Have you ever tried to set up a gmail email address on android and once you are all done it won’t sync and it keeps giving you a CAPTCHA that will not accept anything to unlock it? Well here is the solution (Thanks drlove89🙂
- Go to this website (on a computer): https://www.google.com/accounts/UnlockCaptcha
- Enter your email address, password, and the shown CAPTCHA.
- Click Unlock.
That’s it. You may have to power cycle your phone to get it to work, but it clears that error.
For those of you that are wondering what a CAPTCHA is:
A CAPTCHA (
/ˈkæptʃə/) is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a person.
Example:![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIyOTBwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjsiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyOTBwIDsiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSIxMDAlIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwMCUiIHN0eWxlPSJmaWxsOiNjZmQ0ZGI7ZmlsbC1vcGFjaXR5OiAwLjE7Ii8+PC9zdmc+)