Gtalk won't log in
 

Hi all, I've had a search but can't find anything similar, I can't log into my new Gtalk account through the built in im client. It just gives me the message, 'incorrect username or password'.

I can log in using exactly the same details on my pc.

This is really frustrating!

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

I'm not sure if it's the same issue, but I had problems logging in today too. After I rebooted the N900 (darn Windows solution) I was able to log in.

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

Hmmm strange, despite having rebooted earlier today when I was trying to get it to work with no effect I gave it another go and got a stage further. It let me add the account (if I go into the accounts list it shows up) but it won't sign in, still giving me the same message.

Tried another reboot but got no further.

You know I do sometimes envy Iphones and the way they just work ;)

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

This always Just Works. Google is fine and the rest of us are fine.

My suggestion is - if you have a bad user/pass error, recheck the user/pass. A network error I'd understand, but bad user/pass is an actual response.

Make sure you check the case, N900 capitalizes passwords in fields.

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Thought that was it then but no, double, triple and quadruple checked the user name and password. Works fine on my pc, also works fine on google reader on my phone.

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

When you reboot, pull the battery out. JIC. (not while rebooting, power down, remove, count to 10, replace, power up)

Also, do a backup and look around the forum. There is a file that stores passwords in plain text - look it up and see what is really being sent.

Also, this might sound silly, do you have a talk account? I think there's some enabling to do. Does chat-only work?

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

Battery pull hasn't helped. I'll investigate the account tomorrow as I'm not certain, although the chat client seemed to work on my PC.

I am actually just trying to use the chat functionality as opposed to VOIP.

Couldn't find the password file but I'll try again tomorrow, it's getting late here!

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

I had a problem today that gtalk showed a network error. I deleted the account a couple times and rebooted and now it seems to work fine...

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

I've been doing a bit of research and it seems that GTalk doesn't work with a Google account which doesn't use a GMail address. I guess that's my problem as I've been using a Yahoo email address.

It'd be nice if Google documented that anywhere but nevermind.

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

try deleting the account and then readding it, sometimes the login details get blanked with extras so give it a whirl. let us know.

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Well, Google Talk uses GMail addresses to deliver the content, also, it uses GMail mechanisms to archive conversations. I assumed you knew, as in, you said you already have a computer and it (chat) worked.

Anyway, glad it's worked out. GChat is pretty fast, reliable, and well implemented in N900 - it's the only one I use because YM is WAY too unreliable and others visibly chomp up the battery.

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Yeah I may have been a bit hasty in saying that it worked before, the box came up on my igoogle page but I didn't actually test it out as I don't want to use it on my PC.

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

If you don't, make sure you log out. If anyone logs in with that account in chat, the chat takes precedence over N900 and takes over the messages.

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Here is something I've noticed on gtalk on the N900, If a contact logs in, and they are invisible, they will show up as available but they aren't.

I had a friend test it for me, he logged in as invisible and logged off shortly after, and he was on my available contact list the entire time I was connected to gtalk, only when I disconnected from the service and reconnected did it properly refresh my list...anyone else experience this?

Re: Gtalk won't log in
 

Looks like Google switched-off an old IP address for their chat service yesterday, so if you have that hard-coded somewhere that could be your problem.