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All secondary e-mail accounts are in endless reset password loop
All secondary e-mail accounts appear to be in an endless reset password loop. I got an agent on the phone, she sent me to the email team. They said they are aware of this and it should be cleared up by about 2 pm eastern time. IT IS NOT CLEARED UP.
The error screen says to call a phone number which is customer service number.
I am in Mass , west of Boston. It is Thanksgiving week, what [Edited: "Language"] is going on here???
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ben345
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11 months ago
My passwords have all been reset this morning. I called CSA, on hold for about 25 minutes, the agent was very good, took about 15 minutes to reset the 2 secondaries that had no recovery set on them. You have to have a separate gmail (personal recovery email) for each secondary Xfinity account. It’s a pia but once you have record options set on all ID’s you should not get locked out again. Have all your info ready, and your gmail accounts set before you call.
I used my desktop connected to Xfinity , my iPad connected to gmail, and my cell phone to get a security code, during this call to facilitate a smooth call.
IT WORKED WELL. PROBLEM SOLVED.
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ben345
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11 months ago
Is anyone from Xfinity here? I posted in the DM.
Please respond.
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ben345
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11 months ago
Need to DM Xfinity on the issue described above.
Please respond. Cannot get into secondary email accounts all day now. I already spoke on the phone with you earlier today.
Please help.
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user_bt9x6w
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11 months ago
I am having the same problem. I also live west of Boston. Secondary email is not accessible. Xfinity is not worth paying for with service like this. I have been a customer for 30 years and service reliability has consistently gotten worse. The company has gotten too big to manage.
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user_a3ee3e
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11 months ago
I have almost the same problem. I have three secondary e-mail accounts and one of them shows a message "Just give us a call at 1-800-XFINITY..." The bot at the 1-800 number sends out a password reset link and that produces another "Just give us a call at 1-800-XFINITY..." message. No way to talk to a real person. I am in Colorado Springs if it makes a difference.
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MrJDubbs
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11 months ago
Glad to see I’m not the only one having this issue. It’s frustrating.
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user_84f934
9 Messages
11 months ago
I have the same issue as everyone else. Is there a main post about this?
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user_0r5l25
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11 months ago
Xfinity Community Forum > Internet > Email > Cannot Reset Password
Xfinity Community Forum > Internet > Email > Email password error
Xfinity Community Forum > Internet > Email > "Call us for help resetting...
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DuckSoup
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11 months ago
Don’t know if this will help anyone but this is how I fixed the issue. Scroll to the bottom for the fix if you’d wish not to read my back story.
I rarely access my Comcast email via the web. I always use my android phone email client or PC client Thunderbird to access all my Comcast sub accounts. I needed to check to see if one of my sub accounts that I set up for my elderly mother had some decent spam filter settings to help with a persistent email scam she keeps getting.
I log into her account via the web and get this message,
“Reset your Xfinity password
As part of our commitment to you, Comcast routinely reviews and monitors account security. Please update your password to help protect you and your account. Reset password Learn more”
After clicking on “reset password” I get this message,
“Call us for help resetting your password Just give us a call at 1-800-XFINITY and we can help you reset your password.”
Thinking this is odd, so I double checked the web address to make sure I didn’t land on scam page. I know I couldn’t type the address in wrong because I use a password vault that opens the page and fills the username and password. I tried a couple other sub accounts I have, same issue.
I started searching the net to see if others are having the same issue, I see that many are. I didn’t bother doing a chat or calling because based on what I have read that does no good but waste your time in Comcast purgatory. So, only sub accounts are affected as I can sign in via web to my master account username and I don’t get the “Reset your Xfinity password” message. The odd thing is I have no issues with any Comcast sub accounts via my phone email client or PC email client.
How I fixed my sub account login issue.
I login to sub account via the web to test my new password, I’m in, problem solved.
Of course, update your email clients with the new password.
Let me know if this works for you.
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user_6f5qpi
4 Messages
11 months ago
I just got off the phone with COMCAST security. My problem was I could not access my secondary email. I signed into my account via my primary email. From the main screen, I changed my secondary email's password. You only have to change a character or 2 from your old email password. I then closed the account. I then logged on to my secondary email address using the new password. You may have to refresh the screen. IT WORKED. I am NOW able to access my secondary email address. The instructions were given to me by COMCAST security.
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user_6f5qpi
4 Messages
11 months ago
I just got off the phone with COMCAST security. My problem was I could not access my secondary email. I signed into my account via my primary email. From the main screen, I changed my secondary email's password. You only have to change a character or 2 from your old email password. I then closed the account. I then logged on to my secondary email address using the new password. You may have to refresh the screen. IT WORKED. I am NOW able to access my secondary email address. The instructions were given to me by COMCAST security.
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