Help CANNOT sign-in with my Google Account

[terryaki]

I have a HTC Inspire and I have been having this problem for DAYS now.

An error notification showed up on my phone. It states "Sign-in error for [my email address here]. When I click on it, it says:

Google sign-in

You entered the wrong password or your account has changed. Please re-enter your password.

Username:
[my email address here]

Password:
[empty box here]

Whenever I enter my password (yes, I enter the correct one) and click "Sign In", it still keeps asking for my password.

HELP!!!!!

 

[thowe21]

I've been getting the same error......it's a google issue. My Gmail works fine, it's their syncing I believe. I just ignore it.

 

[SamsungCaptivated]

Hi, First.. ignore my user name. I don't have the Samsung Captivate anymore...

I also had the same error on my Inspire. To correct the problem, do the following.

1) Log into your Google account on a computer and go to your account setting.
2) Click on SECURITY
3) Click on "Edit" for "Authorizing applications and sites"
4) It will ask you to re-enter your Google account password. Enter it in the password field and click "VERIFY"
5) Look for "APPLICATION-SPECIFIC PASSWORDS"
6) You'll need to generate a new password for each device that shows the log-in error message.
7)Type in a name for your device such as "My Inspire" as an example in the "Name" field under "Generate new application specific password" then click on "GENERATE PASSWORD"
8) Google will generate a random series of numbers for your device.
9) On your phone that is displaying the log-in error message, type in the randomly generated password as the password for your account.
10) Your device should now work like before.
11) Under your Account-Security-Application Specific Passwords, you'll see a list of your devices that were accepted with the randomly generated password and your abililty to "REVOKE" that access, should you lose that device.

I had to do this to all 5 of my Android devices. After doing the above, no log-in error issues have surfaced.

Good Luck!

 

[terryaki]

Hi, First.. ignore my user name. I don't have the Samsung Captivate anymore...

I also had the same error on my Inspire. To correct the problem, do the following.

1) Log into your Google account on a computer and go to your account setting.
2) Click on SECURITY
3) Click on "Edit" for "Authorizing applications and sites"
4) It will ask you to re-enter your Google account password. Enter it in the password field and click "VERIFY"
5) Look for "APPLICATION-SPECIFIC PASSWORDS"
6) You'll need to generate a new password for each device that shows the log-in error message.
7)Type in a name for your device such as "My Inspire" as an example in the "Name" field under "Generate new application specific password" then click on "GENERATE PASSWORD"
8) Google will generate a random series of numbers for your device.
9) On your phone that is displaying the log-in error message, type in the randomly generated password as the password for your account.
10) Your device should now work like before.
11) Under your Account-Security-Application Specific Passwords, you'll see a list of your devices that were accepted with the randomly generated password and your abililty to "REVOKE" that access, should you lose that device.

I had to do this to all 5 of my Android devices. After doing the above, no log-in error issues have surfaced.

Good Luck!

I did that a couple of days ago and...
NOTHING HAPPENED.

 

[terryaki]

I've been getting the same error......it's a google issue. My Gmail works fine, it's their syncing I believe. I just ignore it.

My Gmail doesn't work either. Nothing connected to my Google account works Not my Gmail, my YouTube app, my Google Voice app, etc.

 

[SamsungCaptivated]

Did you also turn on the 2 step verification process in your Google account?

 

[terryaki]

Did you also turn on the 2 step verification process in your Google account?

Yes, I did.

 

[terryaki]

LISTEN UP:

I just tried giving the whole "make an application-specific password" thing another try.

AND IT WORKED THIS TIME!

As soon as I entered the generated password into the error box, it logged me in. I started getting notifications from Google Play and from my apps! Hopefully, it stays this way!

So, to everyone who is still having this problem, GIVE APPLICATION-SPECIFIC PASSWORDS ANOTHER TRY (or of you've never tried that, give it a first time try!)

 

[sharribarri8]

my htc inspire gmail account wont work, it keeps asking for my password and it says its wrong, i have tried everything i know, this has been going on for months, i cant download any apps, i cant update my phone its driving me nuts, does anyone know what i can do? thank you

 

[sharribarri8]

thats exactly whats happening to me!!! been doing it for months, i dont know what to do, im about to throw the phone away!!! hope someone can help us!

 

[ocnbrze]

thats exactly whats happening to me!!! been doing it for months, i dont know what to do, im about to throw the phone away!!! hope someone can help us!

welcome to the forums!!!!!!

i merged your two threads (posts) together.

so have you tried the suggestions mentioned in this post? maybe try a factory reset as well.

 

[Errefae]

Hi, First.. ignore my user name. I don't have the Samsung Captivate anymore...

I also had the same error on my Inspire. To correct the problem, do the following.

1) Log into your Google account on a computer and go to your account setting.
2) Click on SECURITY
3) Click on "Edit" for "Authorizing applications and sites"
4) It will ask you to re-enter your Google account password. Enter it in the password field and click "VERIFY"
5) Look for "APPLICATION-SPECIFIC PASSWORDS"
6) You'll need to generate a new password for each device that shows the log-in error message.
7)Type in a name for your device such as "My Inspire" as an example in the "Name" field under "Generate new application specific password" then click on "GENERATE PASSWORD"
8) Google will generate a random series of numbers for your device.
9) On your phone that is displaying the log-in error message, type in the randomly generated password as the password for your account.
10) Your device should now work like before.
11) Under your Account-Security-Application Specific Passwords, you'll see a list of your devices that were accepted with the randomly generated password and your abililty to "REVOKE" that access, should you lose that device.

Good Luck!

This worked with me thanks alot