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Mar 22 / innocent114

Q & A: Why can’t I get email alerts on my iPhone without opening Mail?

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Q: Why can’t I get my email on my iPhone without opening the actual Mail app?

A: Because you haven’t changed your settings to do so ! Simply:

  1. Tap on “Settings” from your iPhone or iPod Touch home screen.
  2. Tap on “Mail, Contacts, Calendar”
  3. Tap “Fetch New Data”
  4. Change from Manually, to your preferred setting.

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Hope this helps guys!

Filed under iPhone/iPod, Q&A
  • http://www.dfwtribune.com Greg Fox

    How did this happen? I have my iphone backed up daily (overnight). however, the addressbook/contact list has populated all the address blanks with email addresses.

    home aaleadedglass@aol.com
    work doughaley@sbcglobal.net
    work whitesboroha@suddenlinkmail.com
    work rpsams124@aol.com

    And more importantly is it fixable?

  • http://www.simpleleap.com Ashli Norton

    Hmmm….I don’t know about this one, I will look into this for your and try to find an answer!

  • http://www.simpleleap.com Ashli Norton

    I looked this up and just have no clue, try restarting your iPhone, or try to load your backups if you have been making any of your contacts.

  • Pauline Johnson54

    How can I get an alarm when emails come through

  • Israel

    Can I get my iphone to fetch my email every 5 minutes?

  • Jamboree

    I used to get an alert every time an email came in, but now that has stopped (all I did was try out the different ringtone sounds). Have now changed it to fetch data every 15 mins and have left the ‘push’ function on.