Microsoft recently enabled active sync for all hotmail users. This means your android phone has full support for synching email, contacts and calendar items onto the phone with any @msn, @live or @hotmail account.
Here are the setup instructions for users running Android 4.2. These screenshots were taken from my Nexus 4.
Follow these steps to add a hotmail account to your android phone via Active Sync:
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Open Settings and scroll down untill you see + Add Account |
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Click Corporate or Microsoft Exchange |
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| Enter your email address (yourhotmail@msn.com) and password and click Next | ![]() |
| Enter the following input for the following fields: Doman\Username: \yourhotmail@msn.com Password: ******** Exchange Server: m.hotmail.com |
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| Change the settings to your liking. The defaults are fine for most people. | ![]() |
Your hotmail account will now be created and ready for use.
Anything to add? Got a question? Let us know in the comments below.
Tags: Android
cassie jones, Friday, 10 May. 2013
I have not received MSN emails for last 2 weeks on my Android...AND you took out all of My Calendar appointments...I no like this...you are messing with my livelihood!!!!!!!!
dee, Thursday, 9 May. 2013
awesome works great thanks for the help
ihsan, Wednesday, 8 May. 2013
thanks a lot. it working.....TQ again
Amanda, Tuesday, 7 May. 2013
Ek sukel om in te teken in my hotmail account
jp, Friday, 3 May. 2013
useless. no parameters for live mail
Ian Dile, Saturday, 20 Apr. 2013
thank you so much. without this my phone refused to connect to hotmail servers
Derrick T, Friday, 19 Apr. 2013
Wow thanks I updated my hotmail to outlook and it messed up the settings on my nexus 7 the exchange server was STILL set to m.hotmail.com this has been driving me nuts thanks again
HopeMcCloud, Thursday, 18 Apr. 2013
Android 4.0.4 Click on Live click on Show All Folders my hotmail folders are all listed but I cannot access the contents. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Barry, Wednesday, 10 Apr. 2013
Worked like a dream!! Many, many, thanks
frank, Monday, 8 Apr. 2013
not precise enough, every little detail must be right, Notes on left do not tally with Figs Figs are not as my HTC
Brian, Tuesday, 2 Apr. 2013
Mostly useless, nice to see how it can be done if you have a special rom or jailbreak andriod, plain jane andriod not worth the effort
Mel Cruz, Tuesday, 2 Apr. 2013
Excellent!!!!!! Got it 1st time out!!! Thanks!!!
Roxanne, Monday, 1 Apr. 2013
Plus it keeps telling me my email already exists yet I am receiving zero emails and can't send anything. Its asking me to verify my email with a code it sends me but it isn't sending me that code.
Roxanne, Monday, 1 Apr. 2013
It still isn't working for my samsung II after the software upgrade I did... but worked before stupid upgrade :(
umesh kumar, Sunday, 31 Mar. 2013
This really works Thanks.
rhushi, Sunday, 31 Mar. 2013
thanks.... keep posting
Al, Thursday, 28 Mar. 2013
Works great. Now, let's say I add a phone number to a contact on my phone, how can I get my phone to automatically sync the change to my contacts at Windows Live?
John, Sunday, 24 Mar. 2013
I cant connect hotmail.com.au Please help!!
Rachel, Friday, 22 Mar. 2013
After hours searching the internet finally an easy straight forward answer that works! Thank you.
Tony, Thursday, 21 Mar. 2013
Many thanks, it worked like a charm.
Lupita , Wednesday, 20 Mar. 2013
I keep getting a message that reads incorrect user is or password. I know they are correct
Sommay, Sunday, 17 Mar. 2013
Sommay wathsanouvongsa
Scott, Saturday, 9 Mar. 2013
Msn email stopped working on My Touch cell phone. Alert says server not accepting email and password?
eric, Tuesday, 26 Feb. 2013
couldn't work even having a active sim...having the same as other users unable to connect to server
I did it - put in your sim, Monday, 25 Feb. 2013
the above will work if you put in an active sim!! it worked after I put in my sim. very easy
Nev, Sunday, 24 Feb. 2013
Didn't work. Put in all details as supplied. Setup could not finish Unable to open connection to server
weldon shaw, Friday, 22 Feb. 2013
i have hotmail set up on my lg android 4g, i can receive hotmail emails but i can not respond back to them. I keep receiving a error saying email did not send authentication error. how do i fix this.
Suz, Monday, 18 Feb. 2013
tried until I am ready to throw the phone out the window. Doesn't work
John, Sunday, 17 Feb. 2013
Tried several times. I get an error message 'Couldn't Finish - Can not connect to server
John, Sunday, 17 Feb. 2013
Tried several times. I get an error message 'Couldn't Finish - Can not connect to server
H., Thursday, 31 Jan. 2013
Thanks a lot, it worked!
Paul, Sunday, 27 Jan. 2013
This setup did not work.
fern , Saturday, 26 Jan. 2013
mine still doesnt work i dont understand why :(
Christina, Thursday, 24 Jan. 2013
Thanks so much finally I was able to get results.
Luc van Vugt, Monday, 21 Jan. 2013
Clearly I am not the only one that profits from you sharing this info. Thanx!
Rich, Thursday, 10 Jan. 2013
connection worked but sz waiting to sync....your email will appear soon but it doesnt.. help
Ren, Thursday, 3 Jan. 2013
Worked Great Thanks
Laura, Wednesday, 26 Dec. 2012
e-mail quite working on android so have tried several times different options and this is the first time it worked!!!
Mariecar, Wednesday, 26 Dec. 2012
Have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, I set up the email but on Windows Live, it says "sync disabled." Please help Thanks.
doyle, Saturday, 22 Dec. 2012
didn't work !
Alba, Friday, 21 Dec. 2012
Thank you so... so muxh...the pics helped... thank you... thank you
Aggie, Thursday, 20 Dec. 2012
OMG!!! Thank you so much and you have made my day!!! I haven't able to get my emails for 2 weeks on my HTC mobile phone. Thank you very very much!!!!
Laraine, Thursday, 20 Dec. 2012
Thank goodness! I got it to work after not getting messages for nearly a week! Thank you!
John Packer, Thursday, 20 Dec. 2012
As usual, nothing comes up as shown, and nothing works.
Ann Matthews, Wednesday, 19 Dec. 2012
I have an android phone but it is about 2 years old. Under accounts it does not say Microsoft Exchange active sync. it just says email. dont know what to do...I used to receive mail...just last week, then I started receiving error messages saying could not verify certificate, no matter what I did, still had error messages, ultimately deleted account and then tried to add it again only to receive more error messages...
Raymond, Wednesday, 19 Dec. 2012
I was having the "can't connect to server" problem for the past week or so. Followed the instructions and now everything is working perfectly again.
Deb, Wednesday, 19 Dec. 2012
Wow, you're a genius. Was about to get a new phone. You did what no one at Verison, LG, or msn could do! Followed the instructions exactly and now Hotmail is working perfectly! THX THX THX
christine A, Sunday, 16 Dec. 2012
telling me cannot connect to server, Even had the cell phone company help me...12-16-12 still not working. now what?
ulla wik, Saturday, 15 Dec. 2012
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Andrew Vogel, Friday, 14 Dec. 2012
telling me cannot connect to server
Jonathan, Friday, 7 Dec. 2012
The setting seems be fecognised with a tick next to my account name and my livemail folders visible and accessable but whenever I go to any folder it is just a black screen with no messages. Please help!
ysanne bonner, Friday, 7 Dec. 2012
Keep trying to set this up but get hte message ' Setup could not finish. Unable to open connection to server'. Please advise. Thanks.
Hannah, Thursday, 6 Dec. 2012
I have been using my email account on my phone since January but this past month If I read an email on my phone it still comes up unread when I enter my hotmail account from my computer. i now have hundreds of emails in my inbox online. Anyway to sort this?
Q, Thursday, 6 Dec. 2012
Thank You....
Bill , Sunday, 2 Dec. 2012
Great procedure. It worked like a charm. Other tries failed. Thanks!
rachel, Saturday, 1 Dec. 2012
i got the instruction but when i clic k calendar on my android it asking for me to renter the msn info and then it says it si duplicated? so how do sync the calendar ?
jason, Friday, 30 Nov. 2012
THANK YOU!! I'm not sure why this does not work in the default email app, it is the exact same interface and set-up. But it no longer matters finally it is set up.
kate, Friday, 30 Nov. 2012
thanks from austria :)
Oliveira, Robenildo, Wednesday, 28 Nov. 2012
Good job....Thank you!! Works perfectly!
jim raynor, Wednesday, 28 Nov. 2012
omg thank you so much!! nothing worked this is just like exchange. If you have android 4+ click manual an put "\you@hotmail.com" in domain and "you@hotmail.com" in username
paul keane, Wednesday, 28 Nov. 2012
I have managed to sync my windows live Email but not my calandar for my Samsung 511 cell phone. suggestions
wickets, Sunday, 25 Nov. 2012
thanks,,,,worked perfectly
fatz, Thursday, 22 Nov. 2012
says unable to connect to server
Dirk, Wednesday, 14 Nov. 2012
Best step by step guide i found, worked for both hotmail accounts i have
Claudia, Monday, 12 Nov. 2012
Thank you!! Works perfectly!
Jacob, Sunday, 11 Nov. 2012
Thanks
rick, Monday, 29 Oct. 2012
same here. Unable to connect to server. Tried m.hotmail.com and outlook.com...anyone figure it out? Btw, mine used to work. Stopped working on 10/28 around 10pm.
le, Thursday, 25 Oct. 2012
says can't connect to the server, EVERY TIME
le, Thursday, 25 Oct. 2012
says can't connect to the server, EVERY TIME
Juan, Sunday, 21 Oct. 2012
It is enough open google incognito tabs in your android and then you can open hotmail without problems (as in your laptop)
waqas, Saturday, 20 Oct. 2012
i have revised same procedure earlier.it did not work before.but now i did it again and it worked amazingly.thanks very much
Ellen Zehna, Monday, 15 Oct. 2012
messages that I delete via my computer still show up on my Samsung/Anddroid. So I'm having to delete everything twice. How can I sync the two?
Eric , Friday, 5 Oct. 2012
I set up wife's hotmail on droid but no icon to check or notifications when she gets new mail
Fundoo, Wednesday, 3 Oct. 2012
hi, Thank you sir for your help, it was very easy for set up after reading you Thanks a Lot again Satyen Sodha
toula, Tuesday, 2 Oct. 2012
that was the only blog that helped me! many thanks!
Beth Macaluso, Monday, 1 Oct. 2012
After selecting "Add an account" my only choices are: "Corporate" and "Google" I do not have the Microsoft Active Exchange option. Also, I do receive my hotmail emails to my phone, but I cannot SEND emails from this account. Can you advise??
simone santos , Monday, 24 Sep. 2012
Quero atualizar meu email
zach, Sunday, 23 Sep. 2012
i did all that three times, and get a message saying sync is currantly exsperiencing problems. help using 4.0 android
Huzefa, Sunday, 23 Sep. 2012
setting up hotmail on android 2.2 was a breeze after reading your article. Thanks
Carl, Thursday, 20 Sep. 2012
As previous post - I'm tryin to sync email from an account that is from http://webmail.easyspace.com but have no idea what to put in the field "domain" PLEASE someone help me.... going crazy!!!
carl, Thursday, 20 Sep. 2012
This will make me sound really thick nut what exactly do I type in the domain field?? confused.com lol
David, Wednesday, 19 Sep. 2012
As Alicia below, my Sony Ericsson Arc would not sync. It says setup could not finish, cannot connect to server!! Any fixes?? Thanks
julia, Tuesday, 18 Sep. 2012
awesome
Alicia, Monday, 17 Sep. 2012
my Acer tablet still won't sync to my live.ca account. it says couldn't finish, cant connect to server. ive tried all the suggested methods of changing the server name but it wont work. It works on my android phone but not the tablet. any fixes?!?!
Darwin, Sunday, 16 Sep. 2012
Fantastic! Worked brillant for my Galaxy w. Thank you so much!
meeee, Wednesday, 12 Sep. 2012
Thanks! Works great!
Tapan, Tuesday, 11 Sep. 2012
Excellent! I love Android phones for their user friendlyness and simplicity.
kelly, Sunday, 9 Sep. 2012
very helpful in setting up my hotmail acct. thank you
Judah, Thursday, 6 Sep. 2012
Any had any luck on a asus transformer prime? None of the ideas on here have worked
bali, Wednesday, 5 Sep. 2012
Android is the Best.
Jacob, Tuesday, 28 Aug. 2012
This is quite a bit outdated and looks a bit different now that there's ICS out and one additional very helpful piece of info is that if it asks for "Domain" and "Username" separately then you leave domain blank and just add your full e-mail address to the username field. Domain=blank username=full e-mail address
Steve, Saturday, 25 Aug. 2012
If you are having the server error, instead of using m.hotmail.com just use outlook.com It just worked for me! NOT m.outlook.com, just Outlook.com
sam, Friday, 24 Aug. 2012
Thank you
Ardis Huizenga, Thursday, 23 Aug. 2012
I have installed hotmail on my Asus transformer with an Android system. I can't find my contacts. How do I access them?
Constantine, Thursday, 23 Aug. 2012
Great tutorial, easy to understand
Joan Wood, Thursday, 23 Aug. 2012
I have tried using above method on my xzoom tablet but keep getting the response cannot open connection to server. Can you help?
faarah, Wednesday, 22 Aug. 2012
i like msn hotmail but i dont know why and i try to dounlod many time?
John, Friday, 17 Aug. 2012
hey man,thanks, worked super for me, had issues initially then realized my android data connection was off and so was getting error message :)
Mayyah, Friday, 17 Aug. 2012
hey thanks so much 4 this i was dieying when i was getting ma messages l8 bt this really help and has fixed ma problem on ma htc desire thanks soooooo much really appricate it
Remi, Wednesday, 15 Aug. 2012
Installed Hotmail MS Seven application from the market and have access now. Found this below by "E.Goldstein, Sunday, 27 May. 2012". Find the interface "stupid", but may be I am not still familiar with it ???
Remi, Wednesday, 15 Aug. 2012
Did not work. Still getting message: "Cannot connect to server". Any help ?
DJQuest, Sunday, 12 Aug. 2012
Not working for live account
pankaj, Sunday, 12 Aug. 2012
its woking verry well.. thanks dear..
pankaj, Sunday, 12 Aug. 2012
is not working
Divakar Prasad, Sunday, 12 Aug. 2012
Very good explanation and in very clear and precise way. Thanks Divakar
Gary, Thursday, 9 Aug. 2012
when I use .com it fails with incorrect username/password. If I use CO.UK (England) it cannot find the server. samsung galaxy ace plus phone.
odedfos, Thursday, 9 Aug. 2012
Possible solution for the the server connection error: When setting up the account make sure you have a wifi internet connection (rather than a mobile data connection). the mobile data connection might have trouble resolving the m.hotmail.com address. It worked for me :-)
x3tee, Wednesday, 8 Aug. 2012
Thanks! Set it up excatly as described (did not check the Activate Exchange Security box)and it worked first try. My client (Enhanced E-Mail) supports Exchange so it was easy.
Kerry, Wednesday, 8 Aug. 2012
when i click add accounts - Microsft Exchange isn't an option. How do I get it on there?
sharon simmons, Saturday, 4 Aug. 2012
How do I add a contact to my hotmail using my android
DAVID, Friday, 3 Aug. 2012
Brilliant - so simple - all my contacts available in a few seconds
DAVID, Friday, 3 Aug. 2012
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robert, Thursday, 2 Aug. 2012
Use debug-m.hotmail.com as the server for the transformer prime tablet issue
Tim Karpoff, Wednesday, 1 Aug. 2012
Nearly all contacts and all groups disappeared from my Android (Galaxy SIII). Tried deleting and re-adding the account--no luck. Any ideas? Thanks.
patrick, Wednesday, 1 Aug. 2012
Hi, thanks for this help. managed to set up my @outlook.com account on android. goto input m.hotmail.com even though it's @outlook.com.
Kim, Tuesday, 31 Jul. 2012
Like many others I get a message cannot conect to server. But nobody answers the problem!
Donna, Tuesday, 31 Jul. 2012
Still get no messages on my phone. I have an LG Spectrum
Warren, Thursday, 26 Jul. 2012
Thank you so much. This was very helpful.
im2ru1, Wednesday, 25 Jul. 2012
Thanks.. EXACTLY THE RIGHT INFO I NEEDED to set up my android to check my hotmail email accounts!!
FLORENCE, Wednesday, 25 Jul. 2012
I HAVE A ANDROID AND I GET AN ERROR WHEN I TRY TO GET NEW EMAILS FROM MY HOTMAIL ACCOUNT "COULDN'T OPEN CONNECTION SERVIER" HOW DO I OPEN IT?
Bob Howard, Sunday, 22 Jul. 2012
Will this process work on medion lifetab android tablet? Thanks. Bob
Lasse, Tuesday, 17 Jul. 2012
Does someone know solution to this issue: Is there some way to set the outgoing "name" for the activesync email account? For example using this method if my email address is "myemail@hotmail.com" when I send an email the recipient always sees it as from "myemail". It should be showing my full name since that is set within my hotmail account. Can this be configured on the stock android email client?
LAURA, Monday, 16 Jul. 2012
I am trying to set up my e mail account (hotmail) on my android tablet, but it keeps saying can't connect to server????
s.khan, Friday, 13 Jul. 2012
thank's a lot, it's work's.
Andy, Friday, 13 Jul. 2012
Thanks for the information. it worked very well. the selection was Exchange Active Sync. there was not "Microsoft"
Ryan, Wednesday, 11 Jul. 2012
It should work fine. Just make sure you put \email@hotmail.ca as your email address and m.hotmail.com for the server.
Crystal, Wednesday, 11 Jul. 2012
This method does not seem to be working for me. I have a hotmail.ca account, so maybe the server name is different? I don't how how to find out what it is though
margaret, Monday, 9 Jul. 2012
I HAVE ENTERED ALL CORRECT BUT KEEP ON GETTING UNABLE TO CONNECT SERVER
liam, Sunday, 8 Jul. 2012
Nelo I also have a transformer and have the same problem, no idea how to fix :-(
Nelo, Thursday, 5 Jul. 2012
Hi, I have Asus transformer with android 4.0.3 and after this last upgrade I cant have acess to hotmail. I remove the acount and try to create again with this instructions but always give "can't connect to server".But using hotmail software for android i can get de the mails. But I want to use the mail appl from android. Any help please. Thanks . Nelo
chuck smolowitz, Wednesday, 4 Jul. 2012
I have an android smart phone through verizon. I cant sync my laptop with the email from my phone. so if I answer an email from the phone it shows sent on the phone but not on my laptop. HELP
jeff hanlon, Sunday, 1 Jul. 2012
This is great advise with the pictures and all. Have had to do this two times. Keep up the good work.
Bob Howard, Monday, 25 Jun. 2012
Will this setup work on an Android tablet. Since auto up grades I have been unable to get my Hotmail address to work. Message keeps telling me it can't connect to server!! thanks, Bob howard
barbara , Sunday, 24 Jun. 2012
I can view my calender but cannot enter events on my phone
Marcos, Sunday, 24 Jun. 2012
MSN asked me to sign on to my hotmail via live for the first time. When I went to do so, it asked me to change my password. So I did. I have not been able to receive hotmail messages on my samsung device since then. I tried going into 'account settings', then 'Incoming Settings' and changing my password to the new one, but this doesn't help. Any ideas?
Jacob, Saturday, 23 Jun. 2012
i use it just for calendar sync and it works just great! finally got rid of the hotmail app which took about 7mb of memory..
NewYankee, Thursday, 21 Jun. 2012
Worked great first time! Thanks! P.S. In Android IceCream it's called Echange ActiveSync, but the instructions are the same.
avril , Friday, 15 Jun. 2012
thank you so much, you sure made it easy to do.thanks again
doryan, Thursday, 14 Jun. 2012
salut doryan ses abraham
doryan gruel, Thursday, 14 Jun. 2012
salut doryan
lucy M , Tuesday, 12 Jun. 2012
Thanks it worked for me even though .co.uk.
memo, Tuesday, 12 Jun. 2012
i have an msn mail and this dont work please help, username@msn.com
Newbie For Android, Monday, 11 Jun. 2012
Keep on encountering error "Couldn't finish" Can't connect to server. Please help....
Anonymous, Sunday, 10 Jun. 2012
Thank u very much
Ruxpin_6, Thursday, 7 Jun. 2012
you da' man!! tanks!
komal princess, Tuesday, 5 Jun. 2012
my new id
Margie Mac, Sunday, 3 Jun. 2012
Very helpfull. Thanks very much!
ghotter, Thursday, 31 May. 2012
thanks
woodfsu, Wednesday, 30 May. 2012
found a way to add msn.com email id to droid since the above did not work. THIS is a excellent link: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/42322/~/droid---msn-email
Peter Whitehead, Wednesday, 30 May. 2012
had real trouble setting up my grandson's new netbook, til i logged on to your website. BRILLIANT, thanks...
E.Goldstein, Sunday, 27 May. 2012
Dan, I had the same issue - Hotmail corporate synch working flawlessly for months now until...2 days ago it suddenly stopped. Went to the Android market place and downloaded their new MS+Seven Hotmail app - works again. Interface isn't too bad either. I guess this is their way of forcing application adoption?
jennifer, Friday, 25 May. 2012
I was getting very discouraged with my msn e mail. Thank you for helping me fix my problem.
Spanker, Thursday, 24 May. 2012
It works! Thanks Komodo!
Dan, Wednesday, 16 May. 2012
I have been using this setup on my droid 2 for about 6 months, last week it stopped working. I have deleted the account and set it up again, still doesn't work - any suggestions?
woodfsu, Wednesday, 16 May. 2012
the directions were great, thank u. however, i have a xxx@msn.com email id. now when i send email via my mobile phone, my address to recipients shows up as xxx@hotmail.com and when they reply to my email, their email gets returned with the following error. "This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. xxx@hotmail.com Did I do something wrong when I set up the EAS?
woodfsu, Monday, 14 May. 2012
I have a @msn.com id vs @hotmail.com id. I set up the exchange account and it works, only problem is when people try to respond to my emails they get a failure notice because emails go to @hotmal.com vs. @msn.com. Can this be corrected for an exchange account?
AR, Thursday, 10 May. 2012
my calendar does not show up on my hotmail app on my galaxy ace.....any help please???
Bhavesh, Thursday, 3 May. 2012
The problem I am facing is that when ever I enter my email n my passsord inmyoptimus one ..Derecomes a notification sayin dat username and password I have entered are wrong.. Bt I knw dat I enter dem correctly.. Hav chkd it plenty of tym.. Bt pblm remains d same
Joanne Lucibello, Saturday, 28 Apr. 2012
My emails on my laptop were compromised...I changed my password & now I am able to access my emails. BUT on my cell phone I can not access my emails. The notice I just got after going thru these steps is"The application Mail(processcom.htc.android.mail)has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. I have been to the Verison store, talked to Techs. They said it is my Msn account who is blocking me? To get in touch with Msn. Can you help me? Thank You.
Brittany Mullen, Friday, 27 Apr. 2012
THANK YOUUUUUUUUU
Pat Morris, Tuesday, 24 Apr. 2012
can't get mail on ly android phone, from live.com.
jaren lareau, Sunday, 22 Apr. 2012
I forgot my passwords to my email and my Facebook account
Rudy Aguilar, Sunday, 22 Apr. 2012
still unable to connect to server
agron, Sunday, 22 Apr. 2012
MSN hotmail-message 3 of 4
agron, Sunday, 22 Apr. 2012
MSN hotmail-message 3 of 4
s, Monday, 16 Apr. 2012
can I have a list of all email accounts synced on my Android(ATT)
freddie, Friday, 13 Apr. 2012
Thank you so much. I had set up my hotmail and it was functioning except it was not syncing. I tried setting up the account again in the accounts and sync, settings (HTC Google Nexus One)but didn't understand data that needed to be input when it came to domain/username and server. I would never have known to put in 'm.hotmail.com'. Haven't tested the sync yet but the account is now set up where it should be - account and sync settings. Sure it will be fine now. Great instructions. Could not have done it without you! Thanks.
Ashley H, Wednesday, 11 Apr. 2012
In response to psawyer and others with SCHOOL E-MAIL ACCOUNTS: Domain\Username: psawyer2@student.gsu.edu (no slash in username) Password: remains same Now follow these instructions for the "Server" enter into your e-mail account, Select "options", select "see all options", the page that opens should have the tab "My Account" up, click on the link that reads "Settings for POP, IMAP, and SMTP access..." when the page opens you will find your server settings and should copy and past your specific code labeled "Server Name:" , enter that code as the "Server" and you should be golden.
lucyyy, Tuesday, 10 Apr. 2012
I have a android tablet and when I try to setup an email account it says. "Unable to open connection to server" my email is a hotmail account... help!
simo helali, Sunday, 18 Mar. 2012
msn
Sheena, Thursday, 15 Mar. 2012
This worked great! I tried this on my Samsung Galaxy Note and it worked the 1st time! Life saver! Thank you!
jotahaxe, Monday, 12 Mar. 2012
thaannkkkss!!!! the only tutorial that worked for me! :-)
Ray Baker, Monday, 12 Mar. 2012
My hotmail is .co.uk not .com and it notes that I am already connected but I do not see all emails on MSN.
amira, Friday, 9 Mar. 2012
slt
mari, Monday, 5 Mar. 2012
Great! Worked on the first try. Thanks.
cara., Sunday, 4 Mar. 2012
hey i did all that but it still Dont work? :/ is it because i have co.uk not .com .. i need help!?.
Felix G. Bender, Thursday, 1 Mar. 2012
Great information here. But what's the difference between this set-up and the HOTMAIL APP from the Market? (HTC Hero w/2.2)
Antaine, Monday, 20 Feb. 2012
This doesn't work on HTC Desire running Android 2.2. Keeps telling me my username and password are incorrect. THEY ARE NOT INCORRECT.
Vince Bussa, Monday, 20 Feb. 2012
Motorola Milestone 2. i've tried to set up and sync the phone with windows live mail (calendar), i follow the "bouncing ball" however it does not connect with the server. i also don't have Microsoft Exchange Active Sync however i do have "corporate syc" on my phone. can you help Regards Vince
Anita, Friday, 17 Feb. 2012
Showed an error "ry later" YUCK!!!!!
Roy McCready, Sunday, 12 Feb. 2012
alway get a setup could not finish and edit details after the use secure and accept all ssl cert step.
Alex, Monday, 6 Feb. 2012
Robert: Yes you can. I personally have 2 Hotmail accounts plus my Gmail account set up on my phone. They do not interfere with each other in any way.
robert, Sunday, 5 Feb. 2012
My question,can I have multiple accounts yahoo,hotmail gmail on same phone?sincerely robert
Samara, Sunday, 5 Feb. 2012
Thank You!!!!
Venkat , Friday, 3 Feb. 2012
Thanks for the step by step instructions. This works well. Appreciate your help.
Anonymous, Thursday, 2 Feb. 2012
YESSSS!!!! LOVE MAN
Bary s, Thursday, 2 Feb. 2012
Hi I'm not getting my email contacts showing up on my phone.... Any ideas??? Thanks
Ben, Monday, 30 Jan. 2012
Awesome stuff. Thanks for the step - by - step instructions :)
Harish Kale, Monday, 30 Jan. 2012
Dear Sir, i unable to configer this id (harish_kale@live.com) in anroid mobile. so pls help me
BoostGirl, Wednesday, 25 Jan. 2012
thanks worked on my Galaxy for Boost.
Richy, Tuesday, 24 Jan. 2012
Nice one, easy to set up, works fine on my Galaxy Nexus
Graham, Sunday, 22 Jan. 2012
Easy to follow step by step guide, worked for me on my Android tablet. Many tnx
mark, Saturday, 21 Jan. 2012
doesn't work
Anonymous, Saturday, 21 Jan. 2012
I need to recieve my email messages on my phone
ETHEL, Saturday, 21 Jan. 2012
The only message i am getting is instant messaging no email
claire, Thursday, 19 Jan. 2012
Thanks..easiest step by step i,ve used ;)
Harish Kale, Tuesday, 17 Jan. 2012
i unable to configure live.com account in my aneroid phone so pls help me
dee, Saturday, 14 Jan. 2012
Worked for my wifes galaxy w.
psawyer, Tuesday, 3 Jan. 2012
I am trying to put this email on my samsung inspire phone email address psawyer2@student.gsu.edu Password: Z*****1 Domain\username: \psawyer2@student.gsu.edu password: same as above Exchange server; Ive tried: m.student.gsu.edu, m.student.gsu.edu.com, m.hotmail.com, phone keeps giving message that it is unable to connect to server. Please advise
Ehsan, Tuesday, 3 Jan. 2012
Awesome picturial guide to setup hotmail which works and easy to find. Thanks
jay, Wednesday, 28 Dec. 2011
Thanks man its very helpfull
MDK, Wednesday, 21 Dec. 2011
how do i set it up if using hotmail.ca??
kostas, Friday, 16 Dec. 2011
not working on zte blade
Mcwong, Thursday, 8 Dec. 2011
Thanks, managed to setup after 7 months wondering how to sync hotmail in android.
JOHN H, Monday, 5 Dec. 2011
i have spent hours and hours trying to set up my hotmail on my new android phone with no luck. after reading this post, it was up annd running in ten minutes, bless you
bob android marley, Wednesday, 30 Nov. 2011
Please directions for K9 (open source android email client) http://Code.Google.com/p/k9mail
Rob, Tuesday, 29 Nov. 2011
Thank you. This was easily the clearest explanation of how to put a somebodysname@live.com.au onto an Android tablet. After this is done there are a few other decisions to make which could be handy to know about. I was too scared and just left everything as it was.
Anne, Sunday, 27 Nov. 2011
Thanks a lot, i'd been struggling to set up my hotmail on my phone after a factory reset.Thanks.
Martin, Friday, 18 Nov. 2011
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have tried for soo long, searching different forums and talking to friends. None of them have solved my issue. But now, using this guide. PERFECT!
Tim, Tuesday, 15 Nov. 2011
Setting up hotmail syncing on galaxy tab worked a treat and I had tried lots of other suggestions without success. Thanks.
Sam, Monday, 14 Nov. 2011
Also, my email is a school email.... It's set up through hotmail but the end is "@stu.schoolname.edu," with my schools name of course. :) Does that make a difference?
Sam Brandt, Monday, 14 Nov. 2011
Wont work... :( I've tried following the instructions from about 3 or 4 different sites and nothing worked. I have a mytouch 4g with a 2.2.1 android, and I get all the way to the last screen, and upon clicking "Finish Setup," I keep getting "Failed to create the account. Please try again later." Not sure what else to do! According to all the sites and forums I've been to, I'm doing everything right and it should be working. Hmmm.. Please help?
Evens , Wednesday, 9 Nov. 2011
That was helpful
Michelle Arnell, Monday, 31 Oct. 2011
I have a Samsung Galaxy II and am trying to setup my live.com.au account to it but Setup could not finish Unable to connect Server is its reply What am I doing wrong can you please assist
Michelle Arnell, Monday, 31 Oct. 2011
Setup could not finish Unable to connect server
Tim, Wednesday, 19 Oct. 2011
This helped. I was looking all morning try to get this right. Then bam, I found your process and it worked. THAONK YOU!
Nahid, Tuesday, 18 Oct. 2011
I had the setting before. but after doin factory reset everytime i try to the settings it shows "couldnot connect to server. can you help?
mytouch 4g, Friday, 7 Oct. 2011
Error: Failed to create the account. please try again later!!!!
Shawn, Wednesday, 28 Sep. 2011
Is there some way to set the outgoing "name" for the activesync email account? For example using this method if my email address is "myemail@hotmail.com" when I send an email the recipient always sees it as from "myemail". It should be showing my full name since that is set within my hotmail account. Can this be configured on the stock android email client?
sayde, Thursday, 22 Sep. 2011
Worked sync for the E-mail but NOT contacts were transferred.
Rich, Friday, 26 Aug. 2011
Worked even when setting up a live.co.uk account use m.hotmail.com and instead of going to settings then sync just go into app drawer and select email and then exchange
Ben Simpson, Friday, 19 Aug. 2011
thanks for this. I tried this after two failed attempts with other sites and now all is imported and set up, thanks! /bookmarks site
Jeff, Thursday, 18 Aug. 2011
Very clear, but left out a step regarding preferences for pushing data etc. IF this does not work, it could be because you still have to set up the account with the Blackberry server - if your firm is using one. For e3xample I had to go to www.digicel.blackberry.com
David, Monday, 15 Aug. 2011
Didn't work.
David, Monday, 15 Aug. 2011
Didn't work.
ED, Thursday, 11 Aug. 2011
worked...
Bacon, Monday, 6 Jun. 2011
Need instructions for K9 manual config
niko, Saturday, 28 May. 2011
I've got Android 2.2 and it worked, but I had to configure it trough the mail app, otherwise I get an error.
Dave, Tuesday, 24 May. 2011
the settings for a live.com or a live.co.uk account are the same as above... e.g. m.hotmail.com in server section
Carlos Lugo, Thursday, 19 May. 2011
Thanks for the config info
Jono, Friday, 13 May. 2011
Which mail programme are you gyus using for this to work?
Cla, Thursday, 12 May. 2011
It worked on my HTC Desire Android 2.2. I too did not have Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, however I have a similar logo than the one in the picture above (the white box) with Corporate written next to it. Just click on that and follow exactly the step by step approach and voila'. I've been waiting for this hotmail sync for some time. IT WORKS. Many Thanks for posting
Paul, Tuesday, 26 Apr. 2011
I keep getting an error: authentication failed. Please verify username and/or password. I know the settings I've entered are correct. Are the settings the same for an MSN.com account? Does it matter that I have a Corporate Exchange account on the phone? Thanks
Chris, Tuesday, 26 Apr. 2011
for live.com the server settings are identical for hotmail....in other words set the server to m.hotmail.com
Yehuda, Tuesday, 12 Apr. 2011
what is the server for live? please try to describe it.
Wilfred Tang, Monday, 10 Jan. 2011
Great managed to syn now. thanks for the information
tina, Sunday, 26 Dec. 2010
I don't have Microsoft Exchange active sync. Where do I get it?
Joey, Sunday, 19 Dec. 2010
I followed the steps still don't work
rich, Thursday, 16 Dec. 2010
Is there a way to keep mail on the server when deleted from the phone?
Steve, Monday, 13 Dec. 2010
This is exactly what i was looking for. Instructions were clear, and they worked. Thanks!
Anonymous, Saturday, 11 Dec. 2010
It worked! Very helpful.
James, Thursday, 14 Oct. 2010
Helpful guide thanks!
naz, Friday, 10 May. 2013
I cannot reset the Hotmail account on my phone? How can I reset it?