Vanquished
Android Expert
Does the Google Authenticator "lock" to a certain device, such as the Blizzard Authenticator, or can I just redownload it on the new E3D and not have any problems using the code it generates to login to my google account?
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Google Authenticator and new phones
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You have to configure it to work with your new device. Go to your 2 step authorization settings, remove your old device and add your new one. Takes a few minutes.
Edit: Same goes with a device you wipe. Even with a NAND backup, I had to reconfigure my device with Google Authorize.
Edit: Same goes with a device you wipe. Even with a NAND backup, I had to reconfigure my device with Google Authorize.
LinkinLogs
Lurker
While I appreciate the extra security that Google Authenticator offers I think they could have made it easier by just adding "Google Authenticator" to the appropriate prompts. I wasted quite a bit of time setting up a new phone by confusing the Google Account and Google Authenticator passwords. Just my 2 cents...