How to: Configure a Gmail Account on your S60 device
July 27, 2007 by Dario Soltani
Here is the short tutorial which allows your to configure Gmail (Google mail) account on N95, N73 etc.
You must enable POP3 access to your Gmail Account. Look inside Setting and POP forwarding Options on Gmail web site.
- Open Messaging Application
- Goto Mail box. It asks you "No mailbox defined. Define now?" Choose Yes
- Mailbox setup wizard will start. Press start to continue
- Mailbox Type choose POP3, press Next
- On next screen type your email address xxx@gmail.com, press Next
- Enter pop.gmail.com as Incoming mail server, Press Next
- Enter smtp.gmail.com as Outgoing mail server, Press Next
- Access Point, choose Always ask or your preferred one. press next
- In Mailbox name keep Gmail press next
- Click Finish
- Click Option and then Settings
- Choose E-mail
- Choose Mailboxes and then on Gmail
- Choose Connection settings
- Choose Incoming e-mail
- Enter Username as xxx@gmail.com
- In Password type your password
- Scroll down to security port and choose SSL/TLS
- Press Back Button
- Select Outgoing e-mail, enter your username and password as described above
- Scroll down to security port and choose SSL/TLS
- Hit Back Button twice
- Choose User settings
- Enter your name or whatever you want to display and then go back
- Goto Retrieval Settings
- Choose E-mail to retrieve and change it to size limit and then enter 100KB or whatever you like in next screen. Press OK
- Choose Back
- If you have unlimited GPRS connection, choose Automatic retrieval and change it otherwise leave as it is.
- Click back button multiple times so that you are back to main screen.
- Now when you start Messaging Application you will see Gmail Account, goto it and retrieve your email.
This also enables you to attach files, making it possible to send images and other stuff! If you find this guide to complicated, you could always download the Java Gmail reader here.
How should I use POP on mobile or multiple devices?If you’re accessing your Gmail using POP from multiple clients, Gmail’s recent mode makes sure that all messages are made available to each client, rather than only to the first client to access new mail.
Recent mode fetches the last 30 days of mail, regardless of whether it’s been sent to another POP client already.
If you sign in to Gmail using your Blackberry, you’re signed in to recent mode automatically. For all other POP clients, replace ‘username@gmail.com’ in your POP client settings with ‘recent:username@gmail.com’.
The above recent mode settings should also solve the problem with sent e-mail ending up in your inbox.
Nice turorial, but how do you keep gmail from downloading your sent email into the inbox?
One other thing people, if you are fetching pop e-mails from 2 different clients like your computer and your mobile you probably run into some trouble with mail either ending up on your computer or your mobile, not both…
There is a solution to this problem, you simply put in "recent:" in front of your username on all clients… "recent:username@gmail.com"
hey Mike, I’ve added a solution to you problem. You should use recent mode when checking your Gmail. Read more in the updated article.
Thanks for the info!
I have everything set up as mentioned here above, but when I’m going to connect it takes my E50 for ages. What can be the problem?
Only on my E50 it won’t work
Hi Bob. Why not try the Gmail application? It’s free and works good. Try browsing to http://mobile.google.com in your phones browser.
Hi Guys,
well, i had tried to configure e90 as ur tutorial, but still got problem when i try to retrieve mail mail. it said “unable to create secure login. server maynot support secure login.
Would be appreciate if someone could give me an advise…
Regards,
Jeff
Hi Jeff.
This post is quite old (dated 27th of July, 2007). Now you have several easier solutions such as
the native google mail client for S60
you’ll find it if you browse to http://m.google.com/?hl=en in your phone browser and yes it’s free
or your could try System Seven which Asri recently wrote about here:
http://www.simplysymbian.com/2008/08/23/screenshot-tour-system-seven-for-s60-3rd-edition/
Hi Dario,
Thanks for ur advise last time, and its solve my problem.
well , i might need ur advise again.
Are u familiar with Nokia E90 calendar entries?
i cant find any repeat (daily,weekly,monthly,or yearly) setting on E90, like my previous hp do (nokia 9500)
thanks,
Regards
Jeff
Hi Jeff.
You have that option (ONLY) when your adding a new meeting (see the repeat section when adding details about your meeting).
The repeat option is not available if you add another type of activity such as a memo.
When it comes to calendars, I would really recommend you to invest some money in a better calendar application such as handy calendar (which I use myself). The built in application is unfortunatly somewhat limited.
Good luck.
Jeff: Another tip would be to sync your google calendar with your phone using Google Calendar Sync and Nokia PC Sync. I do it myself and it works perfect.
Thanks for the info. Regards
Thnaks
But there still some problem. This settings working only with phone memory. I can’t configure the same when my mesage box is in memory card
Wow… That’s was really clear instruction. Thank you so much man…
hey buddy,this is one of the best posts that I’ve ever seen; you may include some more ideas in the same theme. I’m still waiting for some interesting thoughts from your side in your next post.
Hi Dario Soltani
i need some help from u iam using nokia e90 communicator please suggest me how to set gmail setting in my phone and youtube is not working if ill try to play means it will not play please guide how i can solve this problem from u r replies
i have did some settings as above mentioned but in mail box its showing incoming mail server*not found iam not able to retrieve emails ?