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Problems with Huawei Y6 and googlemail

melb · 2019-10-12 17:33:45

hi there I am useless with phones but have just switched from an iphone 4 to a Huawei Y6 (like new condition from O2 unlocked) I am trying to set up my googlemail account and cannot get past the bit that says "Huawei email wants to access your Google Account" with various warnings as to what this may entail. I have the…

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tempus_fugit Posts: 1,189 Forumite

12 October 2019 at 9:56PM

melb wrote: »

I don't really want to use Huawei at all I just want to be able to access m emails - or will it not do any harm to allow Huawei to access my details? Just don't want to be bombarded with stuff from huawi. I have had 2 huaweis previously and don't remember having to allow them access to anything. thanks

As stated twice already in his thread, download the official Gmail app to view your Gmail (it hasn't been called Googlemail for years).

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