2 step verification is to protect your account. It's not computer/device specific. Once enabled, you have 2 step verification setup for any computer/device at which you or someone else may attempt to login.
So for your own computer, you'd enter the verification code once and then select, when prompted, not to require codes anymore on that computer. Or you can keep requiring codes on your own computer if you fear what might happen if it's stolen. I recommend that you not use 2 step verification until you confirm your phone can actually receive text messages. You don't want to risk getting locked out of your own account. Why not ask someone you know who is able to text from their phone to attempt to send you a text message? See if you get anything. I remember a while back my mother-in-law would always say that she couldn't text from her phone. I felt certain though that she could receive texts if sent so I tried texting her. She got the text. She called me to tell me she got the text but at least she was receiving them even if she hadn't figured out yet how to send them. On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 5:32 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting comment on your part, Marko. No, I haven't tried to *change* > how I receive verification codes because I haven't yet set up 2-step verif. > pending what has been going on up to now (rather, what has *not* been > going on!). Specifically, I haven't been able to verify my phone of > choice, my landline number, for account recovery. This apparently requires > SMS. I thought this same verification was also necessary prior to and in > order to get the codes for 2-step verif. after that was set up. Remember > how I mentioned a few hours ago how confused I was on these two topics? So > the link you have provided me intrigues me and adds to my confusion. > > You may recall we (you and I) have discussed previously within this (long) > thread about 2-step verif. for *selected* computers since we both also > have computers which are "reasonably secure" (your words). The computer I > have in mind is one I use at home ("reasonably secure" there?) and take > with me when I want to use Gmail away from home. So far, this particular > computer has remained secure when I use wi-fi. But since it is the most > vulnerable because of wi-fi or even using offline Gmail (I guess), this was > the one I was going to set up for 2-step verif. > > Because of my confusion, part of me is saying leave things as they are > ("If it ain't broke, don't fix it"); the other part thinks 2-step verif. is > ideal for that one computer. Then, throw in my confusion between account > recovery phone verif. and getting verif. codes, which has led to my > confusion about whether I need texting capability, and I am holding off > doing anything until/unless I get un-confused. That's what I'm relying on > you and the others for. > > *~Diane* > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Marko Vukovic <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 11:22 AM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Again, Marko, I am not receiving calls from Google on either phone. I'm >>> supposed to be able to receive verif. codes via *voice call*: >>> >> >> I'm assuming you did specify 'Voice call' as per >> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6051686 >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Regards, Kenneth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
