFi on the 5 and other iOS devices.  See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4329076?start=495&tstart=0 and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4322714?start=2100&tstart=0.  Wouldn't be surprised if this instability on the LTE/WiFi is somehow interrupting and throwing off the ActiveSynch protocol for push. 

  • by orchid2085,

    orchid2085 orchid2085 Dec 2, 2012 12:00 PM in response to msmitasi
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    Dec 2, 2012 12:00 PM in response to msmitasi

    @msmitasi I didn't even touch airplane mode...what for? I did all the steps you did except airplane and exchange is working perfectly fine.

     

    @irvinggreg well it worked for us.  good luck but have your exchange admin look at the event viewer logs and see if any errors appear with your AD account.

  • by msmitasi,

    msmitasi msmitasi Dec 2, 2012 12:49 PM in response to orchid2085
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    Dec 2, 2012 12:49 PM in response to orchid2085

    @orchid2085 I only toggled airplane mode because push wasn't working after I added the account back to the phone, even after waiting several minutes, and in the past (on my previous, now warrantied iPhone 5) this had allowed push to start working again. In this case, it didn't, so I rebooted the phone.

     

    I do know of at least one other user in our organization whose iPhone 5 has been working with Push flawlessly since he got it (same day as I did). His account has existed much longer than mine, and may have been set up using different steps or with different parameters, so I can add it to my phone and see if the issue occurs then as well.

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