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July 04, 2015, 05:11:42 PM |
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So I dropped my phone in the water with all the 2fa keys to all of my accounts and wallets on it. Can anyone tell me from experience how difficult it is to retrieve and regain access to my accounts and wallet? I have LBC, Block Chain, Circle, Coinbase, and Cryptothrift.
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July 04, 2015, 05:17:26 PM |
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So I dropped my phone in the water with all the 2fa keys to all of my accounts and wallets on it. Can anyone tell me from experience how difficult it is to retrieve and regain access to my accounts and wallet? I have LBC, Block Chain, Circle, Coinbase, and Cryptothrift.
Its pretty easy if you have backups. |
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Tabata11 (OP)
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July 04, 2015, 05:26:20 PM |
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So I dropped my phone in the water with all the 2fa keys to all of my accounts and wallets on it. Can anyone tell me from experience how difficult it is to retrieve and regain access to my accounts and wallet? I have LBC, Block Chain, Circle, Coinbase, and Cryptothrift.
Its pretty easy if you have backups. I fear not  |
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July 04, 2015, 05:29:37 PM |
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So I dropped my phone in the water with all the 2fa keys to all of my accounts and wallets on it. Can anyone tell me from experience how difficult it is to retrieve and regain access to my accounts and wallet? I have LBC, Block Chain, Circle, Coinbase, and Cryptothrift.
Its pretty easy if you have backups. I fear not Contact each service directly and ask for their procedure in this case. It will probably take a while. |
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July 04, 2015, 09:25:15 PM |
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So I dropped my phone in the water with all the 2fa keys to all of my accounts and wallets on it. Can anyone tell me from experience how difficult it is to retrieve and regain access to my accounts and wallet? I have LBC, Block Chain, Circle, Coinbase, and Cryptothrift.
https://accounts.google.com/b/0/SmsAuthSettings this link if it was a google auth. Use the back up codes at the end of the page. |
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Tabata11 (OP)
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July 04, 2015, 10:39:52 PM |
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So I dropped my phone in the water with all the 2fa keys to all of my accounts and wallets on it. Can anyone tell me from experience how difficult it is to retrieve and regain access to my accounts and wallet? I have LBC, Block Chain, Circle, Coinbase, and Cryptothrift.
https://accounts.google.com/b/0/SmsAuthSettings this link if it was a google auth. Use the back up codes at the end of the page. That's what I use! Thank you !!! |
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July 04, 2015, 11:18:35 PM |
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I had a 2FA failure with a couple of websites. They were able to bypass and reset it with some extra info including an email from the registered address and an educated guess of my balances. It's totally down to their discretion though.
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July 05, 2015, 02:47:10 AM |
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If you contact your cell carrier and get a new sim card for your number from them and put that into another phone, you should be able to verify with whatever 2fa service you use to reset everything for your new phone.
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July 05, 2015, 05:45:02 AM |
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How is it possible that you sim card got damaged in water? mine was few times and it's working just fine.
Can't you just use it on a new phone with same sim card? I'm assuming u're getting 2fa codes to that number..
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July 05, 2015, 09:43:52 AM |
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So I dropped my phone in the water with all the 2fa keys to all of my accounts and wallets on it. Can anyone tell me from experience how difficult it is to retrieve and regain access to my accounts and wallet? I have LBC, Block Chain, Circle, Coinbase, and Cryptothrift.
Its possible on some services to get access again you just have to wait a while once you have told them. They must check you are not a hacker trying to get access. I have the same deal as you if i drop my phone in the water/lose it. |
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Tabata11 (OP)
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July 05, 2015, 03:15:34 PM |
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I got my phone working again with the rice in the bag trick!
But how do I back up my keys just in case same thing happens again? (knock on wood)
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July 05, 2015, 03:18:11 PM |
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I got my phone working again with the rice in the bag trick!
But how do I back up my keys just in case same thing happens again? (knock on wood)
So, write down your keys on a paper and don't let it others to know. |
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Brad Harrison
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July 05, 2015, 03:39:41 PM |
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Ya putting it in a bowl of rice always works
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July 05, 2015, 04:09:05 PM |
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You can always backup google authenticator with titanium backup and save the backup on your computer (if you are using android)
Or you can save each QR-code of the initial add of the 2fa.
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July 05, 2015, 04:29:16 PM |
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suggestion
use a qt client for conis not a phone
there are ways to 'reproduce' or 'emulate' the 2fa environment on a laptop of desktop,
im sorry you had trouble,
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Tabata11 (OP)
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July 05, 2015, 05:54:00 PM |
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I have Google authenticator on iphone. Can I just copy and crop the QR code and save it onto my computer? Is that sufficient enough to back it up?
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July 06, 2015, 04:02:20 PM |
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I have Google authenticator on iphone. Can I just copy and crop the QR code and save it onto my computer? Is that sufficient enough to back it up?
No. You need to backup the pairing code. The one you enter/scan before the codes start appear in your authenticator. |
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July 07, 2015, 01:57:52 PM |
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Not all services disable 2FA. You could be someone who hacked the account holders email. So i enable 2FA on my phone only that way:
Note down the code to create the 2FA (Usually around 30 or so signs) then manually enter the code in my phone. That way i know i noted the code down correctly. Then enable it on the website.
Everyone who did not note down the creation codes should disable and enable 2FA on all websites and note down the creation code. Otherwise you might not get access to an account anymore at one point. Some sites are strict there. For a reason.
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Tabata11 (OP)
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July 07, 2015, 11:49:06 PM |
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Not all services disable 2FA. You could be someone who hacked the account holders email. So i enable 2FA on my phone only that way:
Note down the code to create the 2FA (Usually around 30 or so signs) then manually enter the code in my phone. That way i know i noted the code down correctly. Then enable it on the website.
Everyone who did not note down the creation codes should disable and enable 2FA on all websites and note down the creation code. Otherwise you might not get access to an account anymore at one point. Some sites are strict there. For a reason.
Yup, I disabled and enabled my 2fa so I can back up my keys on paper. Took a while to write random gibberish down but it brings peace to my mind. |
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July 08, 2015, 01:24:01 AM |
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Not all services disable 2FA. You could be someone who hacked the account holders email. So i enable 2FA on my phone only that way:
Note down the code to create the 2FA (Usually around 30 or so signs) then manually enter the code in my phone. That way i know i noted the code down correctly. Then enable it on the website.
Everyone who did not note down the creation codes should disable and enable 2FA on all websites and note down the creation code. Otherwise you might not get access to an account anymore at one point. Some sites are strict there. For a reason.
Yup, I disabled and enabled my 2fa so I can back up my keys on paper. Took a while to write random gibberish down but it brings peace to my mind. You could print screen and print the code instead, then no need to write random gibberish unless the worse happen. And you always can write things wrong, so it is not secure too |
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