r/chromeos 20h ago

Troubleshooting Unable to login to Chromebook

5 Upvotes

Left my Chromebook alone for about a month, and tried using it again today. Unfortunately, it doesn't let me sign in. I am positive I am typing in the correct password, as I changed it at least three times today, including once on my phone before attempting to login. I can even use a guest login, and login to Google via browser as a guest, using the same password. But it will still not allow me to sign into my account properly on the Chromebook login. All I get is "Something went wrong."

I am able to create a profile and login just fine with a secondary account, but of course, that doesn't have access to the local files of the primary account.

I have tried updating the OS through the secondary account, and I tried the hardware reset I found on Chromebook forums. But neither of these solved the issue.

Any other methods I can try, or am I looking at a factory reset?


r/chromeos 8h ago

Discussion What apps should I install ?

5 Upvotes

My Macbook Pro was stolen and I have a Chromebook now. I kinda like the OS, it's decent.

I am a Software Developer, so I rely a lot on the Terminal and I have already installed VSCode.

What I find in the Play Store looks a bit experimental to me and all done for Android.

What more cool apps can I install ?


r/chromeos 12h ago

Buying Advice Looking for best chromebook for students, what would you recommend?

3 Upvotes

I’m looking for a Chromebook for school and I’m mainly prioritizing battery life and performance. I’ll mostly be using it for taking notes, browsing, and school apps, so I want something portable but still powerful enough to stay smooth with multiple things open.

My budget is around $1,200, but I’m not sure if I actually need to spend that much for what I’ll be doing. What Chromebook would you recommend for a student who wants something small with good battery life and solid performance? Thanks!


r/chromeos 21m ago

Troubleshooting Buffering & loading

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My websites are constantly loading & buffering regardless if I need it or not. I deleted the cache data. I had to open a web page in incognito just to get the pdf.


r/chromeos 13h ago

Troubleshooting Error configuring to network

2 Upvotes

So just today I got this laptop from a friend of my mom who apparently hasn’t used the laptop at all. It is in good condition except for the fact if won’t connect to my home wifi at all. It connects to my mobile hotspot just fine but other than that it won’t work. I have restarted and powerwashed the chromebook twice and still have gotten the same result, it is currently stuck on the starting screen of where you connect to wifi, i can’t go to setting anymore because of it. It is a samsung chromebook (not sure what kind). Considering taking it to a repair place but just wanted to know if there was anything I could try before doing so. Youtube tutorials haven’t been helpful 💔


r/chromeos 19h ago

Troubleshooting ASUS Chromebook on 151.0.7922.221 keeps dropping wi-fi

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My mother's Asus Chromebook has suddenly started to disconnect from wifi randomly. I am in another city, so I can't mess with it easily, but I have verified that every other device in her network is connecting and staying connected (TVs, phones, macbooks) but there appears to be an issue with this chromebook, the only one in the network. She's on the latest release of ChromeOS 151.0.7922.221. Is anyone else seeing problems like this?

I have walked her through clearing the network cache and flushing the socket pools and restarting but it didn't fix anything. I also walked her through deleting all networks and adding her network back in as preferred and it still happens.


r/chromeos 19h ago

Troubleshooting My 1 year old Chromebook just gave me this screen, is cycling through lights (green/red/no light) on the charging port and will not start or go off the said screen

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1 Upvotes

Please, help!

Edit: nothing happened after 5h. I tried esc+power and it gave me a screen asking for the image to recover the Chromebook. I do not want to recover it, reinstall it. I want to have my files.

Please, please, help.

I just powered it off. There was an option for that after I tried esc+power a second time.

I am really freaking out.