Comments on: How do you keep G1 from deleting email accounts?

By: Jorge Olguin

Jorge Olguin — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:53:36 +0000

I’m totally lost! I set up my account ok, (I mean, It was settedup ok), but every time I got an email, i can go and see it (both K9 and stack mail client), when I close and came back to email client, all mail is gone!!! I can’t go back emails!!! I’m frustated,,, is it a default behavior? is a bug? or what the hell is happended to my email? I tought I could use this little gizmo’s email as a onroad email reminder and consult tool…. but I haven’t been able to read past emails!!! I’m getting frustrated!! On latop, I got all email, and keep it backed up and so.. (I’m using ol’good thunderbird).

Using motorola iden i1, push to talk . android 1.5
please any comment would be very very appreciatted.

Greetings

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:11:26 +0000

I believe the problem was that the core Android preference storage mechanism uses an XML file to store the user selected preferences. However, in some way it must not protect against certain characters in the type preferences from causing problems with the XML file formatting. When this happens, all of the preferences are lost. Starting in K-9 version 0.104, I modified the code so as to use a custom-for-K9 database-backed preferences storage mechanism, which should not be susceptible to interference from the user-entered preference data.

By: Android Tapp

Android Tapp — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:16:29 +0000

Thanks Dan for sharing that. Would you care to explain what the problem is why it does that? BTW K9 is a great app that’s apart of my essentials. Should make its way on this site soon

By: Dan.

Dan. — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:46:34 +0000

The problem with lost email accounts should be fixed with K-9 release 0.105. 0.015 is in beta on the K-9 site, and will hopefully be going to the Android Market soon.

By: blacklotus

blacklotus — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:15:55 +0000

it happens for me too. My email is through AT&T and whenever I add it to the Email app or to K9 it’s erased within hours. It’s the only email account I’ve tried adding and it always gets deleted.

By: Android Tapp

Android Tapp — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:00:10 +0000

@haitiankid4lyf It happens with K9 too. But my work-around worked for it too. It’s a flaw in Android’s email functions.

By: haitiankid4lyf

haitiankid4lyf — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:32:39 +0000

my opinion is try using K9 mail, it’s an app on the market that works just like the default email app, but it lets you choose how many emails to retrieve (10, 20, 30 etc). it also lets you download attachments. and it has exchange support.

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Android Tapp Week 3 in Review (2009) | Android Tapp. Android App Reviews — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:40:50 +0000

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By: Android Tapp

Android Tapp — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:43:12 +0000

Yes, with RC30 it happens.

By: dflipb

dflipb — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:27:15 +0000

man I’ve never had that problem. Does it happen with the latest RC30?