Slion 1,200 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Looks like there is no default email app outside gmail on pro one. Huawei P30 Pro does have a really good email app for instance. Though I've had the same problem on that LG G8X ThinQ, no standard email app there either. I'm usually using that default email app to sync contacts, calendars and email from a private Microsoft Exchange server. I do have a gmail account but I'm not using it. Is there no stock email app on Android anymore? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,427 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I think it is GREAT that they kept the Pro1 as close to stock as possible, and let the user choose, rather than infecting it with all kind of stuff we might or might not like. There are tonnes of mail-apps available, that works more or less good in landscape with a keyboard. I use K9 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,200 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Right, I'm with you on that no bloat-ware stance. However, I'm pretty sure not so long ago stock Android had a default app that's not gmail doing email, contact and calendar sync. Edited January 24, 2020 by Slion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,200 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 Such an app typically also provides functionalities like remote wipe so it needs to come from a trusted source too. Does gmail even provide remote wipe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,427 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 19 minutes ago, Slion said: Right, I'm with you on that no bloat-ware stance. However, I'm pretty sure not so long ago stock Android had a default app that's not gmail doing email, contact and calendar sync. Ah I see. I do not know anything on that. Hopefully someone else knows? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3zet 100 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Yep, there was one ages ago, but google have destructive politics for android that's why I don't like it. Normally Android is an open source OS, but google takes code, makes changes to apps and closes modified apps. Most of the open source stock android apps remembers time of 2.3.7. Also mail app. That's the reason why manufacturers have its own apps - stock open source ones are very outdated and new ones written by google are closed source. Edited January 24, 2020 by 3zet 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,200 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) I guess I'll have to give gmail a try then. Hoping it supports proper sync and remote wipe with my exchange server. I tried Microsoft Outlook on my LG the other day but it does not support two way syncs stupidly enough. Edited January 24, 2020 by Slion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3zet 100 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Try ProfiMail - I'm using it since Symbian phones. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,200 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 57 minutes ago, 3zet said: Try ProfiMail - I'm using it since Symbian phones. I tried it years ago when first switching to Android. Was not convinced back then. Thanks for the reminder though, I will give it a try. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob. S. 1,647 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) I have no idea what "remote wipe" in e-mail is, but on mobile I've just migrated from K-9 mail, which used to be something like a halfway viable compromise for me so far, to FairEmail (a recommendation I got in these forums). Reason: FairEmail not only supports PGP/GPG encryption (something that I increasingly feel to be a good idea in these times of every company and every state trying to spy on everyone regardless of where someone is situated), but also multiple identities per mail account with different SMTP server settings (just like Thunderbird does for ages). It's the only Android e-mail app I know that does both. Edited January 24, 2020 by Rob. S. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,200 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 Looks like gmail does support provisioning and remote wipe as per ms exchange specs. I have yet to try it out but gmail mentioned it was on once it connected to my account. Remote wipe is the ability to wipe your phone clean remotely. Useful if it gets lost or stolen. Shame there is no dark mode in gmail on Pro1 right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silversolver 849 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Slion said: Right, I'm with you on that no bloat-ware stance. However, I'm pretty sure not so long ago stock Android had a default app that's not gmail doing email, contact and calendar sync. Sgroogle quickly realized that doing so was counterproductive to their consumer-as-the-product business model, where stealing your data is the name of the game, and the vanilla program went away in favor of the GspyMail version. My original Droid has it. I have it as a novelty alarm clock at this point, but it's occasionally a useful reminder of what Android was in 2008/9. Edited January 25, 2020 by silversolver 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshall 21 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I've installed the blackberry hub mail app, I haven't used anything else since my priv. I can't stand the gmail app and the blackberry hub works great in split screen. You can get it ad free courtesy of cobalt. https://cobalt232.github.io/blackberrymanager/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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