Enable and Set frequency of send and receive intervals for Gmail

Edited by Eng, Grimm, roxy.bella, DeleteQnA

Most of the users of Samsung S3 and several other models too set their Gmail directly via the Gmail icon, which is located on the desktop. That will enable the Sync of the Gmail. Yet a friend of mine asked me on how to set the send and receive frequency intervals. He said he can set it for his Hotmail account but not for the Gmail. Well, it took a bit of exploring and experimenting and I got a work-around for that. I wanted to share that with you, should anyone need to set it. As you can see from the following photo, most of the users go to the Gmail Icon and set their Gmail account using that icon (marked in Blue).

If you browse the Gmail icon and its related settings, you will not find an option of setting the Send & Receive frequency, which we need to set.

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How to set frequency send & receive intervals for Gmail account

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    If you go into Settings by clicking on the "Settings" icon
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    and then from the "Settings" window click on the "Accounts and sync"
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    as you can see from the next photo, the account (Red marked 1) will not be there if you had only set up the Gmail through the Gmail icon, only the account (Red marked 2) will appear
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    Gmail and Hotmail in Accounts and Sync.png
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    To create the Account (Red marked 2) of above photo, you need to go to "Applications" (Apps) window, locate the Email Icon (marked Red), be aware, you do not need to set the Gmail (marked Blue)
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    Press on the Menu soft key and go to "Settings", on top right corner, there is a [+] icon, click it to add a new Email Account
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    Enter your Gmail account address, and the password
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    Click on "Next".
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    Now here is the part we are seeking to set, you will be prompted to set the "Email check frequency", in here I set it to "Every 15 minutes"
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    Set the Account a Name (Optional), and Set "Your name", then hit "Done" *
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    Now, if you go to the "Accounts and Sync" you can see the Account (Red marked 1)
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    Gmail and Hotmail in Accounts and Sync.png
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Set the frequency for Hotmail account

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    If you go to "Accounts and Sync", and Click on the Hotmail created account, you can access the option "Period to sync email"
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    You will be able to set the "Sync schedule" by setting the "Peak schedule", "Off-peak schedule", "Peak days", "Peak start time", and "Peak end time"
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    Hotmail Sync Settings.png
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Tips Tricks & Warnings

  • Once you add the Email Account and it appears in the Accounts and Sync window, you can click on it and change the frequency from there too. (1 Red marked)
    Gmail and Hotmail in Accounts and Sync.png

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If you have problems with any of the steps in this article, please ask a question for more help, or post in the comments section below.

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Categories : Samsung Galaxy

Recent edits by: roxy.bella, Grimm, Eng

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