I recently married my beautiful new wife, and as a wedding gift, she gave me an iPod Touch. This is a fantastic peice of kit. I’ve always wanted to have access to my contacts, my email, my calendar etc etc wherever I was because i’m rather forgetful about everything.
Anyway, the iPod Touch comes with it’s own mail & calendar apps. The mail one is pretty sweet, and I immediatly wanted to set it up with my Gmail account.
After going through the settings, adding a Gmail account and trying to verify, it kept telling me it had failed on the SSL authentication.
Bugger.
So I hunted around the internet looking for a solution, and I found it!
Clear the captcha
I’ve got nooo idea what the hell this is for but it worked for me! As detailed in this Google help page, clearing the Captcha will help if you’re having trouble logging in. Head on over to this page to clear your captcha.
Once you’ve cleared your captcha, you’ll now want to set up your Gmail.
If you’ve unsuccessfully set up any other gmail accounts on your iPod and they don’t work – delete them. Then head into your settings / mail and add a new account. When you add a new account, don’t hit the “Gmail” button when it asks you what service to use. Tap Other and then enter the settings manually as described on the Google help pages.
Tap Other. (Note: If you’re running software update 1.1.3 or later, tapping the ‘Gmail’ icon will automatically configure IMAP. However, archiving and deleting messages will work differently. If you want your Gmail IMAP actions to operate as designed, please continue on to the next step.
Follow the instructions as found on this Google help page
Yes, it’s for the iPhone but the principles are the same!
Once you’ve entered all the details, you should hear a sound to signal that all is working and you should see ticks down the side of all the options!
If you then head back to your home screen and hit the mail icon, you should be presented with your Gmail account! Hurrah!
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