iPhone XR running 12.3.1

lost my Gmail account via Apple mail on my phone last night..

started getting 'Gmail unavailable' messages..

Everything is screwed up..tried deleting that account and re adding same account

end of process the phone tells me i already have that account..

now worried about losing my iCloud stuff...might be prematurely irrational but it's there..

no clue what's happeninG..the last account was accepted but a not at bottom of screen saying something like, and paraphrasing heavily...'it's nice that you did this but this account will not function'

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I have a new iPhone 11 Pro Max. I'm getting error messages that I'm NOT "connected to the internet" (this is on a Verizon / Visible account. When this occurs, I have multiple bars on WiFi, LTE or BOTH. Restting the Network Setting does NOT solve the problem. I've seen this "weirdness" MULTIPLE TIMES on MULTIPLE iPhones (THREE iPhone6s+ on AT&T), an iPhone8+ on Verizon and now on my new (less that one month old) iPhone on Visible (Verizon MVNO). I've spoken with numerous iPhone owners and MANY report similar issues. This HAS to be a problem with iOS. What the hell is going on at Apple?



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Thats a bummer testcase -- and I know this isnt helpful...

Sadly, our iPhones are experincing the exact opposite, and have for years, ever since our first iPhone, two fours.

Currently 2 Xrs, 7 (hand me down) and SE -- never a problem ever with a connection -- unless we are somewhere there could be. Like in the middle of nowhere. Or sometimes in the back of Costco.

We have had 4, 5, 6, 6S, 7, SE, Xr -- all fine.

The only difference I can see -- we are on ATT -- and have been for years, even before iphones...

Sooooooooo... maybe its not the phone...

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I started with the IPhone 3G.
Next was an iPhone4.(that got “bricked” by iOS7 IIRC) so,
An IPhone5s replaced it
Two years later, I moved to an IPhone6s and anther iOS “upgrade” (I think it was iOS 9.6) started the “Can’t connect to the internet” problems (I was on AT&T then)
MULTIPLE trips to Apple Stores & AT&T for help proved to be a waste of time.
I skipped the iPhone7 & 8 and, after iPhoneX was out, I picked up an iPhone8+ and, I switched to Verizon. I passed on ALL the “X” models and last month, pulled the trigger on the iPhone 11 Pro Max (trading in the 8+). I put the 11 on Visible, a Verizon owned MVNO.

To recap, EVERY iPhone from the 6s has displayed this “weirdness”
Changing carriers hasn’t made a difference
The ONLY “commonality” I see is iOS.
I’ve spoken with over 100 iPhone users who report the same “You’re not connected to the internet” issue. Again. DIFFERENT carriers!

WTF Apple???

The only difference I can see -- we are on ATT -- and have been for years, even before iphones...

it should not really matter if you use WiFi, right?

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The only difference I can see -- we are on ATT -- and have been for years, even before iphones...

it should not really matter if you use WiFi, right?

I would think you are correct s-t.

The "weirdness" occurs even when I see a Good to Great WiFi signal (and, often have a good to great LTE signal too).

As I've posted, I've seen this on MULTIPLE iPhones and, on MULTIPLE carriers. While at an RV rally during a Tech seminar, at least 50 attendees raised their hand when I explained the problem and asked if anyone else had the same experience. These attendees would be from a wide area and, I'm sure that multiple carriers would be involved hence, my deduction that it must have something to do with iOS. Apple has a history of denying / minimizing known issues (antennagate for one). It could be something as simple as a glitch during the manufacturing process like bad parts (remember the Pismo DVD module) or, new workers not trained properly. Such circumstances are NOT unusual and would likely have adverse effects for only a limited number of iPhones.