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I'm experiencing a horribly broken login process.

* Open login screen

* Switch to password app, copy password

* Switch back to Google Music, login screen loads again

* Enter credentials, 2-step verification screen loads

* Switch to Google Authenticator, get 2-step number

* Switch back to Google Music, user/password login screen loads again.

In short, I cannot authenticate using a single device, I'll have to use a second device to pull up the 2-auth number.



For me it magically pulled in my account from another installed Google app (Google Drive maybe?).


Yup, I authenticated in the Drive app and it picked up that account. Thanks for the tip.


The auth code is good for 30 seconds, can't you just time it right by getting the code before opening Google Music?


I could, but I have a complex password so I copy/paste it from another app.

I should honestly memorize that password anyway.


It's actually good for longer than that, since Google's servers allow at least one time period either way.


You should also be able to generate an app-specific password for google music. https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens?hl=en&hi...


This exact same thing happened to me. What I did was went to the authenticator app and memorized the 6 digit number ahead of time. Then I logged in quickly (with my password already copied from 1Password) and put in the number from memory.

Worked for me!


In other options, you can text yourself a code and read the code from the notification banner. I don't even use the authenticator app anymore.




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