Glad to see you got it sorted. As an aside 2 step verification doesn't require an app specific password, they are 2 separate things. Just an FYI 😎
On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, 09:46 bill hansen <billhansen2...@gmail.com> wrote: > After a couple of hours of beating my head against the wall, I found the > problem. My new password required me to put in a symbol which wasn't > available on the virtual alphanumenic keyboard, but is available on the > "symbol" keyboard. That change to the "symbol" keyboard apparently made my > new password invalid on the phone. Eliminating that one symbol and changing > to one which is available on the alphanumeric keyboard, solved the problem. > All is well. > > Bill > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:40 PM, billhansen <billhansen2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Cross-posting here, from another Google support group. A couple of days > ago Google caught and prevented an attempt at unauthorized access to my > Gmail account, They recommended that I change my Google password, which I > did. That went well, in the sense that my Gmail and other Google apps work > normally on my desktop computer. But I can't receive email on my phone any > more. When I try to sign in to the phone's Gmail, I get the "wrong > password" error. When I type in the new password, I **still** get "wrong > password. I've probably tried a dozen times to put the new password into > the phone, but I always get the "wrong password" error. Any suggestions on > how to proceed? > > Bill Hansen > Ithaca NY USA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
