Yahoo! Mail

[x I'm tc]

Does anyone have Yahoo! mail working on their L950? I have gone to my account settings, have turned on "Allow apps that use less secure sign in" and then created a custom app password for my phone. I do not get any password errors but instead nothing ever syncs. When I click the "sync" icon on the menu bar, I get:

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[docsp1]

Yahoo has at the moment safety problems i read but is functioning on my 950

 

[docsp1]

Yahoo i read has Safety Problems at the moment but is functioning on my 950

 

[x I'm tc]

I am able to access my Yahoo! mail on devices (Desktop outlook, Blackberry PRIV), and of course through a browser, but cannot get it working on my L950. I am still getting this error, after trying every fix I can think of. If you have it working, would you mind telling me what you did? Are you using the built-in Yahoo! settings or did you enter something manually?

 

[northernpipeman]

My wife was fuming about this.

A few possible problems / solutions (no.3 fixed her connection):
1. keep trying to log in - Yahoo is rubbish and sometimes it just takes lots of attempts
2. Yahoo may have changed the access and privacy settings again. Login with a PC and check your access for 3rd party devices.
3. Your phone may be listed as an approved device but still not working. If so, remove it and then add it again using a unique log-in code that the website provides.

Good luck.

 

[x I'm tc]

Thank you for these suggestions. I have

• Tried dozens, if not hundreds, of times.
• Logged in successfully from many other places, including Web, Outlook on my desktop (which as far as I can tell is using the exact same server settings), and Blackberry Hub on my PRIV.
• Removed all approved devices and reactivated them individually (including desktop and PRIV). They now show up again in my account.

I have also

• Completely reset my phone using the Windows Device Recovery tool.
• Turned off every security setting in Yahoo!

No dice. L950 won't connect. Everything else I own will. Something is wrong with my particular device...but there is nothing else particularly wrong with it that I can tell (excepting all the normal, innumerable, W10M annoyances).

 

[northernpipeman]

Thank you for these suggestions. I have

• Tried dozens, if not hundreds, of times.
• Logged in successfully from many other places, including Web, Outlook on my desktop (which as far as I can tell is using the exact same server settings), and Blackberry Hub on my PRIV.
• Removed all approved devices and reactivated them individually (including desktop and PRIV). They now show up again in my account.

I have also

• Completely reset my phone using the Windows Device Recovery tool.
• Turned off every security setting in Yahoo!

No dice. L950 won't connect. Everything else I own will. Something is wrong with my particular device...but there is nothing else particularly wrong with it that I can tell (excepting all the normal, innumerable, W10M annoyances).

Have you managed to login with your phone using a one-time token provided by the account security (I think) page on yahoo desktop page? I think this can only be reached using the cog icon in the new format for some reason (i.e. not from the old-style mail site).

 

[jfa1]

I have a yahoo account as well as an scbglobal account that sync to my 950 and there are occasional hiccups but nothing major