Or maybe your company uses Google Apps and it just makes more sense to make Google a more integrated part of your iPhone experience. Whatever the reason might be, I’m going to show you how to transfer your Google contacts to your iPhone. I’m going to assume you haven’t set up a Google account on your iPhone yet.
If you already have, then skip to the next section. Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and select Add Account. Step 2: Tap on the Google logo to create a new Google account. Step 3: Enter your Google email and password, and tap Sign in to proceed. Step 4: You will then be asked to authorize iOS to access various aspects of your Google account, including of course contacts.
Step 5: Now select what information from Google you want to show on your iPhone. It can be mail from Gmail, and contacts as well. You can also select to show your calendars and notes. All your Google and Gmail contacts will now be imported into your iPhone. Note that if you’re using other Google accounts or iCloud, you might see duplicate contacts, which you can easily fix by following these steps. If you already have a Google account set up on your iPhone, it will be much quicker to import and use your Google Gmail contacts.
Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and select your Gmail account. Your contacts will be imported from Google and should automatically populate both the Contacts and the Phone apps. Our thanks to Martin for suggesting this article. If you have a tip, you’d like to share, or a problem you’d like to solve on your Mac or iOs device, feel free to drop us a line at help@iDownloadBlog.com.
Create a new Apple ID. Follow the setup there. SMTP. Now we’ll set the iCloud messages to go through Gmail’s servers. It may take a while to verify. Now tap iCloud SMTP Server and turn Server off, then Done. The Gmail server should be on. This will force all messages sent from that iCloud account to run through Gmail and look like they’re coming from your Gmail. To set up receiving mail, just set your Gmail to forward all messages to your iCloud address.
Add a forwarding address. Google will send a confirmation message to your iCloud email to make sure you want the forwarded messages. Open the message’s link to confirm. ] and archive Gmail’s copy. Then hit save changes. I know, I know. You don’t want to use a third-party app. You’d rather run all your email accounts through the iOS Mail app.
If you don’t mind downloading something else, though, there’s always Google’s Gmail app for iOS. It does push notifications right out of the box, no setup required. This option is only available to paid Google Apps users. If you’re willing to pay Google for your Gmail domain, then it’s pretty easy to set up. Exchange. Enter your email account and password. Next the box will expand and ask for more info. Leave domain blank. In Username, enter your full email address again.
Tap Next, choose what to sync, and the account should be ready. Under Select Schedule, “Push” should be checked. Everything should work after that. If you’re running into trouble, check Google’s help page. It would be nice if Google didn’t make us jump through so many damn hoops just to have that instant gratification of knowing exactly when a new message arrives. Is it really so bad to support push on free accounts,
Yes, because then Mountain View wouldn’t have a carrot to push people toward the Gmail app instead of Apple Mail. The Exchange option for paid Google Apps users is pretty great, and I’d highly recommend it for your work email. By far the least amount of setup required there. Otherwise, try that alternate iCloud account. It’s that or wait 15 minutes.
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