Can't add Gmail to Mail.app, iOS

I'm replying for everyone who still couldn't fix this problem, this is how easily I did it. I'm connected from Italy (both wi-fi and LTE connections have Italian IP addresses) but I set United States as Region on the iPhone. So I went to Settings on the iPhone, General, Language & Region and set it to Italy. Then I tried to add the Gmail account at it just worked as it should have. Apparently in my case it had to do with the iPhone region and probably the Gmail account and/or the network regions which didn't match.

So in short: make sure your iPhone Region matches the Country you are connected from.

P.s. After I added my Gmail account I was able to set back the iPhone Region to USA.

I see you have a VPN active - it's possible that's interfering. Can you remove that and see if you can set up the account?

I'm assuming you've tried while on a few different wifi networks as well?

~Lyssa

Hey all - Google has the solution, you have to add it as if it were an exchange address, the server is m.google.com. Check it out:

https://lifehacker.com/5859854/how-to-set-up-gmail-google-calendar-and-google-co ntacts-on-ios

• Open the Settings application on your device.
• Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
• Select Add Account…
• Select Other
• Select Add CardDAV Account
• Fill out your account information in the following fields:
  • -Server: Enter “google.com”
  • -User Name: Enter your full Google Account or Google Apps email address.
  • -Password: Your Google Account or Google Apps password. (If you’ve enabled 2 step verification you’ll need to generate and enter an application specific password. Go here -> Account settings: Your browser is not supported.)
  • -Description: Enter a description of the account (e.g. Personal Contacts).

this is very useful,but need change some steps

• Open the Settings application on your device.
• Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
• Select Add Account…
• Select Other
• Select Add mail Account
• select imap

Fill out your account information in the following fields:

• -Enter “imap.gmail.com” for receive mail server and "smtp.gmail.com" for submit mail server.
• -User Name: Enter your full Google Account or Google Apps email address.
• -Password: Your Google Account or Google Apps password. (If you’ve enabled 2 step verification you’ll need to generate and enter an application specific password. Go here -> Account settings: Your browser is not supported.)

I am facing the similar issue with gmail addition, I recently upgraded to iOS11.4

but I faced this same issue adding the gmail in apple mail app with previous versions too. Its ad-hoc & annoying as the part of apple not paying attention to this problem since long

I had the same problem. Finally after many many attempts I found this site. I performed the first 2 suggestions, and finally was able to add a gmail account that would not load. I had deleted the account because the calendar was not syncing. Hope this helps.

https://www.macexpertguide.com/cant-add-google-account-in-sierra-heres-how-you-c an-fix-it/

I am having this same problem and cannot get my gmail account added. All my contacts since they are in my google mail are lost too. I tried adding an exchange account as my gmail and it didn't work either. I tried the captcha thing then tried to add and it didn't work either. Anything else? That's worked for others?!

I had this issue too. But I happen to be an admin on my GSuite account I was connecting to (commercial version of Gmail) The issue was that I had a warning in my admin account that a user (myself ) had exceeded the quota allowed for Gmail using IMAP (How Apple mail connects to Gmail) That is why I could use the Gmail app from Google because it uses a Google proprietary connection that has no volume limits. But Apple uses an Open connection called IMAP. If you are trying through a paid Gmail account, ask to remove the limit from your own admin. Otherwise according to the message I got, you have to wait 5 days for Google to allocate your account more bandwidth. Its not an Apple problem but a Google limit on how it manages bandwidth to Apple mail users using the IMAP protocol. Frankly this is a Google issue that is meant to drive people to their products.

I hope that helps.

This is a general reply to the topic, not specifically to jmbarry...

The problem lies on the Google side; they have put hurdles in place to encourage people to use their email clients. They say they are more secure, and that mail apps like the native iPhone email is less secure. So, when the iPhone email app tries to connect, Google's Gmail blocks the connection.

Search for "Let less secure apps access your account" (Let less secure apps access your account - Google Account Help) and you can see that you need to change one or more settings in your Gmail account to allow what they say are less secure apps to access your Gmail account. Once you do that, you should be able to connect via the iPhone's email app.

I was still having problems, though, in a couple of cases, after I restored from a back-up. When I selected "Google" when trying to add a new email account on the iPhone or, when trying to re-enter my Gmail password (when trying to re-connect my existing accounts), I got a screen that quickly flashed and then failed back to the original. I found that I had to delete my old Gmail accounts and create new ones, but using the "Other" account option on the iPhone email app. To do that, use these IMAP / SMTP settings (Use IMAP to check Gmail on other email clients - Gmail Help).

I’ve tried every solution and nothing works. Your solution doesn’t work either. iOS or Mac never get to the screen of even inputting credentials. You click on Google and it just goes back and loops. So trusting apps has nothing To do with this. By the way it’s not just google. Clicking on add yahoo yield same result. Problem is on Apples end.

I’m having same exact issue. On my Mac, iPhone and iPad. Tested on 3 other peoples phones also, not on same wife. I think it’s a widespread issue. I’ve tried every solution and nothing works. Can more people try it and confirm? Click on add email account or add account and select Google or Yahoo. Nothing happens. On Mac gives error Connection Insecure. Failed to verify servers certificate.

I spent hours trying To fix and digging through solutions. Tried everything. Deleting certificates in keychain, deleting email accounts. Restarting. Resetting. Network, router, proxies. Then I checked on another persons conputer elsewhere. Same message. Then I checked on my wives phone. On her moms and my moms phones. Same thing. Widespread issue. Haven’t checked a phone yet where it works.

I was finally able to fix it. Since I had changed my gmail password I went to settings on my phone, then accounts & passwords/apps & website passwords. Found the gmail one and changed the password to my new one. It was keeping my old one. Fixed it. Maybe try this to make sure your passwords match. Good luck!