Hello,
i have an apple id account but not an icloud email account yet. so i turn on the email in iCloud settings on. it tells me to enter username and i do. after this there is a window popping up and says: Problem on Turning on Mail. there was a problem turning on your email, try again
Any ideas?
iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.2
I had the same problem but I think I've found a solution. If you have more then one Apple device you have to turn on email in iCloud on all your devices at the same time. They will all ask to enter a username but you only have to create one at one of your devices. I have a Mac, iPhone and iPad (also a Apple Watch but that was no problem). I turned on mail in iCloud on all the devices, I chose a emailadress on my Mac. When that seamed to work I cklicked "cancel" on my iPhone and iPad and turned mail on again. After this I got a mail that conformed my mail for iCloud.
I had the same problem but I think I've found a solution. If you have more then one Apple device you have to turn on email in iCloud on all your devices at the same time. They will all ask to enter a username but you only have to create one at one of your devices. I have a Mac, iPhone and iPad (also a Apple Watch but that was no problem). I turned on mail in iCloud on all the devices, I chose a emailadress on my Mac. When that seamed to work I cklicked "cancel" on my iPhone and iPad and turned mail on again. After this I got a mail that conformed my mail for iCloud.
Thank you very much. Can't believe how much time I spent attempting to do this. Been bombarded with excessive spam lately on my yahoo account and needed a new address for personal, important stuff that won't get buried under a bunch of junk.
I have the same exact problem on both my iPhone 4 and iPad 2. I've read dozens of forum posts but have yet to find an answer.
Problem Turning on Mail (iCloud)
