"Authentication" and Google Account

[Nepenthe_Farm]

Apparently, in order to do much of anything with my new Nexus, I need to get past the "Authentication Required" page. I type in my email and Google password. Usually I get "username and password don't match" error. (I checked www.google.com/accounts/recovery/ , so I know the account, email, and password are ok). Occasionally I get an error that something is wrong with the Wifi. But YouTube works fine, so WiFi must be working.

What am I missing here?

 

[anon(847090)]

do a factory reset and start over again.

settings-->backup and reset-->factory reset.

it will reboot.

also go to gmail.com in web and use the username password to login. just to make sure your password is right.

 

[badbrad17]

What they said. Should do the trick.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Android Central Forums

 

[Nepenthe_Farm]

--- Gah, now I can't log into Google from my desktop either ---
OK, this isn't a Nexus problem at the moment

 

[anon(847090)]

My email isn't with gmail.com.
I was expecting that, once I had an email associated with a "Google" account, it would work on any "Google" site. Is that not true? Do I need to set up a different Google account for my tablet?

emails associated as Google account wont work with Android. you need to have a gmail account to make this work. gmail account is free.