Two Step Authentication and Mobile apps

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  caswain01 · Member · Apr 18, 2013 at 12:13 am

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  Just tried to setup the two step authentication with the Google Authenticator. Everything went well until I started trying to work the WordPress mobile app for my iPhone.

  Is there a step through for that somewhere? Any pass code used failed.

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  gureggu · Member · Apr 18, 2013 at 12:41 am

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  You need to use an application specific password for the iPhone app, it doesn’t support the two-factor prompt as of yet. Instructions on how to do that are here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/#application-specific-passwords

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  caswain01 · Member · Apr 18, 2013 at 1:17 am

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  Yes. Tried that. The application specific password (with or without spaces) is rejected every time.

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  danielisreading · Member · Apr 18, 2013 at 1:27 am

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  I’ve had the same issue, so there may be some bug, for me on the Android app I can do everything except access stats, the login just doesn’t work.

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  gureggu · Member · Apr 18, 2013 at 1:30 am

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  Have you both tried deleting the blog from the app and then adding it back in with an app password? I had issued like both of you the first time around.