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mquattro
New member | Level 2
3 years ago
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Set up issues says "Create Account Failed; Sorry, an error occured plese try again later"

Hello,

 

My company is going to tablets in the field (ipad) and we have set up individual gmail accounts (new) and are setting them up with dropbox. We have started with 10, but three of them are giving me the error code "Create account failed; Sorry, an error occured. Please try again later." There seems to be no rhyme or reason, it didn't happen in any specific order either and they were all set up the exact same way. What can I do to resolve this situation?

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    3 years ago

    Hi mquattro, thanks for your patience! 

     

    It looks like you hit our account creation limit in a day. You should now, that's been 7 days since you last contacted us, be able to continue to create them normally, however, if you are in a hurry again in the future, you can try switching to 5G on their phones (or tablets). Or you can also use another trustworthy IP address to create new accounts. 

     

    Keep in mind that we take this action to ensure our user's account security.

     

    I hope this clarifies! 

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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hey mquattro, and thanks for posting this here. 

     

    Do you mind uploading a screenshot of the specific error you keep receiving? 

     

    Does this occur on multiple web browsers/incognito window? 

     

    Keep me posted.

  • mquattro's avatar
    mquattro
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I can't actually put in the screen shot, so I had to take a picture and the jpeg is too large. All I can do is describe it, as it happens during the set up page and gives that exact error. It lets me go no farther, but those are the words it gives. What I don't understand is the "try again later", so it isn't invalidating the email address or anything else and this was not an issue for the other 7 ipads. If you really need the screen shot I can see if I can shrink it down, but as of right now it won't let me insert it.

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi mquattro, are all of these Dropbox accounts created using the same network? 

     

    Also, it sounds like you were able to create 7 of them, right? Did you do this during a short time span? 

  • mquattro's avatar
    mquattro
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Hello! yes, I did, but they were all on seperate tablets with seperate, unique gmail addresses.

  • mquattro's avatar
    mquattro
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    And when you say same network, do you mean wifi network or cell network?

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hi mquattro, thanks for your patience! 

     

    It looks like you hit our account creation limit in a day. You should now, that's been 7 days since you last contacted us, be able to continue to create them normally, however, if you are in a hurry again in the future, you can try switching to 5G on their phones (or tablets). Or you can also use another trustworthy IP address to create new accounts. 

     

    Keep in mind that we take this action to ensure our user's account security.

     

    I hope this clarifies! 

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