Apple iPhone/iPad Google Setup (Email and Calendar)

Table of Contents

• How do I set up my device?
• Troubleshooting

To help you set up your Apple device for Email and Calendar, we've made the following instructions. There are other ways to connect but each one has advantages and disadvantages. If you get stuck, please have a look at our troubleshooting section.

On your computer

1. Set your Google password using our password change form.

On your device

2. Click Settings and select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
   
3. Select "Add Account..." then Microsoft Exchange.
   

   Why exchange? Have a look at our FAQ for more information.

   
4. Enter the following details:
   
   
   Email: Your full email address such as...
   • Staff (example): Joe.Bloggs@bristol.ac.uk
   • Student (example): Joe.Bloggs2012@my.bristol.ac.uk
   Password: Your Google password
   Description: UoB Google Account
5. Click Next. If you see a warning that says "Cannot verify server identity", Click Continue The setup will then give you more options. Enter the following:
   
   
   Server: m.google.com
   Domain: Leave blank
   Username: Your username in the following format...
   
   • Staff (example): abcde@bristol.ac.uk
   • Student (example): ab12345@my.bristol.ac.uk
6. Click Next
7. Select which services you would like to configure:
   • Mail
   • Contacts
   • Calendar

   If you recieve a message saying "What would you like to do with existing local contacts/calendar entries" make sure to select Keep on my iPhone/iPad failiure to do this will delete your phonebook/other calendars.

You may be able to access your calendar before it is officially live. During this period, data is still being migrated therefore we recommend you disable calendar until Google calendar has launched. To enable it later, please view the troubleshooting section beneath.
8. On your device, Open the Safari web browser and go to http://m.google.com/sync/settings Sign in using:
   Username: Your Google Username in the following format...
   • Staff (example): ab12345@bristol.ac.uk
   • Student (example): ab12345@my.bristol.ac.uk
   Password: Your Google password
   
   
9. Select the device you just set up (It should say iPhone/iPad/iPod)
   
10. Ensure Enable send as is ticked, and all the relevant calendars are enabled (even if you have disabled calendar, this will select what is syncronised with your device if you do enable calendar)
    
11. Click Save at the bottom of the webpage
12. Your device is now set up. We recommend you view the FAQ page to explore additional features and Settings.

If the mobile team is asked a question relatively often, we'll try and update our FAQ page. Take a look and if there is anything missing, please let us know!

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Created: 13th March 2013
Last Update: 27th March 2013
Status: Live
Device Tested: iPhone 4S
OS: iOS 6.1.2
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