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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
i even tried this app

CacheCleaner

http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.lsartory.cachecleaner

it fixed up a lot of other stuff but not gmail accounts...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logicalstep:
Got the same problem...even tried a factory reset and it still won't let me sign into my google account on the market.

Doing my head in now.

Logicalstep
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychedelic'd:
I had that issue when I first tried to setup my account. I took out the SIM and just used WIFI to sign in and it worked.

Or you can try this:

I believe the above method will reset your home screens or something, so use at your own discretion. Details can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3477
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
ahh no, what that does is deletes

settings.db

from

com.android.providers.settings

it might work, but that will sucks as i'll have to reconfigure all the accounts again, doing that will delete all the accounts that are currently working.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hondaguy:
the only time i had that issue i solved it by making sure that background data and auto-sync were checked in the general sync settings. without them being checked i could not add an account over wifi or cellular data. as soon as i checked those boxes i was back to normal
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
all my 7 other accounts are checked to sync everything

i'm trying to add a new account but it's giving me that weird error

even if delete an exisiting working account and try to re-add it back, then it gives me the same error

it definitely might have to do with the settings file getting corrupted or something
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempest2112:
Have had the same problem and exact same messgae yesterday after I wiped my device. It wasnt until evening that I was able to log into my Google account and that was after doing another wipe form the phone settings instead of doing through the 3 button reset. Eveything works fine now but still can't understand why this happened.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maick:
I had the same problem yesterday, wiped using the 3 button and problem persisted. Wiped from device and now it works ;D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t0ska:
Same problem for me. I am trying to add a Google apps account and get this message.

Planning a full wipe with froyo so will try a device wipe instead of a Recovery Wipe

cheers

Tom
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
i'm also waiting for the froyo uprade

since froyo will delete everything, i might as well wait until then

not fun having to click OK install 410+ apps+games (that's around 800+ clicks ok to continue)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
found the source of the problem

this will work fine as long as you DO NOT INSTALL the Samsung Push Email & IM from

Samsung Apps

just recently i had to format my phone twice for software bugs when testing out new features in newly installed software

and both times i was able to add any amount of Gmail accounts i wanted into the phone, until i install the Samsung Push Email & IM, as soon as i do that, i lose the funtionality to add more gmail accounts into the phone.

The solution it's obvious, don't install Samsung Push Email & IM... if you want o be able to have the full feature gmail account added to the phone.

it's sad, as the Samsung Push Email & IM works really really good for IM and multi email accounts and you get it right as they arrive to gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc.

now i'm looking for 3rd party email and IM programs to replace Samsung Push Email & IM

i'll most likely go back to Fring and K9 until i can find something better
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wagenbach:
Same thing happened to me....but i found that of you add your account through YouTube and sync through there, it works. Weird but simple work around for me. Hope it helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
:confused: i don't think we are talking about the same thing here...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wagenbach:
I had two gmail accounts synced. I deleted one by accident, and when I tried to re-add my gmail account under gmail or settings (under accounts and sync) it would hang and give me the same error message as you. It wouldn't connect to Google even though my connection was fine. I did some research, and apparently it's not an uncommon problem. The workaround that exits is to register your Google account through your YouTube app, after which your gmail for that account will be synced now. Try it, it worked for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sircaper:
Can you explain what you mean by the bolded part? There isn't an option to register in the youtube app, at least not that I saw....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iqbalbaskara:
hello guys, i'm having this problem as well. I noticed the thread is tagged [SOLVED] but i cannot see how this problem is solved?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] archercap:
Solved or not?

I noticed that the title of this thread says [solved] but I'm not sure what the solution really is. Anyone know?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cchid72:
Thanks for that information. I had been contemplating a factory reset and reinstall of all applications as some of the other forums suggested. When I saw this message I tried my corporate Google Apps in You Tube (You tube sign in failed) and I saw my login added to my list of accounts and synced with my e-mails. So the work around is to login through you tube where Android adds your your login details to Accounts and Sync.

So the problem is solved.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solipsism:
Just had the exact same problem after doing a recovery. Tried many different things such as data wipe, Titanium Data Backup.

Logging in through the default youtube app recovered my gmail account.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zolah:
I think this is why it is set to solved dude.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RayKinStL:
I tried this method for my Fascinate and it worked, but it only grabbed the mail and contacts. It did not grab the calendar. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehe12:
SAME PROBLEM here, just solved it by applying a factory reset. Go into setting, privacy, factory reset, not using 3 button mode.now everything works fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shinysheep:
I had this problem as well (Droid X). I already had two google accounts linked, wished to add another. I was getting the same error as you guys.

I went to the youtube app and added my google account. Nothing happened, but when I went back to the accounts list the new google account was listed. Then I set it up for gmail sync and it's all good.

Thank for the tip! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonoff:
Same problem here. I deleted my google apps account to try to re-add it to get my calendar synced on android 2.1 for my galaxy S. Had to login to youtube using my google apps account with a password, to get the account added back after deleting it and getting this error.

I've read calendar sync is only for the main google account, not any added ones, I'm not sure what versions of android that applies to, but I have not figured out a way to get calendar for my google apps account, and don't plan on deleting it again after having to use this work-around just to get email again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RayKinStL:
That clearly wasn't the case on my 2.2 Nexus One. I had my personal calendar and my work gmail calendar both combined in the pure calendar widget. So maybe it is a 2.2 feature?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kadirpasa:
i just wanna say you guys are a F***ing geniousus or how ever the hell you spell that i just put android on my hd2 and i had that issue to my google log on and youtube trick works !!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stridermatu:
Thanks Guys!

My brother was having the same issue with his MyTouch 3gSlide. I was sitting here trying to figure out what the hell the problem was when I came across this thread after looking for over an hour. Worked like charm(the Youtube work around). THIS is the reason why XDA is the best in support regardless of which Android phone you're running or most phones in general. Thanks again guys, you're the best!:D:p:p:p:p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] happyKyra:
youtuber thing still works

thanks, why ask why i guess
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wearesynthetic:
I know its an old thread now....

I had this issue as well. I had rooted my optimus M and removed my youtube app so the mentioned fix wouldn't work even after a hard reset. The regular internet worked fine and all that but it wouldn't let me add a gmail account and said 'Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server'.

My fix was easy enough... create/add a gmail acct while connected to a wifi hotspot.

I hope this might help someone in the future.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mostline:
Thanks! Youtube metod is works to add next account gmail!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmayer:
So I was having this problem and found this thread.

The YouTube thing worked, but still didn't solve the problem.

Also, seeing that Froyo was "released" I tried to do the software update from the settings screen. Doing that got me " Communications Failed, unable to communicate with the AT&T server"

Hmmmmm, wonder if they are related.

In searching for the answer to the update server problem I came across this solution on another forum (Thanks go to Jack45):

From the Home screen, press the Menu button and select Settings.

1. Select Application, then Manage Applications

2. Press the Menu button, then Filter, then select Running.

3. Scroll down the list and select Device management.

4. Under the Storage section, press the Clear data button.

5. Power your phone off, then back on.

After the power cycle, I was able to access both the update server (which said no updates) AND add new Gmail accounts, both native and hosted!

---Matt
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krusadr:
Hey Thanks wagenbach!

It solved the problem for me on my Motorola Defy! (India version 2.59 stock 2.1-update1).

Although Market wasnt opening on first try, I rebooted the phone and Market now opens fine.

Thanks a ton for posting a workaround!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliffordconradsumner:
Been racking my brain trying to figure out why this wouldn't work, reflashed both my rom and gapps with no luck on the latest Kaos Froyo.

The Youtube trick worked!!

I had to wait for a few minutes before my corporate account would start syncing, but everything is singing now :D

Edit: I spoke too soon, can't seem to access the market, I get: A server error has occurred...

I'm gonna do some digging and report back if I find the answer

Installed 2.2.7 but still with no luck.

2.2.7 can be found here just in case anyone wants to know.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demonstro:
Check the time!

I ran into this problem after rooting my Magic. It turns out the trick is to manually set the correct time, as it defaults to 1904 and won't update automatically.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neocpe:
That works! Thanks a lot
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilddroid:
Thx

Finally I can add another google acc on my Wildfire. Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maurinet:
For Galaxo (Samsung Galaxy I7500) users (by Drakaz), all you have to do is re-flash the Google Apps. To do so,

-Go into Recovery

-Apply any zip from sd

-Choose "gapps-galaxo-signed.zip"

That should do it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xzajox:
My solution

Hi,

I am a happy owner of SE Xperia Arc (android 2.3.2)

I really struggled with this.

Tried hard reset about 50 times

Tried Youtube workaround

Tried removing Sim, SDcard

Tried adding new gmail accounts

Nothing worked :mad::mad::mad:

I tried connecting to the net through WiFi, and everything worked Great. But I have wifi at home so this was not a solution.

Without wifi Browsing worked perfect, but market, Gtalk, Gmail... not :(

Desperately I looked at my provider's webpage (Orange SK) and sought

Customer support -> "Help with setting up your phone"

I found out, that pre-set settings for my internet were more Wap-like and not Web-like so I created a new Web Access Point step by step with assistance of their online manual.

:eek: :eek::D

Market jumped in quick as never before and mails started incoming.

If this helps at least one of you, I'll be happy. Worth giving a try.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wals1h:
had this problem with the new sence 3 rom did the youtube thing but that didnt work for me so i tried to connect through usb internet passthrough and it conected to google, after i disconnected the cable it conect through wifi and mobile network. maybe this will the ppl who tried the youtube fix and it didnt work
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogershroed1991:
Why does the title say solved if people are still having the problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moapz:
use your youtube app

just open youtube in your android phone and try sign in to your account.and when sign in done,page reloaded.

now you can go to setting>accounts&.. ; and see your account has been added to the list. just let it sync automaticaly to prevent phone to show this error again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wassom572002:
thank for all it is done

2nd September 2011, 12:00 AM

# 45

use your youtube app

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

just open youtube in your android phone and try sign in to your account.and when sign in done,page reloaded.

now you can go to setting>accounts&.. ; and see your account has been added to the list. just let it sync automaticaly to prevent phone to show this error again.

work so great thank for all ........than to youtube
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintinp9:
Change your apn setting

Till now nothing worked for me,

I had reset my phone.:(

Deleted settings.db file in data/data/com.android.settings/databases:(

Tried signing up with youtube app.:(

Tried signing up after checking background data and auto sync options.:(

I even flashed my phone:mad::mad:

But nothing worked

But then I called my service provider and inquired about it. I just had to change my apn setting from 'wap' to 'web'. (My service provider is Aircel and I changed my default apn from aircelwap to aircel gprs. And that's it....) Now everything works fine.:):)

So before going on resetting or flashing your device try contacting your service provider. Thank you all for helping me out......:):):)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coyj:
Background data traffic has to be enabled

Hi all,

I had the "can't establish a reliable bla bla bla..." problem on a brand new Xperia Mini Pro with Android 2.3

The problem was that "Background data traffic" was disabled.

To enable I had to go Settings/Accounts&Sync and check the option "Background data traffic".

I think this is commonly (and mistakenly) disabled on accoutns without a data plan (my case) to avoid accidental triggering of expensive mobile network data usage. I am using Wifi exclusively.

BTW, to avoid mobile network data it is enough to disable Data under Settings/Wireless/MobileNetworks and uncheck "Data enabled".

Hope this helps somebody!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dai323:
Thanks! This worked for me as well on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. The Youtube method didnt work and I was getting SO ANNOYED.

Thanks for this!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psuresh0207:
Thank You very much xzajox. Tried to add the account through youtube but it gave me the same error. I was browsing for almost two hours and I saw ur solution and this was exactly the issue with my service provider. This site and members here are very helpful. Thank you very much;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wallac3:
Well I ve tried everything and I keep getting the same problem.

:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hemendrachauhan:
Unable to connect to my google account

After Hard Resetting my Motorola Atrix 2, when i tried to connect to google account, I am getting an error message saying - Can't establish a reliable data connection.....

Below is the whole description of the problem....

4 days ago I updated my Motorola Atrix 2 with the Update. The Update downloads successfully but after rebooting I got a message saying "Update Failed".

I tried updating again but received the same error.

And 2 days after this updation process I noticed that I am unable to sign into my Google Account. None of the Google Application was opened. All I see the Window with Loading Symbol and nothing else. Neither Android Market, Nor Gmail or Youtube works. All stopped working at once.

I than searched the Internet and find some solutions saying that you need to hard reset your phone.

I did that also, I used both the method for hard resettig, i.e. 3 button method as well as Factory Reset option, but it didn't solve my problem at all.

In fact now at starting of the phone when i tried to connect to my google account, an error comes saying - " Can't Establish a Reliable Data Connection "

I had searched your forums also and find a similar thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780545

But trying all the method given in this thread I am still unable to connect to my google account.

Kindly Help me......... Thanx in Advance

---------- Post added at 06:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:29 PM ----------

I am also getting the same problem from 20 days onward and I also tried eveything but nothing helps me too....

But today i do this thing and it helps me.

Remove Sim Card from your phone as well as Memory Card. Than Start your phone and connect through WiFi. Add an account through Settings>Accounts...

I did the same procedure and dramatically it works.

Try this and let me know if it works for you or not.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Juhele:
Hi,

I also have the problem with the message "Can't establish a reliable data connection....." after flashing my Xperia Pro to default fw 0.42 using wotanserver, root and small system clean (did not touch nor Google neither Youtube app, only things like FB, Twitter, games) .

I do not think, that the the background data settings could do this as I previously used the phone without problems and without any mobile data :D

Now I get this message using any internet connection - tried two wifi networks and just few minutes ago also mobile data and always the same message.

I also not not want to do the factory reset so I will try to delete the /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/ folder first, or the Youtube app workaround and will see...

EDIT: the Youtube trick worked for me and I have my Google account back so Gmail also works
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hossein.reisi:
thanks it work for me like peach.:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sun-drop:
this worked for my mate ..turned out his provider, 2 degrees in NZ, had set by default some weird APN settings - a couple extra that seemed to filter more than the normal set of APN's i see on 2 Degrees phones. deleted them and just kept the typical default ones ..all working sweet now
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kroy76:
Actual Solution

I have faced this problem once and had to do factory reset. But I was pretty sure that the problem would be trivial.

The is in establishing a reliable data connection which means a secure connection. So the problem may be with certificate validation.

Certificates cant go wrong suddenly or the logic of verification cant go wrong.

One possible issue may be certicate store gets corrupted. And the other problem may be with system date.

I checked the date and somehow it was reset to 01/01/2000.

Fix the date from settings and everything gets back to normal.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakp2:
Indeed!! Has a similar problem on Galaxy Tab 2 and somehow the system date was was set to year 2000. Set it back to current date and authentication worked just fine - all without a factory reset. Thanks a lot for a solution!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huytin:
Thank a lot!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infinitevoid:
Still not working

Hey there, I have an atrix 2 and for the past 2 days I've had this problem, Using wifi doesn't solve anything, I cant find any solution, the date and time is perfect, the apn settings are fine for my service provider (lycamobile UK) Tried clearing the cache and data and it didn't work. The youtube trick didn't work (can't even sign in) tried hard resetting and it doesn't work, tried removing the sim and memory card and it still hasn't solved my problem, I really am at the end of my rope here, I don't know what I can possibly do :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kronskorp:
Hi, necroing this but i had some issues with my android mini pc (Imito MX2) acting up with the certificates as well as GMail, YouTube etc. So i googled it and tried this and it worked! Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marduc:
That was insta-help for me, thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DocPain:
After factory reset, I can't log in with my Google account I have rooted unlocked Nexus 7 Wi-Fi version with franco kernel Android 4.2.2 YouTube workaround isn't working please, help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilKing009:
to fix this problem,here is the solution

1.open any root file explorer

2.navigate it to /data/system/

3.delete accounts.db

4.reboot phone

5.after boot immediately add your account

6.done! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajrob:
I get the same login screen as my google app in the youtube app I can't login , get the same message , :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamjamuk:
Check the date and time settings, my nexus had been set to some date in 2000 as soon as I corrected this I could login.

HTH

J
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasting123:
cant establish reliable data.....

Please help I got this problem too

I already did clear cache and data, set the correct time and date,

Do factory reset. Please help I use cherry mobile flare s100 from philippines

I hope my problem will be fixed here.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vahn_megaman:
Hosts

You need to be rooted. Get a root explorer and go to /etc/hosts and with a text editor, replace the ip on the line with android.clients.google.com mtalk.google.com with 173.194.33.3.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZaeemRaza:
This really worked for me on my HTC Inspire 4G. Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prab2112:
Can't establish a secure data connection

Hi,

i have flashed a new rom on my PHOTON 4G. i am having the same problem. its checked evrywhere in data sync and all. time and date are correct . unable to sign in through youtube. please help me ....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
use this method
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prab2112:
What I learnt ...this can get resolved with any of the above mentioned methods or may not . I tried all of the above methods dint work out with any it. I was able to sign in next day automatically.

Sent from my MB855
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kameee:
thanks Man

Thanks a lot i'm wondering different website for solution you man rocked its works thanks again :good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmdchar:
you neeed to modify hosts and it will work, it works for me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagre:
This very simple solution worked for me...

Thanks. :good: