Some Questions... - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Looking forward to dumping my iPhone and upgrading to the SGII when it finally arrives at AT&T or T-Mobile. The calendar update fiasco with MobileMe was the end for me.
1. Can email work with more than one Exchange account?
2. Can incoming mail show up in one central Inbox or will it show up in multiple Inboxes?
3. Is Cut-Copy-Paste fully implemented in email and other apps?
I know these are NOOB type questions but before I plunk down the big $ these are the things that are critical for me.
Thanks for your help!
M

rc50won said:
Looking forward to dumping my iPhone and upgrading to the SGII when it finally arrives at AT&T or T-Mobile. The calendar update fiasco with MobileMe was the end for me.
1. Can email work with more than one Exchange account?
2. Can incoming mail show up in one central Inbox or will it show up in multiple Inboxes?
3. Is Cut-Copy-Paste fully implemented in email and other apps?
I know these are NOOB type questions but before I plunk down the big $ these are the things that are critical for me.
Thanks for your help!
M
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1 & 2: not 100% sure about the samsung mail app but there are email apps out there that can; like the android stock email app (freeware)
3: yes; android can copy paste; although it depends on the app if you can actually select text

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Mark all mails "as read" - any solution?

Hi all.
concidering amount of the brains (and I mean in a good way), passing those forums, how come nobody haven't find a solution to mark all unread e-mails "as read". At the moment I´m using POP3 account and I got about 30-50 e-mails per day + some spam. So it is quite frustrating either open every single e-mail or just to ignore green sign with number of unread e-mails in the home screen.
... or is it only me who will find this irritating...
anyway - cheers to everybody. Great community here. In the pass I was probably only WM user in my neighborhood, who could actually use it ...thanks to XDA, as all the problems I had, got answers here.
What about check all email accounts for new email solution?
You can delete em all... but may be that's not what you want. So if you don't wanna read them all, you should be able to change your POP3 setting on the mail server in such a way that it does not send you the spam. You can also choose from within the HTC mail app how many mails per day you want to download. I know this is not the solution but am just suggesting something.
I would like to know that too! It is really annoying to read emails you dont want to read or you know what is in the email.
Would be nice to have an application for it
salmanbodla said:
You can delete em all... but may be that's not what you want. So if you don't wanna read them all, you should be able to change your POP3 setting on the mail server in such a way that it does not send you the spam. You can also choose from within the HTC mail app how many mails per day you want to download. I know this is not the solution but am just suggesting something.
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just to clarify... my problem isn't the spam and not the quantity. As Im using my laptop as primary worktool for checking email etc, im using my phone only when outside the office, basically in the near future I stat to use exchange anyway (waiting the setup), but this is something at the moment that I would like to solve (as it was solved when using WM diamond). Just imagine, have read all 30 mails received by noon and driving out of office, when checking mail while driving, I got all the mails received/read earlier shown as "new". Simplest thing to do, when not using IMAP, is mark them all read, which should be something easiest tasks with WM phone but not with Android... I hope you understand ....
basically I have lot of unread e-mails. I will pick up the ones I think are important (based on the subject) and read them, all others I will ignore and I would mark them "as read".
manager2a said:
just to clarify... my problem isn't the spam and not the quantity. As Im using my laptop as primary worktool for checking email etc, im using my phone only when outside the office, basically in the near future I stat to use exchange anyway (waiting the setup), but this is something at the moment that I would like to solve (as it was solved when using WM diamond). Just imagine, have read all 30 mails received by noon and driving out of office, when checking mail while driving, I got all the mails received/read earlier shown as "new". Simplest thing to do, when not using IMAP, is mark them all read, which should be something easiest tasks with WM phone but not with Android... I hope you understand ....
basically I have lot of unread e-mails. I will pick up the ones I think are important (based on the subject) and read them, all others I will ignore and I would mark them "as read".
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OK, the bottom line is the mails you don't regard as important, you don't wanna read them ever... so why not "bulk delete" them??!! Cuz I imagine you just don't wanna see the mail icon displaying those mails as a green bubble. You can do so!! When in the HTC mail app where all emails are listed, press menu and select delete >> you'll see a X icon in from of every email >> you can select the ones you don't wanna read ever and then delete them all at once. I found it quite handy. But the Exchange server would be great once you get it. I just hope that Yahoo mail also becomes IMAP.
Ok you can delete, but stilll if you want to save some emails for later. This is a missing function.
Open GMail in your browser (so not the hero app):
Do a search :
in:inbox in:unread
Then choose select all.
You will get an option of selecting all mail in the search.
Choose action: mark as read
And tada, all mail is read!
saphuis said:
Do a search :
in:inbox in:unread
Then choose select all.
You will get an option of selecting all mail in the search.
And tada, all mail is read!
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hmmm.... I have no idea what do you talking about...
R U sure this is HTC Hero standard mail app, you have this "search unread" option and "select all" option? My phone sure as hell doesn't have this function.
manager2a said:
hmmm.... I have no idea what do you talking about...
R U sure this is HTC Hero standard mail app, you have this "search unread" option and "select all" option? My phone sure as hell doesn't have this function.
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true, true...
saphuis is probably talking about gmail app, not the inbuild imap/pop/exchange client.
This is a missing feature, we need to be able to select multiple messages and do stuff with them, currently this only works for delete ( Menu-delete )
I'm not sure, but if you don't need exchange, you might be able to use default android mail app, that might have the features you request ... quick google search did not help me to be sure ...
should have been more clear.
Had the same problem. Could only solve it in the browser gmail environment.
OK, another idea to solve the problem in its current state (although it is not an alternative to including the desired feature in the mail app!!) >> How about moving all the unread mails at once to another folder e.g. Trash?? That way, you'll still have them but won't see them in the inbox or as a green bubble.
salmanbodla said:
...moving all the unread mails at once ...
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Same problem - there is no possibility of multiple selection ...
kkoouu said:
Same problem - there is no possibility of multiple selection ...
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There is, buddy! On the main Mail app screen, press Menu >> More >> select Move >> Select mails >> select folder >> there you go!!
salmanbodla said:
There is, buddy! On the main Mail app screen, press Menu >> More >> select Move >> Select mails >> select folder >> there you go!!
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Wow, you are right ! Nice one
well this might work, but it's lame. how can it be that this device is advertised as the uber-internet-and-mail-smartphone and is not capable of the simpliest tasks... this has to be improved, it's a shame.
i mean, we're not apple, so this should be possible without three major os releases, shouldn't it?
POP3 doesn't support 'Read' as a flag does it?
AFAIK, the App keeps track of the last message it saw, and downloads new ones since its last download - but there's no Read synchronisation between different POP3 applications.
You need IMAP for that - or use Gmail to collect your POP3 mail and then use the Gmail app instead..
I have my HTC Mail linked to my Apple MobileMe account.
If I read, delete, not read a message on the Hero, this is reflected in Mail on my Mac.
Seems they are synced pretty closely.
Sorry, not in any way helpful here, but just wanted to highlight the fact.
AndiTails said:
POP3 doesn't support 'Read' as a flag does it?
AFAIK, the App keeps track of the last message it saw, and downloads new ones since its last download - but there's no Read synchronisation between different POP3 applications.
You need IMAP for that - or use Gmail to collect your POP3 mail and then use the Gmail app instead..
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POP3 didn't have this option with WM as well. Issue here is not the difference between IMAP and POP3, but missing feature on the standard E-mail app on the HTC Hero (android op sys) to select all unread messages at once and mark them as read.
There are different options how to mark them unread and all these options are fine until you have couple of e-mails per day, but if the quantity of the e-mails is quite high, then all those options (like manually selecting each e-mail) fail.
So basically this is the reason I hate to use e-mail app and one and only advantage of Windows phone comparing to android at the moment. ... I hope this advantage of WM will dissapear soon.

Question about HTC Mail email attachment size limits

Hello folks,
I am asking this on behalf of a collegue at work who is considering buying an Android phone (Hero or Desire).
Assuming he did go for one of the above phones, he wants to set up the HTC Mail app with his work email account, which should be straight forward enough, but he would also like to set a limit on the incoming attachment size so it does not eat into his data plan.
Is this possible? If not natively then perhaps with an app?
He currently has a HTC TyTn which does have this functionality.
I would test it for him but I only use Gmail and I really don't want work emails on my personal phone.
Apologies if this has been discussed already, I did search but didn't find any useful info.
Cheers,
Lee
Yep - on HTC standard mail app you can set download size limit. Just menu > more > Send & Recieve > Mail size limit.

[Q] Some Questions...

Looking forward to dumping my iPhone and upgrading to the SGII when it finally arrives at AT&T or T-Mobile. The calendar update to MobileMe was the end for me.
1. Can email work with more than one Exchange account?
2. Can incoming mail show up in one central Inbox or will it show up in multiple Inboxes?
3. Is Cut-Copy-Paste fully implemented in email and other apps?
I know these are NOOB type questions but before I plunk down the big $ these are the things that are critical for me.
Thanks for your help!
M
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1066631
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[Q] no doubt this is the most best form site

I have been on lots of fourms. Att form is ok but you have to be careful of some of the advice same with other. This is the place to be.
One that note I like to hear from Blackberry coverts
blackberry still the best when it comes to email clients. Has anyone found a email program Paid or not that work as well as BB.
See if I can make myself clear. BB has all the emails from all your acounts. ( not just one but as many as you like) lets say gmail,hotmail,yahoo,comcast ect. They are all in on place. When you get mail they all show there in one icon. You cand send recieive and compose from this on place. you dont need to even go to your yahoo mail or your gmail. Its is all stored in one nice area along with saved file email deleted mail. not just for one type email client. And works with microsoft exchange.
danncas said:
I have been on lots of fourms. Att form is ok but you have to be careful of some of the advice same with other. This is the place to be.
One that note I like to hear from Blackberry coverts blackberry still the best when it comes to email. Has anyone found a email program Paid or not that work as well as BB. lots of folders and accounts all in the same safe place.
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sorry dont mean to sound rude your question doesnt make sense. maybe cause of the language but anyway gmail is really good and thats the email that i am using at the moment....have it always on sync and always get my messages on time and i find it better than the BB ones...
Use gmail aswell. Got my hotmail account synched to without probs.
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[Q] Does CM9 for SGII use the same Samsung contacts "engine" as 2.3.4?

Samsung Galaxy 2 has an AWFUL design in the contacts system.
If my friend Bill calls me and I go to save his new phone number into an existing contact, the phone lists ALL 1200 Google contacts "All Contacts" - it's awful design and stupid.
I've discussed this previously in a thread here (some people didn't initially understand my point)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241425
Also when I go to send a new SMS from the Messaging tool on the stock Galaxy 2, when I type in a partial name it resolves email address's as well. Why on EARTH would I want to "SMS" an email address? It's such awful terrible, stupid design and I find it frustrating.
Does the CM9 builds for the SGII continue to do this or do they use a different contacts / messaging engine which doesn't have this poor design?
Anyone know the answer (or even understand what I'm getting at?)
Appreciate it.
Anyone? I need to decide to u/g or not
I think, the idea behind listing all accounts is:
1. You may add a new number to an already existing e-mail account, you have in your list.
2. The SMS app isn't seen as SMS only, but as an overall message app. So you can write a "message" either to a number or an e-mail.
Glad that I could help.
skaterbub2003 said:
I think, the idea behind listing all accounts is:
1. You may add a new number to an already existing e-mail account, you have in your list.
2. The SMS app isn't seen as SMS only, but as an overall message app. So you can write a "message" either to a number or an e-mail.
Glad that I could help.
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1:
I don't want to add a number to an existing EMAIL account I want to add it to a list of "My Contacts" NOT "All Contacts" - this is the way other Android devices work and it's utterly terrible design by Samsung.
2: The SMS app sucks then, can I replace it entirely? If so, any suggestions?
FWIW, to replace both stock sms and contacts I have tried Contapps and Deja Office.
Hope it helps

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