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Google 2FA Frustration
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<blockquote data-quote="nickyr" data-source="post: 1936330" data-attributes="member: 40791"><p>thanks again everyone. here's the full picture</p><p></p><p>old phone - iPhone 12 running iOS 17.0.1</p><p>accounts in my Apple Mail app - icloud, yahoo, gmail, AOL</p><p></p><p>new phone - iPhone Pro Max running iOS 17.0.2</p><p>set up method - via icloud back-up</p><p></p><p>When it came to accessing mail via the Apple mail app, I did indeed have to re-sign into all my accounts. (as an aside, I also had to sign in and go through 2FA for my Google account and my YouTube account separately)</p><p>anyway, back to mail, no issue with signing into iCloud, AOL or yahoo, but when it came to Gmail the following happened:</p><p></p><p>- user ID and password accepted</p><p>- used Google prompt as 2FA</p><p>- confirmed it was me via my iPad</p><p>- got the hanging, spinning circle screen as pictured above</p><p>- as per Ashwin's advice, I opened Gmail on my Mac</p><p>- disabled 2FA</p><p>- signed back into Gmail</p><p>- but got the same spinning circle issue (so clearly not caused by 2FA)</p><p>- I then removed the Google mail account from Apple mail app altogether and re-installed it via "add account" but same issue prevailed</p><p></p><p>I downloaded the Gmail app from the app store. Installed it and mail worked straight away with no need to sign in at all bizarrely. I guess it just accepted my ID from my Google account</p><p></p><p>Trouble is I now no longer have all my email accounts in one, easily accessed place. Also, I don't know if it's me but I just can't get on with the Gmail app.</p><p></p><p>anyway, thanks again, Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickyr, post: 1936330, member: 40791"] thanks again everyone. here's the full picture old phone - iPhone 12 running iOS 17.0.1 accounts in my Apple Mail app - icloud, yahoo, gmail, AOL new phone - iPhone Pro Max running iOS 17.0.2 set up method - via icloud back-up When it came to accessing mail via the Apple mail app, I did indeed have to re-sign into all my accounts. (as an aside, I also had to sign in and go through 2FA for my Google account and my YouTube account separately) anyway, back to mail, no issue with signing into iCloud, AOL or yahoo, but when it came to Gmail the following happened: - user ID and password accepted - used Google prompt as 2FA - confirmed it was me via my iPad - got the hanging, spinning circle screen as pictured above - as per Ashwin's advice, I opened Gmail on my Mac - disabled 2FA - signed back into Gmail - but got the same spinning circle issue (so clearly not caused by 2FA) - I then removed the Google mail account from Apple mail app altogether and re-installed it via "add account" but same issue prevailed I downloaded the Gmail app from the app store. Installed it and mail worked straight away with no need to sign in at all bizarrely. I guess it just accepted my ID from my Google account Trouble is I now no longer have all my email accounts in one, easily accessed place. Also, I don't know if it's me but I just can't get on with the Gmail app. anyway, thanks again, Nick [/QUOTE]
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