There seems to be an issue with the apple email app.
Emails seem to stop pushing to the app and so they are late. You double click and close the app and within seconds emails start pushing again.
This seems to be a problem with very good signal by network or wifi.
I've done all the typical reset network settings,restore,reboot etc,etc,etc.
Seems fine on ipad ios9.2
Thanks
iPhone 6s, iOS 9.2
Which email provider?
Outlook.com
Have you checked settings > mail, contacts, calendars > fetch new data > outlook and make sure push is enabled? Also which mailboxes are being pushed?
Yes. Set to push. Inbox and sent.
Tried removing check mark by sent but no change.
So you understand this is not all the time. Mail pushes fine for a while and then seems to just quit pushing. I know there's mail because it's on my iPad. I've found as I said originally that closing the mail app seems to correct the issue and within seconds mail pushes again. It's almost like the mail app hangs up and closing it corrects the push issue.
IF I leave things alone the mail will eventually come in but could be several minutes or even 20-30 minutes late.Thanks
In my experience, that sort of erratic behaviour can be resolved with the 4Rs.
Hard restart, then reset network settings, then reset all settings then restore to factory.
Done all these things many times and it seems to work for a while without problem and then problems receiving mail again.
It's fine that reset network settings seems to fix issues like this, but how often should you have to do this. DAILY!!!
I'm also every so often getting 'Cannot get mail' ' connection to server failed' message when I open the mail app.
I've found this on the internet by other people and have done all the typical things. Reset network settings , change password, move mail into separate folder, etc.etc.etc.
I don't know if this is an ios problem, outlook.com, my ISP, or combo of some or all.
Very frustrating!!!
I'm thinking more Apple because reset network settings does fix for a time, probably the most reliable fix I've found, though very short lived.
Like I said before, to get consistent on time email, do you really have to reset network settings every day!!!
Thanks for your time
Dan
If it were me, I would try the Outlook App for a while. I have and don't like it, but it would perhaps help you isolate the issue.
Absolutely agree that daily is not expected behaviour.
There are a bunch of "Yahoo in iOS Mail is broken" threads here in the last few days, so it may be that the email providers are tinkering with their services and the issue may be there.
Regardless of provider, email is typically a "works, or doesn't work" thing. Do you have nay other PUSH services that work fine? Contacts, Calendars etc.?
Okay, I ran a trial.
I forwarded my outlook.com email to the Gmail app on my phone, still leaving a copy on outlook, so I should get email from both places.
An email came in and was instantly on the gmail app, and on my ipad apple app. Both on time.
Waited a couple minutes, still no mail to iPhone mail app. I double clicked and closed the mail app.
Within 2 seconds the email came in on the apple mail app. Of course showing a few minutes late.
It seems the mail app is freezing, or exchange is freezing, I don't know, but I think this proves something.
Thanks
TThe email I just got letting me know your reply came 2 minutes late with 25 meg solid wifi.
I Don't really like the outlook app either. One thing that really bugs me about it in regards to the problem I'm having. It shows the emails arrived NOW no matter when they actually hit the server. You don't know if late or not.
I Get other notifications i.e.: Twitter Facebook periscope etc. all on time. It's just emails that are late quite often.
thanks
I think what we are seeing is each mail provider dropping support for push except via their own apps.
Not an elegant way to do this of course and I don't believe they just shut it off. At the same time, it's been tough to find a solution as well.
Gmail doesn't do push via iOS Mail any more. So I would;t be surprised to see Outlook/Hotmail et al do the same.
I can see the pattern in your apps that still push. None compete with Apple app-to-app. All mail providers compete with iOS Mail. Just a theory.
I Tend to support that theory too. I'm going to try the outlook app again. They've made some improvements lately. I hope if they're going to force it on us that they make it as comfortable as the apple app. They have a ways to go.
Thanks
yep.
Good luck.
Tried Outlook app and Apple email app side by side again and both apps after a time start delivery emails late. Not necessarily at the same time just inconsistent.
it seems delivery is good for a while after reset network settings and or reboot and or restore and or delete and install outlook email.
Ok with all that said I realized the vast majority of the issues happen on wifi so decided to just go strictly network data. Reset my phone and have just been on network for nearly a week now and emails have very consistent delivery.
Way better than on switching back and forth network data and wifi.
The biggest problem to me is wifi delivery or the phone switching back and forth between network and wifi.
It seems that being on wifi even screwed up network delivery when on both after a time.
Is there a difference how emails are delivered over wifi or network?
I've seen a lot of apple users complaining about wifi on iphones for years now, and I've been having this email issue for at least 2 years, so many ios updates.
I'm really starting to wonder about ios or something between my ISP (Telus) and apple software or both.
thanks for your time
Dan
I have APPLE ICLOUD email and this is happening to me also. So there goes your theory, unless Apple is also doing away with "Push". I only get email by Fetch. I have to open the email and voila then I get about 10 or more emails that should have been pushed. This either started after upgrade to IOS 9.2.1 or there was a scenario about a month ago where my battery was low so I changed email to Fetch for half a day and then switched back to Push. Seems like the 0 or 1 controlling fetch vs push is stuck in the buggy software....hmpffff
in case someone finds this on Google like i did, I went into Settings and removed my email account for ICloud and set it up again "fresh" and now it is pushing emails to me. I will continue to monitor. I hope this is a permanent fix. Fingers crossed.
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