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How to setup Msn, Hotmail and Live email on android phones

How to sync your Hotmail Messages and Contacts with your Android Phone

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:

 

Open Settings and scroll down untill you see + Add Account

Click Corporate or Microsoft Exchange

   
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
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

Comments

naz, Friday, 10 May. 2013

I cannot reset the Hotmail account on my phone? How can I reset it?

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

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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

B

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!