The thing is, I have two other gmail accounts that have always worked fine on K9. They were installed at very different times. This 3rd gmail, however, would not authenticate. Given the advice I used to get it to work, I would suggest google has made a change that has affected how the K9 app is allowed to authenticate, and not vice versa.
Believe you me, I'm no fan of Apple, but you can at least call and talk to Apple tech support. I couldn't even find an email to send a help request to google tech support. And it's just not that. I use a few google products, I'm not particularly thrilled with any of them. Google just does not seem to polish their products, at least in my view. Hangouts for example, which my family uses alot, is glitchy and laggy. The gmail web interface (which I seldom use, but other family members do) is unintuitive, unattractive, reminds me of the crappy webmail my ISP uses. Maybe I'm just too picky. I've been accused of that. :) On Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 7:55:28 PM UTC-4, Gnome Nomad wrote: > > On May 1, 2018 1:38:25 PM HST, nukem...@gmail.com <javascript:> wrote: >> >> Josh Brooks, >> >> THANK YOU so much, your 4 steps below absolutely worked. I tried the >> "DisplayUnlockCaptcha" while logged in, did not work. Followed your steps, >> and it worked. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> In general, and on a side note, I am not a big fan of Apple products, but >> when my kids devices have had issues, Apple support has been great. Where >> is Google support like this??? If it wasn't for the luck of finding Josh's >> post, I would have been helpless. >> >> My opinion and experience. >> >> On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 2:55:07 PM UTC-5, Josh Brooks-Budhoo >> wrote: >>> >>> Just to go back to the original question on this post, in case it's >>> still open, here's a method I've found to work in the past: >>> >>> 1. Sign out of all Google accounts (or open a web browser that has no >>> Google accounts signed in) >>> 2. Navigate to http://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha and >>> sign in using the account you're having trouble with >>> 3. Follow any remaining on-screen prompts to confirm that recent blocked >>> login attempts were actually initiated by you >>> 4. Repeat the login attempt on the blocked device (i.e. from K-9) >>> >>> On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 9:20:10 AM UTC-5, cketti wrote: >>>> >>>> On 01.03.2015 22:29, Tony M wrote: >>>> >>>> I have been tinkering with K-9 mail and like it. There seems to be a >>>> lost of settings so I will have to learn it >>>> Big problem is that I can not get it to add my gmail account. No matter >>>> what I do this error pops up when I try to add it. I am positive my >>>> account >>>> info is correct. >>>> >>>> Setup could not finish >>>> Username or password incorrect. >>>> (Command: AUTHENTICATE PLAIN;response: #2# [NO,[ALERT], Please log in >>>> via your web browser: >>>> http://support.google.com/mail/accou...y?answer=78754 >>>> <http://support.google.com/mail/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=78754> >>>> (Failure)]) >>>> >>>> >>>> Just click the link and work through the bullet points. My guess is you >>>> need to "allow less secure apps access". >>>> >>> > Well, with Apple, you have one company, one product. Apple support outside > of their 'genius' bar is highly regarded. But they exert rigid control over > iOS and hardware, so it's much easier. > > With Google/Android, you have Android + a bunch of different phone/tablet > makers (who each customize and/or mangle Android to suit their individual > goals) + a much larger plethora of 3rd party app makers. > > Asking Google to sort out problems that might be due to something Samsung > or LG or the app maker tweaked is asking a lot. > > Just my opinion. I never encountered your problem with adding GMail to > K-9, probably because I haven't logged into my Google account via the web > in years. > > David W. Jones > gnome...@gmail.com <javascript:> > wandering the landscape of god > http://dancingtreefrog.com > > Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to k-9-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
