When you change your gmail password on the gmail website, you need to update your gmail password on your iphone. otherwise, you will not be able to sync your gmail account with your iphone's mail app. update your gmail account information in your iphone's mail settings.. Sometimes the iphone mail app will intermittently stop getting gmail and the dialog box below will appear. the message "the user name or password for imap.gmail.com is incorrect" can show up even if you have made no changes to your gmail account settings on the iphone.. Enter this password instead of your own incoming and out going password for mail in iphone gmail settings -> mail -> account. step 4: finally open your iphone mail app. now your gmail account access should be restored..
Error "your imap password or username is incorrect" i had to go to another device and change my password. when it shows you the new password you will then take that and enter that password from your screen into your iphone/ipad for your gmail email password.. If the dialogue box asking for a username and password is no longer showing up, you can add your app password to this account by going to file info account settings account settings. in the dialogue box that pops up, click change in the email tab, and enter your app password in the password field.. Then head to your mail settings on your gmail and where it says password go into the password displayed on your own computer or any other device and you ought to now be capable to access your email again..
