Reset my 2FA please ~.~

[szskateman22]

Hey guys,

I just recently formatted my phone (you know... mods and all that fun stuff)... Forgot about my 2-factor authentication needing to get backed up. If someone could reset it for me so that I can set it up again, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
~JD

 

[Farcast]

Not sure if they do this, but you're better off PM'ing an admin.

 

[szskateman22]

Not sure if they do this, but you're better off PM'ing an admin.

I believe they do this as it was discussed upon initial release of the authenticator. Although you may be right and I need to ask an admin. Just not sure which one to ask for that specific issue (thus why I'm asking here instead). :|

 

[szskateman22]

Alright... So I'm updating this now. I've reset my 2-factor Authentication (no more pretty lock mini-rank)... And now after I scan the QR code it's telling me to please make sure I have a valid Google Authenticator account. I'm not sure what that means because I'm using Google Authenticator.

Now some other information: I recently formatted my phone over to Cyanogenmod just to get away from the phone company's extremely overzealous bloatware that was bogging the phone down. After doing that I reinstalled everything, but had forgotten that I needed to back-up my 2 Factor Authenticator.

Now that I have my phone set up properly and I'm content, it keeps denying me access to the authenticator QR code - I'll scan it, it gives me the random number back - but when I enter that number it tells me it's not valid. The time on the phone is correct, so I'm not sure what else the issue could be.

 

[S]

Try a different auth? I use Duo Mobile. It's free from the App store.

 

[Cas]

If that other app also doesn't work, set your phone's time to automatically update rather than manually, this can often solve the problem

 

[szskateman22]

Tested both ideas. Neither have worked. :|