08-03-2020, 04:27 AM | #1 |
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Kindle can't login to google
I have both a Kindle Keyboard and Kindle touch but for the last three months have been unable to login into google - I enter my gmail address and then it never gets to enter password page - just goes round and round and then says that it cannot connect. This is the same on the wifi as the 3g. I suspect google has changed its security protocols and wondered if anyone else has this problem? Any help gratefully received.
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08-03-2020, 04:59 AM | #2 |
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i am surprised that it ever did work ! adding the gmail app to amazon tablets has never worked, and given the way that Google & Amazon fought over youtube, chromecast ... I doubt that interoperability will improve any time soon
surely you should ask amazon if this is by design, or a bug, and also view amazon forums ? |
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08-03-2020, 05:51 AM | #3 |
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It's worked fine for all the years I've had kindles. I used the experimental browser, not the app, and now can't access both gmail and yahoo.
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08-03-2020, 09:12 PM | #4 | |
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Along with Gmail you also had the choice of Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, the New York Times, the BBC, Facebook and Twitter (along with Amazon and Amazon UK). |
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08-03-2020, 09:14 PM | #5 |
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08-03-2020, 09:26 PM | #6 |
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I suspect Google has made some changes. I haven’t used the experimental browser in ages, may it RIP. Wonder if Dropbox, or Amazon Cloud drive for that matter, still works?
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08-04-2020, 09:46 AM | #7 |
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I tried on my 2nd gen Oasis, and it didn't work for me either. I has worked in the past.
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08-04-2020, 01:58 PM | #8 |
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For what it is worth, Google/GMail now requires a TLS 1.2 connection with a supported TLS encryption scheme. TLS 1.3 is now the preferred connection.
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08-04-2020, 04:13 PM | #9 |
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The Kindle web browsers are not up-to-date enough to work on older Kindles. Can someone give it a try with 5.13.1 firmware?
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08-04-2020, 04:39 PM | #10 |
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I updated my Paperwhite to 15.3.1, and still can't log in to Google.
Error message is: Couldn't sign you in. The browser you are using doesn't support JavaScript or has JavaScript turned off. To keep your Google account secure, try signing in on a browser that has JavaScript turned on. I tried both the regular and the mobile url, same error on both. I can search on Google, but can't sign in. |
08-04-2020, 04:59 PM | #11 |
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There we go. Kindles cannot log into Google/GMail.
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08-04-2020, 05:04 PM | #12 |
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I will update my Oasis as well, but don't expect a different outcome.
Using Google for search is way different than signing in. Security is much different than it was just a few years ago. |
08-05-2020, 10:12 AM | #13 |
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Thanks for all your help and, just as I feared, no solution unfortunately
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08-05-2020, 03:52 PM | #14 |
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For years I was happy to be able to check my Gmail on my Kindle Keyboard when I was traveling or had no access to a computer. Sometime in the last couple of months my Kindle stopping being able to access Gmail and a few other sites. As mentioned, I think the browser cannot handle security updates of many websites. I'm very grateful to have had free 3G internet on my Kindle for years. I wish there was a way to update the browser, but I fear the processor can't handle much more.
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