Android WordPress App Two Factor Authentication

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  sevencyclist · Member · Apr 13, 2014 at 5:36 pm

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  Can’t get android wordpress app to do two factor authentication. I have the WordPress app for Android, and I have Google Authenticator. When I log in from my Android app, it then says I need to enter my Application Name and password. I have already generated that, but there is no place to enter the application name and password. I have looked everywhere on my phone, for the past hour, and it is extremely frustrating. I am to the point where I am removing my Android app, because it just doesn’t seem to work for two factor authentication, despite what the web site says.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 13, 2014 at 5:46 pm

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  Here’s the link for the android support forums http://android.forums.wordpress.org/
  But see here first http://android.wordpress.org/faq/

  If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.org, click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post there.

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  sevencyclist · Member · Apr 13, 2014 at 5:58 pm

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  I already checked this but it doesn’t tell me how to log in with application logon

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  timethief · Member · Apr 13, 2014 at 6:03 pm

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  Okay. I’ll tag this thread for Staff assistance because I do not know how to help you. Another Volunteer may answer prior to Staff but I tagged the thread so it will not fall through the cracks and escape attention. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

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  kardotim · Member · Apr 18, 2014 at 9:35 am

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  You can follow the instructions in this guide on how to set a application specific password: http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/#application-specific-passwords then you can use this password to login from your Android App.

  Please let us know if you need any further assistance!

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  sevencyclist · Member · Apr 18, 2014 at 5:47 pm

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  Thanks for the feedback. However, I’ve gone through this document many times. When I enter my login information on my phone, it then tells me to generate an application specific password. I do that on the web site, but I don’t see where I can actually put in this application specific password. The only screen I am left with is the WordPress.com login, and I’m back to square one.

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  kardotim · Member · Apr 18, 2014 at 6:22 pm

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  If you go to the Application Password section at https://wordpress.com/settings/security/ you can enter a name of the application and then click on the ‘Generate Password’ button.

  Let me know how that goes.

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