Can't add Google account on iPhone? The solution

Unable to add iPhone google account
Unable to add iPhone google account

Do you have a problem with your Gmail account? Cannot add your Google account on iPhone in order to synchronize your contacts and emails? Did you try the automatic method but it didn't work?

Normally, there are two ways to add a Gmail account in your iPhone: automatic and manual.

I don't know for what reason, but the automatic method does not always work. Despite this, I show you how to add google account on iPhone with the automatic method:

  1. Go to Settings> Passwords & Accounts, then tap Add Account.
  2. Touch the name of your email provider.
  3. Enter your email address and password and let yourself be guided.

By following this method the account may not be added to the final. On the other hand, by proceeding "manually", you will be able to solve this problem.

Add a google account on iPhone manually

To add account Google on iPhone manually, do the following:

  1. Go to Settings> Passwords & Accounts, then tap Add Account.
  2. Tap Other, then tap Add Mail Account.
  3. Enter your name, email address, your password and tap Next.
  4. From there you will have to retrieve the various parameters such as the address of the receiving server: imap.gmail.com and the outgoing server: smtp.gmail.com.

    If you don't know this information, 
    go to this page to retrieve them.
  5. Now enter the information relating to the receiving server and the sending server. Then tap Next.
  6. Finally, touch Save to complete the setup.

And voila, with this method you will achieve add your Google account on your iPhone and synchronize all your contacts and emails.

Sometimes Gmail may display the following message: "Gmail is currently unavailableTo correct this, just switch to airplane mode, leave it for a few seconds and cancel airplane mode. This has the same effect as turning off your device. iPhone but it's faster.

And if you still cannot configure your Google account on your iPhone, I invite you to leave a comment explaining your problem in detail.