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RE: Google Authenticator and Why You Should Abandon This Two Factor Authentication App

in #bitcoin7 years ago

I had just had a problem like you described with Google Authenticator, where I got a new phone and I couldn't turn on my old dead phone for its Google 2FA; I was totally locked out of the service until I found a way to briefly get the old phone to start.

Authy would have let me just use my new phone! Here's a trick for those still wanting to use Google Authenticator- when you sign up for a new account, save a screenshot of the QR code; that way I think you'll be able to recover on a different phone if you scan that (just remember to store the QR code safely!).

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"store the QR code safely" being the key phrase here!

Good that you finally got into the old device, and not a bad idea if still using google to store the QR code offline!