Have you tried an normal android phone without a sim as Google should send
the 2fa to that as well as sms ?

Colin

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024, 17:39 Michelle Sullivan via mailop, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> You make valid and invalid points…. The trouble is I suspect wires are
> crossed.  Unless I also got the wrong end of the stick the OP has a Gmail
> account they are unable to access.  So you get what you pay for is valid.
> My account was for and only for the purchase of an App through Google’s
> version of Apple’s App Store (Google Play?).. which means they were paid
> all be it a small amount.  The account uses my email address at my email
> domain that has had no break in registration since the account creation.
> The 2FA was forced on the account and it refuses to use the email address
> as part of the 2FA instead reverting to using an SMS to a defunct (and
> undeliverable) Australian mobile telephone number.  Therefore I believe my
> original comment stands…and Google were paid for me having that account
> further I had no choice in creating that account because I would not have
> created it being given the option to avoid Google in the first place.
>
> As for GSuite… can-o-worms/flack…. Why would I pay for a GSuite
> account/setup to get support for an account that was used to download and
> pay for a non Google App from their “App Store”…?
>
> Michelle Sullivan
> http://www.mhix.org/
> If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It
> means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones
> faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!
>
> On 28 Aug 2024, at 00:21, Aaron C. de Bruyn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 
> There's life at Google.  Just pay for GSuite.
>
> I'm not sure if you can run into the same issue if you have one (and only
> one) GSuite administrator (we always have at least 3), but their support is
> responsive for paid customers.
>
> I'll pull the pin on this grenade and take the flack, but if you aren't
> paying, why would you expect support?  And if you don't expect support, why
> would you do *anything* even remotely important or rely on this free and
> unsupported service you are using?
>
> -A
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 7:43 AM Michelle Sullivan via mailop <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> You assume wrongly.
>>
>> I gave up 5 years ago…. I have not seen any sign of improvement since…
>> only further decline.
>>
>> If there is life at Google that can help I’m listening and will stand
>> corrected, however as I have asked more than one time over the last 7 years
>> in other places as well. I expect more of the same and your assumption that
>> I am asking for help is misplaced at best.
>>
>> Michelle Sullivan
>> http://www.mhix.org/
>> If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It
>> means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones
>> faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!
>>
>> On 27 Aug 2024, at 23:36, Marcel Becker via mailop <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 5:03 AM Michelle Sullivan via mailop <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> My current theory is Google accounts are the latest in a long line of
>>> abandonware
>>> it seems to be run by armatures and marketing people now…
>>
>> From a personal perspective, if it does all go boom, the loss of the spam
>>> farm called G-“we’re too big to block”-mail will be a blessing on the world.
>>>
>>
>> You started with a somewhat legit case and question, seeking help -- and
>> then you took a sharp and wrong turn, making odd assumptions
>> and alienating the very people you wanted help from.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> -- Marcel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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