I need help logging into Google Photos

[fallsdevil]

Every time I try to log in to Google Photos, I get this error:

This app is blocked. This app tried to access sensitive information in your Google Account. To keep your account secure, Google has blocked access.

And I don't know what to do. I haven't found anything in the settings or online that can fix it.

[dalekhog]

Can you access in your phone?

[fallsdevil]

I had to download Google Photos to see if it would work, the app opened normally, apparently Google must be limiting some permissions because I managed to link Google Drive to the same account and it worked, then I tried to link Photos to another account and it gave the same error.

I also tried to link my Google account to other training and habit apps and got the same error. Another strange thing is that in round sync, when I opened the browser for authentication, it gave a connection error as if it had not been authorized or there was no Wi-Fi. I had to try several times, clearing the cache and forcing it to stop.

[swie99]

Google change some settings and rclone have troubles accessing Google Photos.
This is well known problem - see there : https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/8434
Please make your own client_id

[rLbre]

The Google API is giving me 3599 seconds long authorization tokens, forcing me to authenticate every hour. Is there a solution for this?

I'm using my own API on Google console cloud and it's published too so idk why it's happening. I have followed rclone's guide for Google photos API, publishing that API in a secondary account and adding my main Google account as an approved user so idk why it is happening

[fallsdevil]

Thanks for this, but I don't know if the problem is with me or Google is being so disappointing, because:

• I managed to create the client ID;
• I managed to log in;
• but for some reason I can't access the folders!

and even the Google Drive that I had accessed normally a few days ago, stopped showing the folders. It appears as empty and a red error appears in the round sync popup.

[rLbre]

Made a comment here https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-on-termux-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-media-server/16064/33

The reason why you can't access the folders is because you are not getting the right permissions to accept.

Every time I have to re-authenticate here (1)

It asks me this (2)

Instead of this (3)

Which it means it won't authenticate. What I do is open Termux and use the rclone config there to get the config token (using rclone authorize "google photos") and paste it on round sync. It is a solution but not a long term one if I keep getting out every 3599 seconds and having to do a lot of things in order to work.

[fallsdevil]

I would try this, but now the authentication URL doesn't open anymore, as if I had no Internet

[rLbre]

Do these steps until the 4th one where you put your own client_id and client_secret from the API you made on google. Then, instead of doing the 5th, write the following: rclone authorize "google photos"

then paste the access token it gives you into the remote in the round_sync app. If you already have a remote, press the three dots, then edit, then the three dots again, advanced options and paste the token where it says "token" "0Auth Client Secret"

remember to put a name, the Client ID, the client secret and ckeck read_size.