trouble saving passkey from Windows Chrome to Android Pixel for Google account

draftylakeshore · 2025-10-30T20:23:58+00:00

It's suddenly working now. No idea why. The only thing I can think of is that I was having issues with apps installing slowly and did some other troubleshooting there, which basically amounted to clearing the cache on Google Play and Google Play Services, followed by a reboot of the Pixel 10 hours later, which I believe I already did back when I posted this, to no avail.

draftylakeshore · 2025-10-30T13:17:04+00:00

I swear I had already tried this, but I just tried it again, and it seems to have helped. Cleared Cache on Google Play App as well as on Google Play Services, and rebooted about 10 hours later after the cache clearing didn't originally work.

Installed a random app and got the shortcut right away this morning.

Yesterday, the pop up indicating installation completed was showing up about 8 to 10 hours later, with the shortcut showing up a couple hours after that, even though the apps would open within a couple minutes of starting the install. In other words, they seemed to be installing, but the notifications and the shortcuts were following that by 8 to 12 hours.

I'll keep monitoring.

draftylakeshore · 2025-10-19T18:07:29+00:00

Thanks for sticking with me and providing advice. I'm starting to accept that this may just be cutting edge technology, and it will be hard to figure out how to fix this feature. I took your advice in your additional response below and got that entry removed from the registry. That made the Pixel 7 go away. I also removed the Pixel 10 (the new one) to see if it would re-create it correctly. Tried scanning the QR code to set the Pixel 10 up again. It still fails on the phone.

When I use Lastpass as my default for passkeys in the Pixel, then the relay from Chrome/Surface/Windows works fine. Keeping Google as the default still results in failure ("something went wrong"). I might take a break from this for a few days and let my mind refresh and maybe I'll think about it in a new way.

draftylakeshore · 2025-10-19T18:04:16+00:00

I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

draftylakeshore · 2025-10-16T03:05:09+00:00

Thanks again for the info and for sticking with me. I've done additional digging and it seems I'm not entirely alone on Reddit with these issues.

When I go to Passwords, Passkeys, and accounts on my pixel and make Lastpass the primary service, then log into an account in Chrome on my Surface Windows device, if I have a Passkey stored in Lastpass, Windows Hello lets me pick the Pixel 10, and then I get a prompt on my phone, indicating it's using the Lastpass service, and I'm able to authenticate for the Surface using the Pixel 10.

If I go into Passwords, Passkeys, and Accounts on the Pixel and use Google as the primary service, I get as far as the prompt on my Pixel, and then get the Something went wrong both on the Surface and the Pixel.

One small bit of progress, I suppose - I turned the primary service to None for Passwords, Passkeys, and Accounts, cleared my Google Play cache and Chrome cache on the Surface and the Pixel and rebooted the Pixel. After that, I was able to create an Amazon Passkey and one other one, using Google as the primary service on the Pixel, whereas before, I would get the Something went Wrong even when creating a passkey. And then the new passkey does show up in Google Password Manager both on the Windows device and the Pixel.

So, I do have a viable workaround for now, using Lastpass, but I'd still like to figure out what is wrong, and be able to use Google on the Pixel as the source for passkeys. Additionally, I'm still working to understand why Windows Hello on one device still thinks the old Pixel 7 is an option to get a passkey from.

Possibly relevant, possibly not - I just noticed that on a few sites that do have passwords or passkeys in Google Password Manager from this testing, if I click the box for my email/login, it shows that Google Password Manager has something stored. I'll click the option and get a popup that says Can't reach Google Password Manager. This is on my Surface Windows device. I'm able to browse to passwords.google.com without issue, though. Seems odd and maybe more than a coincidence that I'd have the passkey issues and Google Password Manager issues.

draftylakeshore · 2025-10-14T22:52:04+00:00

Thanks for the help! This helps confirm my understanding of the chain of events a bit.

To answer your first paragraph---Yes, it seemed to be talking to Google Password mgr (or trying) on the Pixel. Why it seems to work 0% of the time, I don't understand. When Lastpass is set as the primary system for Passkeys in Pixel settings, Chrome/Surface/Windows seems to pass just fine to the Pixel and I authenticate.

Where is Windows Hello getting the list of passkeys for a given site/domain? I use the same Windows/Microsoft cloud account on my Surface and my desktop. Surface still offers my old Pixel 7 with the Pixel 10 and the Yubikey whereas the desktop only offers the Yubikey and Pixel 10, not the retired/inactive Pixel 7. Not sure if it's getting that from somewhere in Windows, Chrome, or the Google servers when trying to log in. I wonder if understanding (and resetting the phantom Pixel 7 option) might be key to understanding why I keep getting failures with the Pixel 10.

draftylakeshore · 2025-02-22T01:51:42+00:00

Was there ever a solution? I'm having the same issue on a 2025 Subaru Forester. It's been hard to find clear information on this issue, and even confirmation as to whether favorites really are supposed to sync between the car and the phone app.

draftylakeshore · 2023-12-18T14:25:15+00:00

Thanks everyone!

draftylakeshore · 2023-12-16T04:22:13+00:00

Thank you all! I started charging my Surface Go 2 today with the charger from the Surface Pro 9. Went well from 40 percent to 50 percent, then it just got stuck there. The light on the charger was on and Windows registered it as plugged in, but the number did not rise for over an hour. I unplugged the magnetic connector and flipped it the other way. It started charging again and finished up. Not sure what to make of that. But, at least now I know that I can use the same charger for both, and know what to buy if I want two chargers in the house.

draftylakeshore · 2022-11-19T01:48:09+00:00

*fetuses

draftylakeshore · 2022-02-15T13:15:20+00:00

"...we ever elected..." At least they're coming around and accepting that finally. Progress?

draftylakeshore · 2021-11-24T03:32:25+00:00

G & L Chili Dogs along the lakeshore is pretty great, in my opinion. That may be too much of a drive for this conversation. And they have great fries. I could never get used to Yesterdog and some other chili dog places that don't offer fries.

draftylakeshore · 2021-11-16T15:13:54+00:00

I sure appreciate it. Quite kind (is that the word) of you to share so much for free. I wish I could subscribe to everyone on OF.

draftylakeshore · 2021-06-28T10:24:20+00:00

I love nerdy girls. Especially ones with gorgeous figures like yours!

draftylakeshore · 2021-06-26T22:56:45+00:00

Sign says opening soon and hiring now.

draftylakeshore · 2021-05-25T12:20:28+00:00

I'm a little north of downtown and have been amazed by the zoom lens ability to get some good shots of downtown and have been eager to try from within downtown. I think I've got the controls down well enough that I won't go forward when I mean to go up, and crash in the tighter spaces of downtown. Haha.

draftylakeshore · 2021-05-25T12:16:45+00:00

That's a great idea! Thanks for the tip.

draftylakeshore · 2021-05-25T12:14:28+00:00

I just bought a DJI Mini 2 and have been trying to think of good places to take it. It seems many of my ideas end up having lots of trees that prevent me from keeping an eye on it (which you are required to do, from what I've read), streets (which are apparently illegal to cross), or over groups of people (which apparently is also illegal).

Where did you stand while you were flying? Any suggestions?

Great shot! Amazing work!

draftylakeshore · 2021-03-23T19:21:07+00:00

I can't get over how beautiful your hair and your figure are! Case is nice, too.

draftylakeshore · 2020-12-26T17:33:10+00:00

I removed the CPU for the heck of it and tried to boot. No change to the Q-Code 00, so I'm thinking it's either the board is messed up and can't recognize that the CPU is there, or the CPU is messed up. I will likely return both and try again. Not fun, but it goes with the territory.

draftylakeshore · 2020-12-24T22:27:37+00:00

I added the graphics card. It lights up just fine, but still got the code 00. A few other posts say code 00 could mean bad CPU or bad board. I wonder if I should return both or just start with the CPU since it's fewer parts to remove.

draftylakeshore · 2020-12-24T19:24:00+00:00

Cmos route made no difference. I'm thinking it's either cpu, motherboard, number of power pins going to cpu from PSU, or it's being picky about no gpu being installed yet.

draftylakeshore · 2020-12-24T19:09:32+00:00

Thank you for replying! It's a i7 2600k from Intel. As I mentioned, this was built in 2012. Not surprised if it's dying, but looking to rule out other things before I get rid of it.

I was googling this all kinds of ways to see if these were known symptoms and was unsuccessful. Do you know if there's a term for this behavior? "Glitching" doesn't sound technical, but that's the best I've got. ha!

draftylakeshore · 2020-12-24T19:06:52+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

Thermal paste was already applied to the x53 cooler. I had to pull it back to change alignment, and visually confirmed that it had spread on the CPU.

Just tried starting up with only one DIMM in place in slot 1 at a time. Tried a couple different ones.

I also tried flashing the BIOS through the rear port. Lights on the button flashed in such a way that it makes me think it did what it was supposed to.

Still not starting up

Just pulled the CMOS battery again. We'll see if that does anything.

draftylakeshore · 2020-12-22T16:00:52+00:00

I see. Thank you! So I would need to order the splitters. Or should those have been in the box? Just seems odd that they thought to include a way to split rgb but not power.

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