BMW idrive - email not syncing - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers

2011 E92 BMW 325d on latest possible f/w & s/w.*
According to BMW bluetooth compatibility my Note8 will work for all features I want.*
My idrive has all options: enhanced bluetooth, voice dialling, Office, music streaming etc.
Issue is email. I know the car will only display email if using the native email app, which I'm happy to do.
Start the car, the devices pair up, I see all my mail.*
After that, if I receive new email, there doesn't seem to be a sync?*
I feel my Note8 vibrate and know I have new email but idrive still shows the same list of emails that were there when starting the car.*
SMS texts and system messages from the BMW app I see on the idrive as soon as they arrive.
I've discovered that to get new emails to display, I must open email on the phone and delete an email, only then will the email list on the idrive refresh.
Swiping down and refreshing emails on the phone doesn't work.
What is it that happens when only deleting mail, to make this sync/refresh happen but should be happening all the time?
Notifications are set to on, Note8 on Pie.

Can anyone suggest anything that might help with this?
Is there a 3rd party app that could force this sync upon email arrival?

Anyone? Someone?
Any ideas at all?

beaverHausen said:
Anyone? Someone?
Any ideas at all?
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Does your car support Android Auto?
Have you tried deleting your phone from the car system and pairing device again?
Try clearing cache in recovery mode (phone)?
Maybe see if you can clear the sync cache?
Have another car to try to see if the same problem?
Last resort is backup phone and factory reset device.

Thanks BluePhnx
No Android Auto, car is 2011 and too old (Like me)
Yup, several times.
Yup also the Bluetooth cache and Bluetooth test.
Sync cache? How do I do that?
It seems not many cars have the ability to present email - Tried Audi's, VW's and Mercs - basically every car in the works car park Even the newer Beemers require a subscription to Office 365.
Factory reset also tried.

Tried Ford also, they all seem to do SMS but not SMS and email...

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Send SMS Messages from tablet via Bluetooth via Android Phone

I've googled and googled and only kinda found something similar but it's only in source code (don't know how to compile) and doesn't appear finished...
Is there an app that will allow me to send SMS messages using my tablet, which sends over bluetooth to my phone, which then sends the SMS message out into SMS land?
Thanks!
Why to bother??? Use email to send SMS.
For instance if I need to send SMS to my phone using ANY computer (including G-tab), the way to do it is (Example for T-mobile): [email protected].
Where XXX-XXX-XXXX is your phone number.
I think it has to work with any provider, although @ part will differ from carrier to carrier.
Hope it helps.
I'm very familiar with that ability and you're right, that is one solution but not really one I'm looking for.
I'm really looking for an app for my tablet that is extremely similar to a standard sms app that will work off of my contacts list etc etc. Anyone else care to share their 2 cents?
(Assumes you're on a network and in USA)
Get a Google Voice Account and use the app to SMS.
Yep, another solution.
Anybody know of an app that does what I'm asking rather than just a workaround?
Example: ai.kittywolf.net/index.php/SMS_via_BlueTooth
Yeah man, there are a bunch of solutions. I like the google voice idea.
Brenbags said:
Yeah man, there are a bunch of solutions. I like the google voice idea.
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Okay, right, so as I've specified I'm looking specifically for an app that specifically does sms via bluetooth via phone... this is not google voice and it's not email to sms...
Anybody have anything to add regard my specific question rather than something to do with a workaround?
Just want to put this out there.
With Google Voice you can send SMS txt to your contacts for FREE!
No need for BT because you would use your wi-fi tether option on your android phone in the event you're not in an area where you can connect to the internet with out tethering to your phone.
Still not what I'm asking for but I appreciate the suggestion for google voice. My problem with google voice basically centers around the phone number. I would have to port my existing cell number to gv and get a new cell phone number (also $20 for the port). I don't want to get a new phone number and I don't really want to commit to the extent that i'm porting my beloved phone number to google.
All I want is an app... extremely simple concept and my guess is that the programming isn't terribly difficult...
The response you are looking for is
NO!
The reason is no bluetooth DUN support in the gtab kernels. You always get a paired but not connected via bluetooth.
If you really want to use your phone you need to tether the gtab to the phone (plenty of options - search is the key), and then use handcent or similar.
manikin13 said:
The response you are looking for is
NO!
The reason is no bluetooth DUN support in the gtab kernels. You always get a paired but not connected via bluetooth.
If you really want to use your phone you need to tether the gtab to the phone (plenty of options - search is the key), and then use handcent or similar.
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Thanks for you help.
Heres a thread I started in the Xoom section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977688
Basically my idea, which I outlined in there is as follows:
I've been thinking about this alot over the past couple of days even to the point that I began to investigate and play around with the Android SDK to see what I might be able to do, which is not alot at the moment.
I thought of this app functioning as follows:
1) We currently have a bunch of applications that allow the user to view and respond to their text messages through an interface on the browser or computer application using an app on the phone that "broadcasts" the messaging features of the phone out over either WiFi or bluetooth. (For example, the ones mentioned earlier in this thread.)
2) We also have something called "Remote Notifier" that sends out a "ping" when a new message is received to a listening service on a computer which notifies the user on the desktop.
3) If the existing functionality of those two are combined, we have an application that can put together a list of the messages on the phone (primary location), send it out to a secondary location (in this case a tablet), while also notifying the secondary location (tablet) of a new message received.
The app on the phone also gives the secondary location the ability to respond and edit the message list on the phone.
4) The second piece of the equation we would need is an app for the tablet, preferably optimized for the screen size in a 5manner similar to the way Gmail and the native email client handle messaging, (with a list of messages on the left, and the conversation view on the right) that allows the user to browse their messages on the phone and reply within the app.
If the app on the tablet could "look" to the phone as the service provider instead of the network, I could even see notifications being created from within that app and displayed on the tablet just as if it was actually receiving the texts itself.
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I would appreciate any and all help or comments relating to the idea. I think i'll repost it in the main android apps section, since really its not specific to any one tablet.
try this
http://www.kakao.com/talk/en
to the op i totally understand what u want and am also interested.
pairing the tablet with android phone using bluetooth so when u received sms you get notified in your tablet an you be able to replay using your tablet wich will make the phone send this message without u having to remove ur phone from your pocket.
all the solutions mentioned are using wifi, which is a different thing.
i currently use a combination of apps to achieve wifi sms connectivity
remoteSMS + sms2Email buddy. (for notification) this works well in home wifi.
i would be very interested in a blutooth solution (it might be crippled cz it has to be close, but it doesnt need data connectivity chargs)
so +1 for the requesr, please let me know if u found a solution
Well thanks for agreeing with me that it's not a dumb request... No luck so far... keep ya posted if I come up with something.
its not dump at all, .. it has an advantage of not using any wifi / 3g data connecitivty, it would be like having a PadPhone (sms PadPhone)
and actually its not that hard as someone said.
the bluetooth does not have to have an sms api for the app to work, the tablet app could send a text file and the phone app receives the text file, parses it and send a message using the sms api (normal apps can use sms api) and vice versa for receiving an sms .. app gets a copy of the sms received, put it in a text file, sends it to the tablet app using bluetooth, tablet app parses the file and shows it.
i would start developing it but it would take me a long time as am sill noobish in android development, ... if someone could take the lead let me know i might be able to help a little.
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to the op i totally understand what u want and am also interested.
pairing the tablet with android phone using bluetooth so when u received sms you get notified in your tablet an you be able to replay using your tablet wich will make the phone send this message without u having to remove ur phone from your pocket.
all the solutions mentioned are using wifi, which is a different thing.
i currently use a combination of apps to achieve wifi sms connectivity
remoteSMS + sms2Email buddy. (for notification) this works well in home wifi.
i would be very interested in a blutooth solution (it might be crippled cz it has to be close, but it doesnt need data connectivity chargs)
so +1 for the requesr, please let me know if u found a solution
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Try "Sync SMS"
It still requires wifi, but can send and receive sms's from your tablet via your phone.
Any SMS you receive will go to both your phone and tablet. You can reply from either phone or tablet.
It requires a free Dropbox account.
The whole process of transferring sms's back and forth takes about 20_30 seconds and requires no action on your part.
However in the end I just got a separate Google voice number for my g-tablet and use that.
Sent from my VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b5.1.1 using XDA Premium App
jpfulton248 said:
Still not what I'm asking for but I appreciate the suggestion for google voice. My problem with google voice basically centers around the phone number. I would have to port my existing cell number to gv and get a new cell phone number (also $20 for the port). I don't want to get a new phone number and I don't really want to commit to the extent that i'm porting my beloved phone number to google.
All I want is an app... extremely simple concept and my guess is that the programming isn't terribly difficult...
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I understand what you are looking for and it would be nice to have, to be able to use your tablet wherever you are without worrying about wifi connection. But like you said so far there is nothing.
Also you don't have to port your existing number to GV, I use the same cell number I have used for years on my cell phone and got a separate number for my tablet there was no porting or charge involved.
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flast said:
Try "Sync SMS"
It still requires wifi, but can send and receive sms's from your tablet via your phone.
Any SMS you receive will go to both your phone and tablet. You can reply from either phone or tablet.
It requires a free Dropbox account.
The whole process of transferring sms's back and forth takes about 20_30 seconds and requires no action on your part.
However in the end I just got a separate Google voice number for my g-tablet and use that.
Sent from my VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b5.1.1 using XDA Premium App
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its wifi and its not for free, .. i cant buy it, stupid market restrictions, i asked the developer if he needs a beta tester to let me know.
i get the same function without using dropbox, just my local wifi .. and for free.
i found something, but its paid also, .. ble, ... its over bluetooth though, if anyone willing to try
for phone
http://www.appbrain.com/app/bluetooth-sms/com.exitbrain.bluetooth.texter
for tablet
http://www.appbrain.com/app/bluetooth-sms-device/com.exitbrain.bluetooth.texter.device
anyone willing to try it, please let us know
cheers
the app for that is on the market now, its called "bluetooth sms" its 1.99 though but it has a nice honeycomb interface.

Don't get SMS notifications on AA on my GMC with intellilink

I am having problems on my GMC to get SMS messages on my AA. When I set it up I chose to include everything except the Phone permission. I chose to use contacts, sms, maps, mic. I have no problem receiving the notification card and listening to the playback on a Hangouts message. But when I receive a text it only shows up on my phone and I get nothing on the Android Auto screen in the truck. Its like I never received a message, so then I have to read it on my phone. I have no problem with using voice commands to send Hangouts and SMS messages, just no notification on the SMS.
The reason I didn't include my phone permission was because I like the way the Intellink works on the truck and so when an incoming call would come in and Android Auto had access I would have to go through it to answer making my steering wheel control useless. So I changed the settings but only removed the phone and now I can use the phone through the truck Intellink but am not getting the SMS notifications through Android Auto.
Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Gmail - Delayed notification and no sound on Notifications

Gmail Delay in Sync and no Notifications sound problem has been hounding me for months now.
Tried all listed methods on the net . Gmail removed from battery optimization, checked, reset all Gmail settings, cleared cache & Data on Gmail app mutiple times, but my problems continue.
Anybody has a solution to the issue? Please help to sort out my gmail issues.
Am i the only one having Gmail issues?
Can somebody please help me no this.
I have the same problem, tried as you did, with no results, I ended using macrodroid to sync every 10 minutes, and sounding an alert when a new email arrives, just a workaroud, but it works
winol said:
I have the same problem, tried as you did, with no results, I ended using macrodroid to sync every 10 minutes, and sounding an alert when a new email arrives, just a workaroud, but it works
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Thanks for answering and if this is a big problem being encountered by many users, why is it not being discussed?
Let me try this MacroDroid app. & hopefully it works satisfactorily.
winol said:
I have the same problem, tried as you did, with no results, I ended using macrodroid to sync every 10 minutes, and sounding an alert when a new email arrives, just a workaroud, but it works
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Have been trying to make work the Gmail notifications through MacroDroid for the last 2 hours or more, but unable to do so.
Can you let me know the exact Triggers, Actions & Constraints to be used ?
Please help.
winol said:
I have the same problem, tried as you did, with no results, I ended using macrodroid to sync every 10 minutes, and sounding an alert when a new email arrives, just a workaroud, but it works
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Just for your info., i have mutiple Gmail accounts and is it possible to set a different sound notification for each of them through Macrodroid?
Zappapp said:
Gmail Delay in Sync and no Notifications sound problem has been hounding me for months now.
Tried all listed methods on the net . Gmail removed from battery optimization, checked, reset all Gmail settings, cleared cache & Data on Gmail app mutiple times, but my problems continue.
Anybody has a solution to the issue? Please help to sort out my gmail issues.
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Any more help on this?
In macrodroid I made 2 macros
1 ) trigger recurrent all days, every 10 minutes
Action sync account, google, I use 2 gmail accounts sincyng
google, syncs both
2) for sounding alerts
Trigger notification present, gmail,, any
Action speak text or play sound, or both as you preffer
winol said:
In macrodroid I made 2 macros
1 ) trigger recurrent all days, every 10 minutes
Action sync account, google, I use 2 gmail accounts sincyng
google, syncs both
2) for sounding alerts
Trigger notification present, gmail,, any
Action speak text or play sound, or both as you preffer
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Thanks for replying. I have been able to get the above and implement it, but i am facing 2 issues -
1) I get the same sound notifications for all my Gmail accounts, i just see my primary account for auto syncing . How to correct this.
2) In speak text, i have written Gmail. Macrodriod repeats/speaks "Gmail" twice or more times.
Please advise. Again, thanks for your help.
winol said:
In macrodroid I made 2 macros
1 ) trigger recurrent all days, every 10 minutes
Action sync account, google, I use 2 gmail accounts sincyng
google, syncs both
2) for sounding alerts
Trigger notification present, gmail,, any
Action speak text or play sound, or both as you preffer
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Finally switched to Blue mail and everything is almost perfect now, though as per what i read, my information may be compromised.
I am getting instant mails and notifications now, much better than my notifications of gmail on this & other mobile.
Just been having this same issue for months on my Canadian Note 8 and it's been since the June 1 security patch update. Gmail is delayed (seen upwards of a bit more than an hour), Samsung's default Messages app sometimes is delayed as well (but if I have my Gear S3 on the text will come through on that but not my phone which is weird AF) and then a couple authenticator apps that send push notifications also don't come through or are very delayed. It's starting to piss me off and got no help thus far from Samsung. If this isn't fixed soon then it's my last Samsung device I will ever buy.
Forgot to mention, also tried factory reset and still not working (along with now the Messages app is stuck on an older version and won't update so now I can't even use custom notification sounds per thread anymore). Absolutely ridiculous! I know I can sideload the updated version but I shouldn't have to do that, so frustrating!
nighthawk29 said:
Just been having this same issue for months on my Canadian Note 8 and it's been since the June 1 security patch update. Gmail is delayed (seen upwards of a bit more than an hour), Samsung's default Messages app sometimes is delayed as well (but if I have my Gear S3 on the text will come through on that but not my phone which is weird AF) and then a couple authenticator apps that send push notifications also don't come through or are very delayed. It's starting to piss me off and got no help thus far from Samsung. If this isn't fixed soon then it's my last Samsung device I will ever buy.
Forgot to mention, also tried factory reset and still not working (along with now the Messages app is stuck on an older version and won't update so now I can't even use custom notification sounds per thread anymore). Absolutely ridiculous! I know I can sideload the updated version but I shouldn't have to do that, so frustrating!
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Finally moved on to BlueMail after trying to sort out Gmail issues for 8 months or so.
Everything sorted out and gmail notifications now come in a jiffy .

Can I use my LG V60 as a stand alone Android auto?

I have 2 cars. My newer Ford has AA but my older SUV doesn't and I drive the SUV a lot more. But it does have a nice audio system with BT.
Can I use my phone as a Android auto stand alone and will it be able to read text messages, FB messenger like it does on the Ford?
I managed to get the Android auto to start when it recognizes the SUV BT but does not read or notify me of messages.
Thanks.
I'm not sure if you should get notifications for different types of messages compatible with AA during navigation (when the nav app is displayed), but I'm sure you should see the notifications on AA's main screen. As far as I know, even on car's screen, only the first line of the message will be previewed and there's no possibility to see the entire message, even when the car is stopped. When you press on the message's notification Google Assistant will try to read it to you.
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uhi711 said:
I'm not sure if you should get notifications for different types of messages compatible with AA during navigation (when the nav app is displayed), but I'm sure you should see the notifications on AA's main screen. As far as I know, even on car's screen, only the first line of the message will be previewed and there's no possibility to see the entire message, even when the car is stopped. When you press on the message's notification Google Assistant will try to read it to you.
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Actually my Ford Cmax reads the messages. Text and FB messenger. Then it gives me a choice to reply.
The Nav is not in use.
I'm trying to replicate this on my phone with the AA for screen app

Work Profile No Caller ID

Hi,
Not sure if this is a Pixel or Android issue. I'm using the Pixel 5 and my company has Intune installed work profile. I can search my work contacts from the personal contact app for calls and messenger. When calls come in I have two issues, most of the time Caller ID will display the phone number but not the callers name. It seems like out of 10 calls, I may get one or two with the name displayed from my work contacts. The other issue that happens is I'll hear the phone ring but I don't get the notification so I can answer the call or see whos calling until the second or third ring.
Phone software is all stock and up to date. Google launcher, Google contacts and phone app, Google Messenger, etc. Tried restarting the phone, no luck. Would like to know if this is a common problem or an issue with my phone.
Work profile using Intune and MS Office 365 apps. Thanks.

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