So I want to check my yahoo email from my AT&T tilt, however according to AT&T there is NO way to do it unless I pay Yahoo $20/year for something. I had it all set up when I first got the Tilt a few days ago and it worked intermitt for a while, but quit last night. After calling tech support they wanted me use xpress mail, but that does not get all the folder info from yahoo.
So, per tech I deleted the accounts, hard reset (I soft reset at the bloatware load) and now I need to install a new email account to check yahoo. After doing so, I get an error that says to check my user name and password...but I know they are correct. I did not get this error before, just got intermit email retrieval.
Is there a chance that when talking to tech they notified yahoo or flipped a switch or something so that there is no way I can do this now.
OR is there a way to check my Yahoo email without using xpress mail...OR by using xpress mail and being able to see all the folders I have in yahoo?
Thanks much...I tried the wiki and the search but did not find any info...although I am sure someone will point me to the solution right away.
outlook on your device should auto detect settings for yahoo, mine works fine and i'm not payin yahoo a cent for access
It does auto detect the pop stuff when I am setting up the email account, however I still get the "check password and user name" error.
i have no problems here...are you sure your putting in the right passworkd username?? lol iot happens to me also
Yahoo used to have a great add on app similar to windows live for hotmail but they put out a new one that blows and didn't allow you to sync your mail with outlook. Thats why I switched to hotmail. Plus i love being able to sync my contacts with my hotmail account.
there's another alternative,one of these threads shows how to direct all mail to a server and just set outlook to that to get everything you need from it
Well...to make me even more mad...I leave the house, go for a drive with the same "bad user name and password" and all of a sudden...BLING...I have mail! So I guess I have the right user name and password. WTF man? I just do not get it...and of course the knuckleheads at AT&T don't get it either. At least I have a non-bloatware phone now...stock ROM though.
Appreciate the help and continued comments.
stock rom shouldnt have to do with it but then again anything is possible these days.i never came across that issue with my old tornado,my 8125,hermes or my kaiser
At this point it still working, but I have little faith that it will continue as such.
Still reloading all my cabs after the reset...forgot I already put that much in this thing...might need to rethink it some. I will flash this sucker sometime soon...still have 20 days to return it if I am not happy.
Thanks again,
Well...that did not last long...it is back at it. Again with the "check your login and password" error. So, could there be a connection issue... ie. do I have to be in 3G to get email? I am on the edge of 3G coverage here.
I just do not get it.
since you get service on and off like that, it may be a different issue. being on 3g or not doesnt affect it, only affect the speed of your transfers.
at this point i dont get it either, maybe it's somethign wrong on Yahoo's end. could be blocking access to their yahoo mail service, making you sign up for their paid service or using thier new app yahoo 2.0 soon to be 3.0
I can't believe someone still uses Yahoo mail when there's Gmail.. It just boggles my mind.
yea i use gmail and comcast mail and have everything forwarded thats important to my gmail.i tend to use yahoo mail only for spam
Gmail has the best hands-down no-argument spam filter.
And charging people for POP3? Are you freaking ****ting me? What is this, 1980? How about charge them $1/email? Fraking ridiculous.
Well, I see you all don't like Yahoo...but that is what I use and I really like it...been using it for years. EVERYONE knows that email address and I I can't risk not having it for now.
But, this morning as I am talking AT&T about this thing...I explain that I have friends that get Yahoo mail...she says "it won't work, there is no way to do it"...then I tell her there is a forum where I posted this question and she says "look sir I do this for a living and I can assure you it will NOT work"...right then I get Yahoo mail on my phone. I tell her, "you might want to think about your line of work a little, or even switch careers and be a coffee jockey somewhere...cuz I JUST GOT YAHOO MAIL ON MY PHONE!!!".
Needless to say she was speechless for like 2 minutes. Then I concluded the call.
For most of today...while not in a 3G area...I got emails. I still don't get it.
I will look into the Gmail thing, however I just can't afford to not have my Yahoo account right now. Years ago I looked at Gmail and it was a joke...this was like 8 years ago or something...so I am sure it is greatly improved.
Thanks again for the help,
I get the same issue listed above, was there ever a fix for this. I've tried everything listed in the thread. I can't drop my Yahoo because I have way to many personal and business contacts linked to this e-mail. I just can't figure out why it is giving me password errors, any advice?
Local399 said:
Well, I see you all don't like Yahoo...but that is what I use and I really like it...been using it for years. EVERYONE knows that email address and I I can't risk not having it for now.
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Was using yahoo and hotmail for the longest time too so I understand your reluctance to switch, AFAIK you can set most these web mail services to forward mail to another address and also have a "reply to:" feature this will make it easier for you to migrate to a new address if ever you do decide to do so. I migrated to Gmail a few years back because they had free POP forwarding. Now that I don't have a PC at home I use my device for all my email. Currently I have 5 email accounts on my tytn2.
3 Gmail = 1 for personal , 1 for forums i join, 1 for mobile , 1 Live Hotmail = the occasional straggler emails, and 1 Yahoo = the occasional straggler emails.
Oh and I don't use POP anymore all of the above are IMAP [Gmail also has free IMAP forwarding]
Yahoo does not provide POP3 email forwarding unless you pay $20 a year for "MAIL PLUS"
see this
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/manage/manage-69.html
you can get your email here
http://us.m.yahoo.com/
on your browser
I got yahoo mail though the AT&T application XpressMail, it worked all the time and you can schedule it to check your email at an interval, its free i havent been charged whatsoever unless its because i use it through wifi. the great thing is it integrates with mobile outlook, i would advise installing that at least so your yahoo problems are solved
Yahoo Go
I used this one and it worked out well, Yahoo Go 2.0. I can't find the download link as i'm in a rush out the door. But this manages your yahoo mail rather well and has other nice features. When I get the my study spot I'll try to find the link and post it.
The reason I ask is that it seems that there is a bug related to my primary gmail account. On NO version of Android, stock or mod'ed, wiped, cleaned, etc, can I get my download page in Android Market without a server error.
I see lots of other people having Server Errors as well. If there is something wrong in the Android Market account information who would you go to in order to get it fixed? For instance, running a 'leaked' Froyo might have corrupted the account on the server side and all the wipes and roms in the world won't help it.
So the choice is either to fight to find someone at Google who can 'fix' whatever flags are botched on my account on their servers, or give up on this gmail account and use the newly created one which doesn't have those errors (but neither does it have record of past purchases!).
So I'm just wondering if ANYONE has successfully gotten a messed up account reset/fixed/cleaned with Google or not?
Randy
I have a family member on AT&T looking for a small-screen'd android device. This was my first thought, but she neither has nor wants a facebook account, and is not tech savvy at all. I also would not be able to help her set it up.
so the question is - how does setup go if you don't have a facebook account? do you just get dumped into stock android, or what?
(if someone can find a video of this that'd be amazing)
First thing the phone how's is ask you to sign into your Google account, like normal. Then it asks you to sign into Facebook, but you can hit the menu key, select home settings, and chose turn on Facebook home. At this point, you officially have a stock android experience.
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Not sure if this will shock anyone, but I'm in the same situation, and would be unsurprised in there were quite a few people looking at this phone for their non-tech savy older relatives that don't have, nor desire, a facebook account.
This just became a top contendor for my grandmother, who, funny enough, got an HTC Status due to its small form factor and keyboard despite despising facebook.
EDIT: I guess I have another question along these lines. Is a facebook account required to utilize Chatheads for SMS? I tried using it on my own Galaxy Note for just SMS, and I cannot seem to get past the Messenger login screen without an FB login, or the create account page popping up.
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Not sure if this will shock anyone, but I'm in the same situation, and would be unsurprised in there were quite a few people looking at this phone for their non-tech savy older relatives that don't have, nor desire, a facebook account.
This just became a top contendor for my grandmother, who, funny enough, got an HTC Status due to its small form factor and keyboard despite despising facebook.
EDIT: I guess I have another question along these lines. Is a facebook account required to utilize Chatheads? I tried using it on my own Galaxy Note, and I cannot seem to get past the Messenger login screen without an FB login, or the create account page popping up.
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Yes, a Facebook account is required to use Chat Heads, which is built into the Facebook Messenger app. The phone still ships with the stock Android SMS app though, so you're not completely boned by not logging into Facebook.
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I used Google Now to search for a online ska/punk radio station on my way home on my HTC One. I get home to help my Dad learn how to use his One and MY search for the radio station is showing on HIS Google Now app!
I checked his and My Accounts and Sync list under settings and neither phone has the other person's accounts.
I did sign into Gmail last night on his phone through the browser, not the app, but I signed out before I performed the search in question.
Before you ask, no, he's not spying on me, he doesn't know how to use a smartphone, and I'm the primary account holder for the phone service.
Please help!
If you sign into a Google account on Chrome EVERYTHING gets synced. Bookmarks, history and w/e else. At least, that's what I think.
Google can tell when a search is coming from the same house and sometimes you search history is filed in due to your geographical proximity.
but it's ok to eat fish cause they don't have feelings.....
Sorry to waste everyone's time, it was a simple mistake on my part. I had forgotten that two days prior I had signed into HIS email via gmail.com on MY phone (to track his phone shipment ironically) and never signed out.
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Sorry to waste everyone's time, it was a simple mistake on my part. I had forgotten that two days prior I had signed into HIS email via gmail.com on MY phone (to track his phone shipment ironically) and never signed out.
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It happens. Would make a great practical joke though.
Where would one go to bring an issue to Google's attention? When Google play music first released it gave users the option to bill to the carrier account. I selected this option and it said complete. Several weeks to nearly a month later I get an email stating the my purchase was declined and because of a card I have in my Google Wallet. I deleted this card thinking it may of caused an issue with my selection. I then selected to have Google all access bill to my account again. Here it is a few weeks later and I get another email saying my purchase was declined because I didn't have a card set up in my Google wallet.
This is really starting to get annoying. Has anyone else been successful with having this new service billed to your account? Not just selecting it but actually getting an email when the payment wad due stating the payment was successfully applied to your account and not just some card you have set up in your Google wallet.
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For Google Play ( I have no idea how I got my hands on this, I just have an old conversation in my email. I couldn't find it online. )
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I'll keep looking around though.
EDIT: Here you go!