Gmail slow????

[Steve H]

For the past few day Gmail have been very slow on my PC and my Droid. Anyone know if Google is having problems?????

 

[aminaked]

Google has a site where you can check the status of their services. I don't have a link handy.

Gmail usually arrives in 30 seconds to a minute for me. When they're having issues it can take 10 minutes, but that's rare.

 

[hookbill]

But I do.

Apps Status Dashboard

There are no problems with gmail today.

 

[aminaked]

There we go. I just noticed that you can click the RSS link to see past status messages. Doesn't look like they're admitting to any outages in the past few days.

Apps Status Dashboard RSS Feed

 

[Steve H]

Gmail usually arrives in 30 seconds to a minute for me. When they're having issues it can take 10 minutes, but that's rare.

that's how it used to be for me until a few days ago. I just tried to send a email from my droid and gave up after 5 minutes of "sending"

 

[hookbill]

Double check your settings Steve.

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...66-droid-hints-pop3-gmail-forwarding-you.html

 

[aminaked]

Hm, OK, you should try clearing your gmail storage data.

 

[Steve H]

settings all look fine, haven't changed them since I got the phone. I'm using 8% of my storage space according to the bottom of the Gmail (PC) page. The think that really bugs me is this is starting to be intermittent.

 

[aminaked]

So did you:

phone settings > applications > manage applications > menu > filter > all > gmail storage > clear data

?

 

[Steve H]

So did you:

phone settings > applications > manage applications > menu > filter > all > gmail storage > clear data

?

No
If I do that I get a message that states I will permanently loose all data "including files, settings accounts, databases and so on."..................... would that wipe out my GMail off the phone?

 

[aminaked]

Oh, wow, they need to change that dialog box. It DOES NOT delete accounts and settings. It will delete all gmail from your phone but it will sync up again with google's servers so you won't lose anything. One caveat: if you have anything stuck in your outbox that hasn't had a chance to sync with google's servers, those stuck messages will be deleted.

I have no idea why that dialog box is so scary, but you'll have to trust me and delete "Gmail storage" data. I just did it myself on my droid with no problem.

ps. is that what you really look like?

 

[Steve H]

OK I did it. Now I'll play with it and see what happens. It did sync back up.

That almost looks like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[aminaked]

Some people also delete data/cache for "Gmail" in addition to "Gmail Storage" although when I had this problem Gmail Storage was the key. By the way, I haven't had this problem since I got 2.1

This type of thing might happen sometimes when sending attachments. Actually, there are a lot of potential causes that can be found by googling droid manual sync. Whenever I send an attachment I use K9 with my non-google pop account.

Another thing you may want to tweak is the sync days. In the gmail app go to settings > Labels. I only sync Inbox and Sent and only for 4 days. I keep this stuff to a minimum so that the droid isn't bogged down with a bunch of old mail. I think it leaves openings for errors and possibly eats up more battery when syncing. When I do need an older message I login to gmail.com using Dolphin HD with user agent set to Desktop.

That's all folks.

Dude, you look as scary as that dialog box!

 

[Steve H]

Thanks for the info. We'll see what happens.