Outlook for Android not syncing new emails

Anonymous
2019-04-09T12:30:46+00:00

Outlook for Android has stopped loading new messages in my Inbox.  I suspect the behavior ties to a recent update. I'm set to have updates for Outlook automatically update and in Play Store states the last update was 3 days ago. I've been aware of the issue for the last 2 days. 

Characteristics

  • Outlook new email icon displays on top bar
  • Notification shade displays the email title and message preview
  • Navigating to message from the notification shade, Outlook states "Couldn't Open Message"
  • Navigating to Outlook app directly and pull down to refresh >> Nothing new loads
    • No error message provided

Reset Attempts

  • Force Stopped app and reloads > no change
  • System restart from UI, load app > no change
  • Hard restart of the device, load app >> Inbox refreshes!
    • Hard restart = Volume down & Power button for 5-8 seconds until reboot initiated
    • Email is received for a short while and then fails to sync again

Environment

  • Samsung Galaxy Note 8
    • SM-N950W
  • Android 9 (Pie) w/One UI
    • Ver. N950WVLU5DSC1
  • Other MS apps loaded
    • Teams (not connecting either recently)
    • Word
    • Excel
    • PowerPoint

Any help or insight anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks

Jay

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Anonymous
2019-04-09T14:14:27+00:00

Hi  Jay,

Thanks for your posting here, firstly, please sign in your account in your mailbox web page and check if this account can receive the emails successfully, if yes, please open Outlook app, go to Settings > Tap the account that is not syncing > Tap Reset Account. Check to see if your account is syncing. If it still doesn't work, may I confirm that if your account is IMAP or Exchange account? if yes, please delete and re-add your email account.

If issue persists, please go to Open the Menu > tap the ? > Contact Support. For your reference: Get in-app help for Outlook for iOS and Android which is dedicated to handling Outlook for Android related issues, you'll receive a notification once the support team get back to you, you can easily communicate with them there. Your time and understanding will be appreciate.

Regards,

Bryan

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-10-07T22:07:18+00:00

    Bryan -

    There is no ACCOUNT to tap because the OUtlook account is the native account. You cannot add the account to itself.

    The Outlook app seems to only sync once a day - which is useless. The PC based Exchange 365 (paid) is a little better, but not much.

    I do not want to run my life on a thin client by logging into MS every hour. I paid for and want it on my phone and PC to sync whenever new email arrives but certainly not less than every 15 minutes!

    Can you give more details?  Outlook cloud mail should be IMAP.  What you are describing sounds like POP3.

    For example I use gmail for personal email and it's IMAP so my emails are pretty much instantaneously just like office365/exchange.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-10-15T23:21:10+00:00

    I was absolutely shocked when I saw this thread.

    Replacing hardware, switching back and forth between connection methods, numerous hard resets and software installations.

    This is a joke and not acceptable.

    I uninstalled Teams have not had a problem since.

    Attn Microsoft Techs - fix your application interactions. It shouldn't be rocket science to you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-10-28T22:02:57+00:00

    I was absolutely shocked when I saw this thread.

    Replacing hardware, switching back and forth between connection methods, numerous hard resets and software installations.

    This is a joke and not acceptable.

    I uninstalled Teams have not had a problem since.

    Attn Microsoft Techs - fix your application interactions. It shouldn't be rocket science to you.

    While it does seem like Microsoft is at fault, they may only be partially responsible. The issue is the actual hardware/software of the device that "optimizes" the authenticator app, which prevents it from actually doing its job, which is allowing access to your emails. Long story short it isn't the user's fault or Microsoft's fault this time. Of course they should actually make an effort to notify users or make the app work around this known issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-11-04T10:41:05+00:00

    To anyone else having this issue, the fix is to disable "optimise settings" for battery save.

    Go to Settings > Device Care > Battery >  Settings (Top right 3 dots) > Uncheck Optimise Settings and Auto disable unused apps

    Whilst in here it would be a good idea to check the disabled apps and sleeping apps to see if Outlook is in there. If it is, remove it.

    I would also go Settings > Apps > Outlook > Battery and ensure that Allow background activityis enabled.

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