Trying to set up an iCloud email account on an android phone. Keep entering the Apple password (which I have used to get in to this site ) but phone keeps stating that the apple password is incorrect for the iCloud email account. Do I need to look for/ reset the iCloud password? Simple answers only I am, as you will have realised, a technical numpty.
iPad, iOS 12
iCloud requires that you use an "app-specific password" rather than your usual password when signing in using a 3rd party app like email on an Android phone. In order to do that you first must turn on two-factor authentication if not already on. See the information in the following two articles:
Using app-specific passwords - Apple Support
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iCloud requires that you use an "app-specific password" rather than your usual password when signing in using a 3rd party app like email on an Android phone. In order to do that you first must turn on two-factor authentication if not already on. See the information in the following two articles:
Using app-specific passwords - Apple Support
and
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