Adding your Michigan Tech email account to your phone or tablet

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How to add your Michigan Tech email account to your mobile device

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iPhone or iPad

  1. Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts
  2. Select Add Account, then select Google.
  3. Enter your Michigan Tech email address and password.
  4. Select Next and wait for Mail to verify your account. 
  5. Choose information from your email account, like Contacts or Calendars.
  6. Tap Save.

Android phones and devices

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Gmail.
  2. In the top right, select your profile picture.
  3. Select Add another account.
  4. Select Google for the type of account you want to add.
  5. Enter your Michigan Tech email and password.
  6. Follow the steps on the screen to add your account.

Work profiles for Android phones and devices

work profile can be set up on an Android device to separate work apps and data from personal apps and data. When prompted, to keep all of your apps on one profile, do not add a work profile. You can visit What is a work profile? from Google support to find out how to remove, disable, or pause a work profile from your Android phone.

For example, for Samsung phones, if you are having issues with adding your email to a particular Samsung model phone, there are additional steps you can take.

  1. Settings -> Work Profile
  2. Disable Work Profile
  3. Install Google Device Policy from Play Store
  4. Add account in Google Device Policy, go through the steps, and when given an option, do NOT create a work profile
  5. Account should now add correctly

Blackberry phones

  1. Open the Settings application on your device’s home screen.
  2. Open Accounts.
  3. Select Add Account.
  4. Scroll down and open Advanced.
  5. Select Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.
  6. Enter your Michigan Tech email address in Email field.
  7. Leave the Domain field blank.
  8. Enter your Michigan Tech account name in Username.
  9. Enter your Michigan Tech password in Password.
  10. Enter m.google.com as the Server Address.
  11. Select Next at the top of your screen again and select which services you’d like to sync.
  12. Select Done.

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Article ID: 52802
Created
Thu 4/26/18 2:06 PM
Modified
Tue 3/7/23 8:14 AM

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