It has been along time since I set up my two factor authentication. I honestly don’t know if I have a trusted phone number. How can I find out and if not, where can I go to set that up? Thank you. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 21, 2018, at 2:13 AM, Øyvind Lode <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mary, > > No problem if you have enabled two-factor authentication and also > set-up a trusted phone number. > I only have one iOS device and no mac, so I don't have other devices > to receive verification codes on. > However, since I have verified my sim and phone number it works fine. > > I recently performed a full reset of my iPhone 7 and I was very > curious to see how that would go since I use two-factor auth and no > other devices to get a code on to verify my identity. > However, no worries. > Here is were the trusted phone number came in and I entered my apple > id credentials and it connected to apple servers and no problem with > two-factor auth since it automatically discovered that the sim and > phone number on this device is set-up as a trusted phone number in > two-factor auth of my apple id. > >> On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 at 05:20, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Mary, >> >> I recently upgraded from an iPhone 7 to an iPhone 8 which I purchased >> directly from Apple. Both of these models were Verizon phones. First, if >> your ordered your iPhone XR from T-Mobile, won't it come with its SIMM card >> already installed so you don't have to fool with transferring a SIMM from >> your old phone to your new one? I know that was the case with my new iPhone >> 8. I don't remember having to do anything with 2-factor authentication when >> setting up my new iPhone 8. I used that feature introduced with iOS 11 I >> believe that lets you hold the old phone near the new one to transfer >> settings and then I restored an iTunes backup to the new phone. I don't >> recall it asking me to 2-factor authenticate anything but if it did, it was >> done on the new phone without any issues. >> >> I hope some of the above makes sense. >> >> Alan Lemly >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Mary Otten >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 7:47 PM >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: Upgrading to a new iPhone with two factor authentication >> >> It�s been along time since I�ve had to deal with either getting a new phone >> or using two factor authentication. What I remember from the last time I >> bought a phone is that you have to put the Sim from your old phone into your >> new phone in order to get the process of getting your phone up and running >> started. I also remember some problems with two factor authentication in the >> past, having to do with needing to have two devices on the same network or >> something, so that I could get a message on one that would then be typed >> into the other one in order to continue with the process. Does anybody know >> of documentation somewhere that spells out just what you have to do? I mean, >> here I would have my old phone on my Wi-Fi network but no Sim, so no >> cellular connection. The new phone will be presumably on the cellular >> network but I can�t remember where the Wi-Fi setting comes in. Anyway, all I >> need is a pointer in the right direction I guess. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected]. 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