Outlook app on Android - "An Error Occurred" when trying to setup my account

Anonymous
2016-06-13T00:53:07+00:00

Hello all,

Would appreciate your thoughts on the following situation:

I just installed the Outlook App on my Galaxy S5 phone (Android 6).

When I start it, I get prompted for an email address so I enter my work email (Office 365) and after a few seconds it looks like something comes up and then get dumped back to the "Get Started" screen with the most helpful error message in human history:

"An Error Occurred"

Wow! Where to begin?

I cannot make it past this screen to access any settings or options of any kind.

Guess what - the OWA app for Android works fine, but it doesn't have WEAR capability unlike the Outlook app.

Any suggestions/assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Pete

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-18T10:06:10+00:00

    I have the same issue with the Outlook app, tried to uninstall and install, still doesn't work

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-12T00:32:22+00:00

    i got the same problem.Has anyone solved it?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-26T17:09:32+00:00

    I am in the same boat.  The generic email app allows me to access my work account, but any attempt to run my work account through a Microsoft app (Onedrive, Office, Outlook) gets me the error occurred message.  I can open my Hotmail account through the app, but not my work.  I even did a whole phone reboot, and tried installing the app first thing....still no success.

    Before I exchanged in my old phone (S7 Edge), that had my work email functioning through the Outlook app...I deleted the app and tried to reinstall it on my S7 Edge.  Got the same error message I am receiving on my new S9+.

    Also, I have 2 coworkers who purchased the S9 and S9+ a month prior to me, and have no problems accessing the outlook app and their email.

    Frustrated.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-07-20T00:24:50+00:00

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-08-12T02:01:07+00:00

    Is there any way you could make it such that we don't need help? Kinda like it was before.  I  think it will take a load off the shoulders of the support team, this idea will increase the overall productivity and performance  of the support team.

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