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HELP - My email on my iPad with Imap settings of Gmail and the Settings on the iPad

Hi,


My email on my iPad with Imap settings of Gmail and the Settings on the iPad are not working right because before it was working right with imap connecting to gmail email on my iPad with the Apple Mail app. I have an error that keeps coming up every time I try to get it right it doesn't work. So what am I doing wrong cause I really want to get the settings right on the gmail website and the settings on my iPad that I'm doing wrong! Thanks


P.S. I hope I explained it enough if not let me know and I will try more! But I think I got it right!

iPad, Other OS, ipad1, mail gmail settings

Posted on Jul 30, 2014 4:42 PM

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Aug 1, 2014 7:02 AM in response to randers4

So just to be sure this is the order I do it in right?


To Get email back -


complete this: https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha, on your iPad perform the 7 steps I posted earlier (to delete, then add back the Gmail account on it). Then open the Mail app on your iPad and test your Gmail account and see if you get any error messages.


If you are only having problems accessing the Gmail account on your iPad and it works on your iPhone and Mac, you don't need to do anything on your iPhone or Mac. Deleting the account from your iPad will not effect your other devices/computers. Also, you won't lose any email. Your email will still be stored on Google's Gmail servers. When you delete the account from your iPad it will temporarily delete the email from your iPad, but when you add the account back it will download back to your iPad from Google.


The specific steps would be:


  1. Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars
  2. Tap your Gmail account in the Accounts list
  3. Scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account
  4. Go back to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars and tap Add Account (in the Accounts section)
  5. Tap Google
  6. In the window that opens, fill the name, address, password and description
  7. Tap Next, and turn on the things you want to sync with your Gmail account. If you only use email, just turn Mail On and save the account.

Aug 1, 2014 9:00 AM in response to Sparychess

Complete this on your computer: https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha. Then complete these steps on your iPad:

  1. Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars
  2. Tap your Gmail account in the Accounts list
  3. Scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account
  4. Go back to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars and tap Add Account (in the Accounts section)
  5. Tap Google
  6. In the window that opens, fill the name, address, password and description
  7. Tap Next, and turn on the things you want to sync with your Gmail account. If you only use email, just turn Mail On and save the account.

Aug 1, 2014 7:01 PM in response to Sparychess

I'm talking about the settings for your Gmail account at Google, not on your phone. If you aren't sure, click this link on your computer: https://www.google.com/settings/security, sign into your account if you are prompted, then see where the red box is in the image below if it says that 2-step verification is enabled. If it looks like the image below it isn't enabled.


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HELP - My email on my iPad with Imap settings of Gmail and the Settings on the iPad

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