Recent content by joemusicman64

I was also stuck in this "Unable to Validate Account" loop with my old Galaxy S7 that I just reloaded with new stock firmware (it was my backup phone so I was experimenting with rooting it and didn't want Marshmallow which is all that was available). Both my Samsung email and Gmail were doing...

See post #24 for the answer that also worked for me. Unfortunately I didn't see his post until I spent all morning figuring it out myself. I have a Galaxy S4 running OS 5.0.1. The key steps were as follows: 1) Export from phone to device storage: Open Contacts App, Press Menu button on bottom...