



So um, I was going to try to post something yesterday after going to the park, but then shit happened lolz. Let me explain. I was going to trade in my phone to upgrade to a new one since my provider had a deal going on. I had backed up my Google accounts and cleaned out most of my phone except for the apps I was still using. I was told by the lovely bf to factory reset my phone to make the process of getting a new one faster at the store, so I did. My phone was reset, and we headed to the store at around 4pm. After talking to the peeps and giving them my account info, they asked me what kind of phone I wanted to get in return for my trade-in. I told them, they looked to see if it was in stock in their store, and it wasn't. They said they could order it instead. But I needed the phone today because I just factory reset everything on my old phone. I tell the bf to call stores around the area to see if any of them have the phone I want in stock. **NOBODY FUCKING HAS IT IN STORE!!** The only option is to order it online. We do that, and it takes a couple days to ship plus another couple days to get delivered. That's fine. We get home around maybe 6pm, have some food. I figure, "Eh, it's oki if I don't post today. I haven't taken any pics/clips and I'm tired, so I'll just post tomorrow." I connected my phone back to my Google account in hopes that all the apps would automatically install because that's what the bf told me. I didn't believe him so I wasn't expecting that lmao. I just installed the main apps I use from the library of each Google account I have. I also took screenshots of the apps before the factory reset just in case. I'm going about my business on my PC, doing some research on stuff. Then I remember to log in to my financial apps on my phone. I hadn't been using my desktop for them because I didn't have the means to yet so I wasn't logged in on **any** of them on my PC. So I try to log in to them on my phone. What I didn't realize was that Google Authenticator *isn't* one of those apps that is connected to a Google account, which is what I use for 2FA. I was able to log into most of my apps that just use a text message instead, but not the ones that use the authenticator. The way that one works is you'd have to **import** the codes onto the new phone with the old phone **not** factory reset so it can easily transfer it. There is **no other way** to get the codes. ASDFGHJKL!!!! So now I can't log into some of my apps/accounts on either my phone or PC because I need the code to get in but I can't get the code because there are no codes anymore because I factory reset my phone before getting a new phone. I- ## **AHHHHHH!!!! ASHDUILWAHRFIUHNA** So now I'm just emailing everyone to be able to log into my accounts. Thankfully, I logged into socials on my PC beforehand because they also use the autheticator for 2FA.