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Software update 12.5.4 on apple IPAD Mini 2

This software update blocks access to att mail. Worked fine until this update. Can't add it under accounts, get error message user ID or password incorrect. Won't even let you google att mail, get same error message.

iPad mini, iOS 12

Posted on Jun 26, 2021 5:20 AM

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Jun 26, 2021 5:37 AM in response to Ercoupef1a

Ercoupef1a Said:

"Software update 12.5.4 on apple IPAD Mini 2: This software update blocks access to att mail. Worked fine until this update. Can't add it under accounts, get error message user ID or password incorrect. Won't even let you google att mail, get same error message."

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Jun 26, 2021 5:49 AM in response to Ercoupef1a

AT&T Mail is understood to be hosted by Yahoo. Yahoo Mail, in common with many other Mail providers (such as AOL, Google and Microsoft) has switched to using App Specific Passwords when using anything other than their own email client Apps. Your recent software update has triggered an account settings update.


If you need to generate an App Specific Password, you’ll need to log-in to your Mail Providers account management webpage - using a web browser - and generate the Password from the appropriate account security page.


More information about AOL’s App Specific Passwords can be found here:

https://help.aol.com/articles/allow-apps-that-use-less-secure-sign-in?guccounter=1


For Yahoo, more information can be found here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN27791.html


For Gmail:

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en-GB


Microsoft:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/using-app-passwords-with-apps-that-don-t-support-two-step-verification-5896ed9b-4263-e681-128a-a6f2979a7944

Software update 12.5.4 on apple IPAD Mini 2

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