A500 Tablet won't accept my Google Account Sign-in I'm getting the error password doesn't match.

kr1mz0n

Unearthed my A500 after 6 years of neglect.  Trying to use it, but it won't accept my google account password.  I reset it (and verified that I was typing it correctly on my phone and my computer), but still doesn't work.  Then I did a 'factory reset' (by going to settings -> privacy -> factory reset), and now I'm trying to set up the account, and again, I'm getting the error saying that the password doesn't match.  
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billsey

Google may have done something in their login process that not supported in the old Android you are running... Or you might be typing with caps lock on.

kr1mz0n

Fairly sure that it wasn't the caps lock (though good thing to check of course).  If it was a change in the unsupported login process, do you think there's any options to upgrade it, or have I just unearthed a relic/paperweight?

billsey

There haven't been any updates to the OS for the A500 for many years (five or six anyway) so if Google has changed the login spec such that it breaks with Android 4.0 and earlier you are pretty much out of luck...

Space232

I also have the same issue

Ant666

Same problem just another way to keep us on a leash tried all OS ...gonna try one more way lol

phbrush

I have the same problem. I even created 2 new Gmail accounts with simplest possible passwords , and the problem still occurs, although the new emails/passwords are accepted if I use Windows or my Android phone to log in. I upgraded my A500 to Android 4 and it STILL has the problem.

billsey

Yes, Google dropped support for the A500 models many years ago, and their current login process requires a newer OS to handle the encryption.

23kirkebyvej

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/651084/a500-tablet-wont-accept-my-google-account-sign-in-im-getting-the-error-password-doesnt-match

Dossent work here Either

billsey

Correct, as I stated above.