GMAIL Accounts unusable after 8.3 update!

Most bizarre. This started happening with my Gmail mail account on my iPhone 5s last Thursday 11th June. Read this thread today, having found time to sort it, and am pleased so say it's now resolved. Strangely enough, my iPad wasn't affected and my husband's mail was fine too, even though I also check that through the Mail app. So, deleted my Gmail account, powered down the phone, left it off for about 15 mins. Powered back up, left it alone, on home Wi-Fi, for about half an hour then re added the Gmail account. All fine and new messages downloaded immediately. Thanks for the posts in this forum.

Same problem here. Still looking for a real fix. Meanwhile I have lost my google calendar on ipad.

My belief is that the problem is with the password. Try finding the password via settings -> safari -> passwords & auto fill -> ssaved passwords ... and delete or fix any of them for Google.

I don't see what this has to do with iOS Safari. My issue is with ios mail, calendar, contacts settings.

The password is kept in the iCloud key chain. On iOS, the only way to get access to it is via Safari.

If you notice, via the Mail app in IOS for the Google account, there is no way to change the password once the account is set up. (iOS 8.3)

Its one of those "make it simpler" tricks that Apple does that sometimes bits you in the butt.

In my case, (see a few posts back), I changed my Google password and needed to figure out how to set it properly for iOS mail to resume working. It can't be done via any interface associated with "Mail". I had to do it via the path I described above. There are other posts in this thread that echo this as well. I didn't discover it but someone else posted on this thread.

If you are afraid of deleting stuff from the keychain then it might work to go to gmail in Safari (or anywhere in Google) and log in. That will update the keychain and that should affect mail.

I had to stop mail and restart it for the change to take affect.

Good luck

Same problem here - I need to use the Google calendar from work on my new iPhone6+. None of the suggestions (switching off, deleting Safari passwords) helped so far.

I was not positive my Google calendar works so I added an entry via the web site, waited a bit, and then it shows up on my iPhone's calendar app.

On the iPhone, using Safari, try going to the Google calender page and just log in and see if that "fixes" the issue. What I'm hoping / expecting is Safari will ask to save the password and at that point, it will work. You may need to stop the calendar app on the iPhone and restart it (via the multitasking screen).

I'm curious about your results so please update with what you find out.

I found that turning on my cellular data for Settings helped. Make sure you are connected to a cellular or wifi network. I literally had to go to Settings > Cellular > "Use cellular data for" > Turn switch on for "Settings" and then it worked suddenly.

Hope this helps.

such a simple fix after hours of frustration - question is how was it turned off?

thanks for the simple solution 🙂

There's no such switch here, just for 3rd party apps.

So annoying, Every Fix that I have tried so far has failed to work...!!!!

Another thing to try (worked for me today): TURN OFF CELLULAR DATA / LTE. (In Settings->Cellular).

You'll need to have a WiFi connection, of course. Then add the gmail account.

I deleted my gmail account as it was giving me the error

“The mail server 'gmail.com' is not responding. Verify that you have entered the correct account info in Mail settings.”

and that's what the Apple support doc [Gmail account cannot get or send email in iOS - Apple Support] said to do.... but I could NOT re-add the account.

I am a university Google Apps user, so password verification is done via a second site, but even with correct password the account would not persist (get past "accept", and then next screen is grey for mail/contacts/notes/calendar sync, and then fails back to add account page)

I did notice that the error occurs only when on cellular, and not when I'm at work on wifi, so I turned off the cell modem, and that worked.

Go figure...

Thanks a lot. The youtube video helped.

We have to choose Exchange and not "Google".

m.google.com is the server.

So easy but not easily accessible!!!

The link you shared is not coming as a hit in google search as well!!!

Thankful and grateful to you!

Easy steps

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/138740?hl=en

http://youtu.be/AS7g2WTdbvQ

On the iOS device, touch Settings.

Touch Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Touch Add Account.

Touch Exchange. Note: iOS 4.0+ allows multiple Exchange™ accounts. However, if you're on a device that doesn't let you add a second account, you can use IMAP to sync Gmail, CalDAV to sync Google Calendar, and CardDAV to sync contacts.

Enter the full Google Apps email address and a password and touch Next.

In the Server field, enter m.google.com.

Leave the Domain field blank.

In the Username field, enter the full Google Apps email address.

The password should already be in the Password field, if not, enter it again and touch Next Notes about passwords:

• Be sure that you have a strong password for your Google Apps account. Learn more.
• If you see an error message saying "Invalid Password", you may need to unlock your account by solving a short CAPTCHA challenge-response test. Go to https://www.google.com/accounts/UnlockCaptcha to allow access.
• If you are a 2-Step Verification user, you should use an Application-specific password instead of a regular password in this field.

Select the Google services you want to sync, such as Mail, Contacts, and Calendars, and touch Save. To receive and respond to meeting requests on your device, you need to turn on Mail and Calendar here and New events in the Google Calendar settings. See Customize Mail, Calendar, and Contact settings for more information.

Starting synchronization: If Push is enabled on your device, synchronization will begin automatically. You can also open the Mail, Calendar, or Contacts app and wait a few seconds to start synchronization. If you recently signed up for Google Apps for Work, Education, or Government, it can take up to 24 hours before synchronization occurs.

IOS 8.4 Update has just been released, which doesn't "fix" the issues people are having adding a Google Account...Tried again myself & still no-go!!!!

Pretty Poor show IMHO....

will await the next Update, but not holding my breadth!!!!

the Exchange Workaround is still working, so at least Apple haven't messed up with that!!!!