Managing Your Email Accounts

Manually Adding an Email Account:

  1. While on the home screen, press the "Menu" button
  2. Tap "System settings"
  3. Go to the "General" tab
  4. Under "Personal", tap "Accounts & sync"
  5. Tap "Add Account" > "Email" > "Other"
  6. Type in your email address and password
  7. Tap "Manual setup" and select "IMAP4" or "POP3"
  8. Tap "Next" and enter the incoming server information
  9. Next up, verify your password and username. Edit the account name if necessary
  10. Tap "Done" > "Next"
  11. Enter the information for your outgoing server and verify your username and password
  12. Tap "Done" > "Next"

Adding a Google Account:

  1. Press "Menu" while on a home screen
  2. Tap "System settings" and scroll to "Personal"
  3. Tap "Accounts & sync" > "Add Account"
  4. Select "Google" and tap "Existing". NOTE: if you want to create a new Gmail account, tap "New" instead, and follow the instructions
  5. Type in your Gmail address and password, and tap the "Next" arrow
  6. In the Google terms and policy pop-up, tap "OK". Optionally, clear the check box next to "Keep me up to date"
  7. Tap "Not now" in order to skip the Google Wallet setup phase, or tap "Set up credit card" if you want to enable Google Wallet
  8. If desired, clear the check box next to "Keep this phone backed up with my Google Account"
  9. Tap the "Next" arrow and you're done

Deleting an Email Account:

  1. From any home screen, press "Menu"
  2. Tap "System settings"
  3. Under "Personal", tap "Accounts & sync"
  4. Select the email account that you wish to remove
  5. Tap the account name located at the top of the screen
  6. Press "Menu" and tap "Remove account"
  7. Tap "OK" to confirm

Sending / Deleting Emails

Sending an Email Using the "Email" Application:

  1. From the home screen, tap "Email"
  2. Tap "Write"
  3. Enter the recipient's email address in the "To" field. Optionally, tap the "Contacts" icon and select a saved contact
  4. Tap the "Subject" field and write the email subject
  5. To attach a file, tap "Attach", select a file type, choose the desired file and tap "OK"
  6. Tap the message field and type in your message
  7. When ready, tap "Send"

Sending an Email Using the "Gmail" App:

  1. Tap the "Apps" icon from the home screen
  2. Open the "Gmail" application
  3. Tap the "New" button located at the top of the screen (depicting an envelope with a "+" sign)
  4. Write the recipient's email address in the "To" field
  5. Write a subject if necessary
  6. Tap the "Compose email" field and write your email
  7. To attach a file, tap the "Menu" icon at the top-right corner, and select "Attach picture" or "Attach video", and browse for the desired file
  8. When ready, tap the "Send" arrow at the top-right area of the screen

Deleting Emails from the "Email" App:

  1. Open the "Email" app
  2. Navigate to the desired email and open it
  3. Tap the "Trash can" icon

Deleting Emails in Gmail:

  1. Open the app drawer and launch the "Gmail" app
  2. Open the email that you wish to delete
  3. Tap the "Trash can" icon located at the top of the screen



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