How‌ ‌To‌ ‌Setup‌ ‌Email‌ ‌On‌ ‌Android‌ ‌Phone‌ ‌/‌ ‌Tablet‌ ‌ ‌

Mobile phones are an essential commodity in today’s busy life. We use it for all our daily activities – right from making a phone call, clicking pictures, connecting to the internet for social media to checking emails and so on. 

If you use an android device, it is fairly simple to set up a gmail/yahoo account. However, if you want to receive emails from custom (business/professional) email then you need to set up your email account manually. Android devices usually use the Gmail app for setting up email services. However, there are some older Android devices that use the email app for setting up custom email services. If you’re using an older Android version follow these instructions. In this tutorial, we’ll help you understand how to set up Gmail account on Android. 

Follow this 4 step process to set up email in Android email app:

1. Add a New Email Account
2. Incoming Mail Server
3. Outgoing Mail Server
4. Account Options

Although it might seem overwhelming and a long process, it is simple – all you need is patience. 

Step 1: Add a New Email Account

The first step to setup gmail on Android email app is to add your custom email address to the Gmail app.

1. Open the Gmail app and navigate to the Settings section
2. Tap Add account
3. Tap Personal (IMAP/POP) and then Next
4. Enter your full email address and tap Next
5. Choose the type of email account you will be using
   1. POP3 will download the emails from the server and store them on your phone
   2. IMAP will store the emails on the server and show a cached copy on your phone. IMAP is best in most cases
   3. Exchange is not supported because it requires a Microsoft Exchange server
6. Enter the password for your email address and tap Next

Now that you’ve added your email account to the gmail app, it is time to setup the server settings. Server settings essentially help you to receive and send emails to/from your device. Follow these instructions to setup incoming and outgoing server settings.

Step 2: Incoming Server Settings

1. Username: Enter your full email address
2. Password: Enter the password for your email account
3. Server: This is your domain name preceded by “mail.” like mail.example.com
4. Port and Security Type:
   1. If you’re using POP, choose either:
      1. Secure – Port: 995 and Security Type: SSL/TLS (Accept all certificates)
      2. Insecure – Port: 110 and Security Type: None
   2. If you’re using IMAP, choose either:
      1. Secure – Port: 993 and Security Type: SSL/TLS (Accept all certificates)
      2. Insecure – Port: 143 and Security Type: None (Accept all certificates)
5. Once the settings are entered, tap Next.

Step 3: Outgoing Server Settings

1. Select ‘Require Sign-In’
2. Username: Enter your full email address
3. Password: Enter the password for your email account
4. Server: This is your domain name preceded by “mail.” like mail.example.com
5. For SMTP Port and Security Type, choose either:
   1. Secure – Port: 465 and Security Type: SSL/TLS (Accept all certificates)
   2. Insecure – Port: 26 and Security Type: None (Accept all certificates)
6. Once the settings are entered, tap Next

Your email account is successfully set up, now all you need to do is setup the account options to synchronize the email receiving and checking feature. Follow these steps to setup your gmail account options.

Step 4: Account Options

1. Email Checking Frequency: Set how often you would like your device to check for new emails
   Note: The more regularly your device checks for new emails the more it drains your battery
2. Notify me when email arrives: Leave this checked if you would like to be notified of new emails
3. Sync email from this account: Leave this checked if you want email to be checked automatically
4. Tap Next

Congratulations, you’ve successfully set up Gmail account on Android.