Quote from: kano on July 14, 2017, 12:48:52 AM

Quote from: VRobb on July 14, 2017, 12:01:45 AM

Quote from: apederzoli on July 13, 2017, 11:28:22 PM

Hello,
My iPhone died and I have just finished downloading the backup for my new phone.
However I lost all the codes on the google authenticator app and I have 2 factor enabled on my account.
What can I do to regain access to my account?
Thanks

A bit OT but for all kano-ites that use 2FA here's an article (for us 'droids) that can help with this particular issue that one day we'll all have to deal with. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/move-google-authenticator-from-one-android-device-to-another/

Well

That's firstly why I recommend a different 2FA app, and secondly why, when you setup 2FA, the 2FA page says:

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WARNING: if you lose your 2FA device you will need to know
the 2FA Secret Key to manually setup a new device,
so your should copy it and store it somewhere securely.

I'm not sure if people actually read all the text on the 2FA pages ... but they should Tongue

Edit: however, if you wish to move 2FA from one device to another - i.e. delete it off the old device - then the best way is to:
"Remove" 2FA with the old device and then setup 2FA on the new device - which will get a new 2FA Secret Key

Edit2: as for regaining access without the 2FA Secret Key - no you can't.
That would make 2FA pointless if there was a way around it.

If you can not get back into your account, create a new account and point the miners at the new one, with a new payout address.
The old account will still payout to the same old payout address, until 5Nd after you switch the miners over.

Edit3: and in case you were worried about the '5Nd ramp' - what happens is: as the new account ramps up, the old account ramps down.
The net effect is no difference - other than you may have some dust at the end of the old account and the start of the new account, depending upon the amount of your hash rate and if blocks are found near the start of the ramp up on the new account or the end of the ramp down on the old account.