Gmail search on iPhone doesn't find messages that should definitely be there, where could they be?

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Gmail search on iPhone doesnt find messages that should definitely be there

I find my iPhone doesnt seem to sync properly with my Gmail. Whether all my mails get downloaded, I'm guessing they do but hard to say for sure since I have 200+ unread emails. For now lets assume that they get downloaded fine.

But when I'm searching for something it wont show up. For example I emailed myself something about my friend Tony earlier today. When I searched for it in my phone later in the day the only Tony references were 6 months old. But I've received emails probaly 10+ times in the last couple weeks with his name somewhere in the body.

This has happened lots of times with lots of different words.

Can anyone advise?

Thanks
Dan

 

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Re: Gmail search on iPhone doesnt find messages that should definitely be there

If you're using the native Mail app, delete the account from the device and then reconfigure it.