Nokia built in email client + GMail = Headache

Here goes the story: Nokia N97/Nokia N96 both using the built in email client, my email account is on GMail, as most of the people out there simply for the fact that the simple interface of GMail combined with the powerful features can not be found anywhere else (my personal opinion). So after configuring the built in client for GMail i try to download my mail. Unfortunately on both phones I am unable to get the last emails and this problem has been going on for a while. The "Updating mailbox" message stays on for a few minutes but there are no newer mails on the phone. After trying whatever I could think of, I decided that there seems to be no solution on my problem, so I decided to drop a line to Nokia Support. And guess what, four weeks and no answer. Just perfect!
I am not sure if this problem extends to other GMail users, but I know I am unable to use the built in email client on my two Nokia mobile phones to check my mail on the go. So what is the solution to this problem and how to read your GMail on your Nokia S60 mobile phone. There are two for the moment:

• Google GMail mobile
• Nokia Messaging 1.1 (link to the old version on N96)

I currently have both Google GMail mobile (still with the pixelated icon) and Nokia Messaging 1.1 installed on the phone, just in case on of them stops working, it is good to have a backup solution. Unfortunately having the mailbox removed from the default email client, disables you to send files or images from the Options -> Send -> Send via e-mail menu of the photo browser or the file manager. So no in order to have the full functionality from all menus you will have to configure the mailbox in the built in client.

Update: Seems like the built in client started working normally again... not for long, it was just for a few hours and we are back where we started.

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Found under: Nokia Messaging, GMail, Problems, Nokia Email Nokia built in email client + GMail = Headache - permalink Published on 23.06.2009 in Symbian Freeware Blog

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