When it comes to useful apps, you can consider Gmail as one. It’s one of the best alternative email platforms to the stock mail app on your iPhone. Aside from offering other cool features that are not found in the stock Mail, Gmail is also simple and easy to use.
Most importantly, it’s developed by reputable entities. But there are still times when robust apps like Gmail would give into various random performance issues including lags, unresponsiveness, and frequent crashes. Many factors can make these adverse symptoms transpire. The main question we’ll try to address in this context is on how to deal with the issue on random or frequent crashes on the iPhone X Gmail app.
Read on if you need to know the answer. Before we move on, if you have other issues with your iPhone, visit our iPhone X troubleshooting page for we have already addressed some of the most commonly reported issues with the device. Browse through the page to find issues similar with yours. If you still need our assistance after that, then fill up our Android issues questionnaire to contact us.
How to fix your iPhone X with Gmail app that keeps crashingFirst solution: Quit and restart the app. Second solution: Reboot your iPhone (soft reset). Third solution: Update Gmail and other apps, if available. Make sure your iPhone has active and stable Internet connection. It is one of the key requisites for server-based apps like Gmail to work smoothly on your device. If you are experiencing intermittent Wi-Fi connection or your Internet keeps on dropping, then you will need to deal with network connectivity issues first to get Gmail back up and running smoothly again.
First solution: Quit and restart the app. Just like your device, apps also need a restart especially when things are no longer going smoothly. If this is the first time your Gmail app is misbehaving on your iPhone X, then it’s likely just a random glitch that can be remedied by restarting the app. Press the Home button twice quickly.
Doing so will show up a list of your recently used apps. Locate Gmail app and then swipe up on the app’s preview to close it. If you see other apps, then you might as well consider closing them too. Just swipe up on each app to quit. Doing so will prevent any of them from causing conflict with Gmail. Second solution: Reboot your iPhone (soft reset).
Aside from errant app, system glitches on the iPhone can also cause your apps to go rogue at some point. And this could be what’s going on with your iPhone X Gmail app. A simple solution to this is a soft reset or device restart. Press and hold the Side/Power button and either the Volume button for a few seconds until the Slide to Power Off prompt appears on the screen.
Drag the slider to power off your iPhone completely. After 30 seconds or 1 minute, press and hold the Side/Power button until the Apple logo appears. Shut Down menu to turn off your phone and restart as usual. In the case where your iPhone becomes unresponsive as Twitter gets frozen or stuck, you’ll need to perform a force restart instead. It is a simulated battery removal procedure to restart or unfreeze a frozen iPhone. Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. Press and quickly release the Volume Down button.
Then, press and hold down the Side/Power button until the Apple logo appears. It works the same a soft reset without deleting any of your data or personal information stored on the internal memory of your iPhone. Third solution: Update Gmail and other apps, if available. Updates can be your savior if the main reason why Gmail is not working on your iPhone X is because the app is already outdated.
This is likely the case if you haven’t set up your phone to install updates automatically. Having said that, you will need to manually install available updates for your apps including Gmail. Tap the App Store icon from the Home screen. From the App Store screen, tap the Updates icon located at the bottom right.
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