Droid Bionic - Yahoo email login error

[gary2381]

I have received a "like new" replacement for my Droid Bionic.  I am trying to add my Yahoo email account.  It was working fine on the old phone earlier today.  When I try to add the Yahoo account, I go to Setup accounts, there is an icon for Yahoo Mail.  I click on that, enter my user name and password, and click next. I get a screen that says "Adding your Yahoo Mail account. After a few seconds I get the message, "Error - Login to the account failed, please try again."  I have verified that the user name and password is correct by logging in via the browser on the phone.  As stated it worked fine on the other Bionic.

[Wildman]

Try manually setting up the account by opening the email app and Menu / New Account / Other (Pop/Imap) and use the settings below...

• Incoming Server – imap.mail.yahoo.com
• Outgoing Server – smtp.mail.yahoo.com
• Incoming Port – 993 (requires SSL)
• Outgoing Port – 465 (requires SSL)
• Username: full email address (your username @ yahoo domain .com) Example user@yshoo,com
• Password: is the password you login to Yahoo! with the correct mail address.

[thatboogiegirl]

THANK YOU!! It's been driving me nuts since we got our new phones earlier this week.  I've now set both mine & my husband's phone up through the standard email app.

[B33]

The Bionic has a New Update that was supposed to Just re-leased to it Did you see it..

Check out the Link: b33

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/06/07/official-droid-bionic-5-9-905-update-begins-to-roll-out/

[ncoclub]

My understanding is that the update is for the Samsung Droid, not the Motorola....

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[B33]

O Ok Well when i seen it an was reading it seemed to be for the Bionic it says something about a Soak Test an the Update might be out Next Week But who Knows b33

[ncoclub]

Well I may have read it wrong too..not too worried when ICS will be released for the Bionic..used it on a friends tablet and was not too impressed

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[HKLEVI]

THANK YOU! Just passed my Bionic to my wife & they put a new sim card in the phone. Could not get yahoo to sync until I tried the this.  Saved me a trip to the store!

[ncoclub]

I had the same issue..the pre-installed yahoo.mail DOES NOT WORK. You must go to market and download the yahoo mail app from there. Then enter your username (phone number) and password. It will activate from there.

[B33]

NCO did you go with the Bionic or one of the Razr's i seen you Post an was wondering if you had Maid your choice..b33

[ncoclub]

Decided on the Bionic for two reasons..one, the battery can be removed. I was a little leery of a phone you cannot remove the battery from like the Razr. Two, Price. The Bionic had an on-line $50 discount bringing the price down to $99 as opposed to the $199 for the Razr. I love my new phone!! Have been playing with it all afternoon and this morning. No issues yet except my saved music did not transfer to my new phone from my old LG Ally. I only had about 20 songs that were stored on my device. All my other songs were on the cloud player and I have access to them on my new phone so no big deal. Will wait a few months and then buy the car dock. Ordered my screen protector, case and 16Gb Class 10 Micro SD card from Amazon. Should be here tomorrow. The case was recommended because apparently it fits in the car-dock without having to be removed...

[B33]

Well that's good here you got a new phone now.  Enjoy it all the way..b

[gary2381]

The stock Yahoo Mail app did work on the first Bionic. Never had any issues until I received the "like new" replacement.  I tried to switch back to the other Bionic and now it gives the same Login Error.

[Wildman]

I have three Yahoo accounts on my TB and havent had issues, was you able to manually configure the account or better yet can you log in on your desktop without issues?

[ncoclub]

Apparently Verizon Wireless had been aware of this issue for the Driod Bionic for a long time. WHY do they not put out this information!! Everyone spends 30 min at least trying over and over again to open their Yahoo Mail account before calling only to find out they knew about the problem all along!! There should be an extra insert in the Bionic Box that states this problem and how to fix it. I also had issues with whether or not my Bionic came with an micro-sd card or not. The instructtions are not clear on this and I had to call Customer Service to verify that in fact my Bionic did not come with an sd card.

[boutaswell-v-s]

It's because by then they have your money and don't care.  Thanks for your tip on dl-ing yahoo mail from the app store.  I got mine working that way.

[ncoclub]

You are welcome...wish someone had told me before I spent 30 min trying to figure it out!!

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[Mesh2008]

Thank you SO MUCH for your help!!  I was having the same issue, followed your advice, and voila!!  It works!  I only wish I had seen your post last night after several hours of fooling around with it, but that's okay.  It works now and that's what matters.  Thanks again!! 

[ncoclub]

You are very welcome Mesh2008..I have only had my new phone for two days and no other issues with it yet..The Bionic is light years ahead of my old LG Ally!!

[alexperry1957]

Hi there - I took my new Bionic to the Verizon store and the sales guy added my email addresses.  One address is one I pay for a .net

However when i try to go to my .net (yahoo account) it does not show.  It says it is added but when I try to log in I get the error message shown in the previous message.

Any ideas?  Sales guy said it can't be done - but I had all this on my old Droid X....

Your help is great appreciated.

[pollix11]

You might consider using the K9 mail app from the Play store, from what I understand it eliminates alot of quirks like that.

Hope it helps.