Please help! A while ago, i was synchronizing my gmail when wp7 asked me to ipdate and reinput my password. But each time i type in the right password, it says that the password is incorrect! Tried deleteting the account on my phone and putting it back again, still the same. On the browser and also on the desktop, i can log on normally using the same password. Please help
That sounds really strange. I've never had any issues with my gmail accounts.
It sounds like a typo, but since you've tried it several times that may not be the case.
Are you sure you didn't mistype the email address instead of the password?
I know that with the software keyboard, I sometimes hit the key next to the one I want to hit. But I'm sure you already tried typing the password slowly and looking at each letter as you type it.
Yes i'm 100% sure i got them all correct. Tried changing and rechanging the password but still nothing. Also, i tried on my wife's iphone, and it worked perfectly. On the wp7, nothing
Is your Server listed as m.google.com?
Also, did you make sure to check "Server requires encrypted (SSL) connection?
Yes and yes, m.google.com and SSL is checked. Even tried turning my phone off but still nothing
Are you actually using a @gmail.com account, or a corporate account through Google?
i'm using a .gmail.com account. it was working before, but now, nada.
Sounds like a bug.
I heard of someone who experienced something similar. They were able to solve it by connecting to a WiFi network and then setting up their gmail account.
I'm not sure why that solved it for them, but maybe it could help you too.
And it just did. I was connected to 3G when it happened. Connected to my home wifi and it finally accepted my password. Again, i connected to 3G just to confirm it and well ut works now. Thanks for all the help guys. Will drop the wp7 guys an email about this
I just ran into the same issue.
I had changed my gmail password via web interface. then the phone asked for the new password but wouldn't accept it.
I ended up deleting the account on the phone, changing the password at gmail (again) to something different, then readded the account to the phone. In that time period though, I logged onto wifi in order to sync faster.
Would have been nice to have seen this thread earlier...
Gmail on Android persistence challenge credentials bug fix
I found this to be a bug with Gmail account log in failures on Andriod when using 2-step verification. It persistently challenges you for credentials although you have successfully logged into your Google account on another machine via a web browser.
This is the fix I found:
Step 1:
Log into your gmail account on another machine using a web browser.
Go to account settings > 2-step verification > authorising sites > application specific password
Step 2:
generate a password called gmail -android but do not click done.
Step 3:
go to device enter your gmail - andriod application specific password and you will get challenged a further 2-3 times enter the same password (you may have to also enter the CAPTCHA (a security image with distorted letters)).
Step 4:
When you are no longer challenged, try to sync with gmail if you do not get a sign-in error on your device then this has worked and be sure to click done in your your google account settings via your browser on the other machine you used.
Hope this helps to those of you who are suffering from this infuriating Google 2-step verification bug.
Hyp3rzz
I had countless issues with my Gmail account on WM6.x - same as you describe. Would not accept my credentials.
The steps described above solved it for me (having to reset using that captcha thing) but it would keep on re-occuring. Not seen it so far in WP7 though. *touch wood*
I changed my google acc password on pc, but somehow android can still log in without problem. Refreshing/clear data/sync on gmail didn't prompt me for new password.
is it because i'm using g authenticator?
cheers,
Hi, I have a Nexus S running 4.0.3 and I have a password (the alphanumeric one) set on it. (someone else set it, it's all a really dumb situation)
I thought that if you couldn't remember your password that you could log in with your main Google credentials, but I see no such option, even after failing the password 70 times!
If I can't do that then how can I get around this password?
Thanks for any help!
Monnyaa said:
Hi, I have a Nexus S running 4.0.3 and I have a password (the alphanumeric one) set on it. (someone else set it, it's all a really dumb situation)
I thought that if you couldn't remember your password that you could log in with your main Google credentials, but I see no such option, even after failing the password 70 times!
If I can't do that then how can I get around this password?
Thanks for any help!
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It gives you the option to change your password Just click: "Can't access your account?" @ google account sign in via your pc, you'll then be asked to give your e-mail adress & proceed from there!
CrackDaddy said:
It gives you the option to change your password Just click: "Can't access your account?" @ google account sign in via your pc, you'll then be asked to give your e-mail adress & proceed from there!
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Ah no, what I meant was there's a password on my phone which I can't remember.
I know my Google password.
You can try Screen Lock Bypass App
I used it on my old phone, worked
havent tried it on nexus s though
works by downloading it from market.android.com
if it works, you can get in to save data/pics and then wipe the phone
it wont recover the pw thought
Never mind, just decided to do a hard reset from recovery. Shame though.
Hi,
here is my problem:
My friend have tried to unlock my tablet with schema many times but he didn't, the problem now is the device ask for gmail email and password, I wrote the only Gmail I used and the passwords correctly, but it tells me that they are not correct, I think because the wifi is OFF (I can't access to activate it).
Please Help me.
P.S.
I have tried writing "null" in email and password
and tried the username of youtube and "null" as password and the email password.
I tried the email without "@gmail.com" and "null" as password and tried the real password too.
BUT THE SAME PROBLEM
Please help me it's urgent
You could try those steps.
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...s-tricks/6280-forgot-your-unlock-pattern.html
If none of these works, I'm afraid that you'll have to wipe it and start over.
Have you run into this before and if so how do you fix it?
My kid accidentally triggered his security feature on his new S7 to wipe his phone with too many incorrect entries.
Once he got the phone rebooted he attempted to enter is google account and password. Here in-lies the rub...
He forgot his google password and changed it from the desktop. This should not be an issue. However the S7 would not accept the new google password and wants the original password. The phone is completely locked out.
After making calls (on a different phone) to Samsung, we had it sent in. Samsung cannot even get past this and are now sending him a new phone.
We do not want to go through this ever again as it is very much PITA.
Besides keeping a log of his account passwords in a secret location, how does he get past this in the future?
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He forgot his google password and changed it from the desktop.
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Don't you need the know the old password before you can change it to a new one?