My iPhone 14 Pro was working normally until the 15th, when the built-in Mail app suddenly started taking anywhere from two to seven minutes—or longer—to get past "Connecting…" before showing my messages. My main account is Gmail, and I rely on it for frequent, time-sensitive emails. iOS is fully updated, Wi-Fi appears to be working normally, and other apps load without problems. I've restarted the phone, force-closed Mail, deleted and reinstalled the app, toggled Mail access for the account off and on, and repeated those steps with additional restarts, but nothing has helped. Has anyone else experienced this, and is there a fix or workaround?
3 Answers
I’m seeing the same behavior with Gmail in Apple Mail after it started a few days ago. Restarting, changing networks, and reinstalling the app didn’t resolve it either, so it may require a service-side fix. Using the Gmail app or Gmail in a browser could be a temporary workaround if you need timely notifications.
It may be worth checking whether Gmail is having a temporary service issue, even if the problem seems limited to Apple’s Mail app. Since Gmail is the account provider, an outage or server-side delay could cause the app to sit on “Connecting…” while other phone services continue working normally.
This doesn’t appear to be isolated to one phone or one Wi-Fi network. Other people have reported the same sudden slowdown with Gmail accounts in the native Mail app, including on a fast wired connection and over mobile data. That points more toward a Gmail-to-Mail app issue than a problem with your iPhone, connection, or installation.
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