I was fucked, do not repeat same mistakes as me

[Salauddin1994]

This is really bad news so you need to back up wherever you put your private key so that you can easily recover if lost the brain does not work the same way for everyone many times it can be forgotten due to stress. Hardware wallets are good for storing confidential documents but there are risks involved in doing everything online better by saving work i keep everything in this notepad offline so that can easily see even if i forget it stays out of the hacker safer to write on paper to keep data safe.

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[akborsagorsm]

I have also stored my data in many place but i think that why i am doing this? if all my data is secured by google authenticator then when my phone will be lost then i could not log in any place to recover my data only for the google auth. thats why i am using mobile verification process. to me this process is good even you phone and also sim card is lost then you can easily get back your sim from provider and then can get back other accounts with sms verification. THANK YOU.

[Baskeyairdrop]

Your experience shared here is very educative and most people without such experience might not really understand what you went through but I understand because I have been through the same before. When all you have is linked to google and you have difficulty accessing your Google account, then one would understand better.
I remember forgetting the pin of a device I no longer used for years and had to go back to use when my phone got damaged...
I tried all the passwords I could remember but none worked..
I slept over it and I remembered. So sometimes, a calm mind can help fix issues too.

[libert19]

I read your story to tje end but I did not find the morale of your story. There musy be something you want us reading this to learn from you. Please what is the lesson there? Because I can not find any. Are you suggesting that we should stop using google 2FA or what? Please do respond as your explanation will help clear the air on this.

Have multiple offline backups for your sensitive data, yep that's basically it.

[robelneo]

Did you try to recover your google account with text message option?

It is possible only if you verified/added your mobile number to your google account, this looks simple way but it only work when you have the mobile number added.
Or else waiting for the help it the only way as you said it may take upto 5 days but still you can recover it.

The best option is to have two mobile added and generate back up codes and seal it in a vault and memorize your password don't include your password to the backup codes keep it separated in case of a breakup, and the most important thing is if you are going to ask Google to help you access your account again remember the first day you created your account because they will ask it in the verification procedure. 

[epis11]

You made the backups at 3 separate locations "Google drive, box cloud storage, android file manager" but I wonder why didn't you consider saving a backup in an offline storage like HDD/USB/Memory card. I have personally reset my phone several times and had to regenerate the 2FA codes every time but never was I worried about my crypto holdings since I always had a backup of it in my HDD.
I know how painful it is to lose the google 2FA and thanks for making this post. I will now regenerate the backup code and save it offline in my HDD.

Yes it was my mistake, thankfully I did save it in my hdd otherwise this wouldn't have happy ending.

@pawanjain is right Im also using my HDD as a backup to all my data like account passwords, google codes, private keys, storing your back up data on online storage is not advisable its too vulnerable if something happens also using paper for backup is not a good idea either like what other user suggests it might get burned or wet easily from natural disasters its very hard to recover unlike HDD. 

[longlivecapitalism]

Oof, thankfully that story had a good ending. If you have a place that you know is safe, I'd recommend making some paper copies. And also, don't make such a complicated security layer that you end up getting tangled in it if one thing goes wrong. I know, you can never be too safe with these things but as you saw it may be possibly just as damaging to end up trapping yourself in it.