Since the beginning of September, thousands of Windows phone owners have been complaining about this annoying error that prevents them from syncing their emails and calendar events. Error 8500201D makes no discrimination, affecting Windows Phone 8.1 users, as well as Windows 10 Mobile users. However, it does indeed seem that the latter are particularly plagued by this bug.
Windows phone error 8500201D blocks email synching
Despite this sync error, new emails are well received on the affected devices. Also, according to user reports, this sync error also affects contacts, SMS and MMS backup. Some users also came up with a few workarounds, but unfortunately, none of them proved to be permanent. In the best case scenario, some workarounds manage to fix this bug for a limited period of time, in general for no more than one hour. Soon after, error 8500201D comes back. For the time being, the best solution to get rid of this bug is to perform a hard-reset, which will most likely delete the items that failed to sync. If having your emails synced is not that urgent, you may want to wait for a while until Microsoft fixes this issue. The company has officially acknowledged the annoying Windows phone error 8500201D issues and is actively looking for a fix. Have you encountered error 8500201D? If you’ve also come across a permanent workaround, list the troubleshooting steps in the comment section below. RELATED STORIES YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT:
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