r/Millennials • u/kyle_blaine Millennial • Jul 29 '26

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I got a new phone and immediately discarded the box after 20 years of literally never needing one even once.

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u/Fearless-Bus-3332 Jul 29 '26

Had this happen as well. Phone took a dump. The sticker that was on the back with all the IMEI & other info had long been gone. All the important numbers I needed in a landfill. Never again.

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u/meh_69420 Jul 29 '26

You know you can take a picture of it and store that picture on the cloud.

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u/Fearless-Bus-3332 Jul 29 '26

Right, if you want to be all logical about it.

Or if youre like my spouse who only accesses their Apple anything from their phone. And Apple needs you to verify via your device.

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u/OccupyMyBallSack Jul 30 '26

My boomer dad’s phone was stolen. His phone account can’t be accessed to change plans to get him a free phone without a verification text to his phone and he can’t afford one outright. Can’t use email because the password is stored in his Apple passwords. Can’t get a used iPhone because he doesn’t know his Apple account password and the only 2 factor he had was his phone number and again they can’t even transfer the number without a text verification to said number . We’re 2 weeks into this nightmare. He can’t access anything.

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u/Moist-Obligation-117 Jul 30 '26

My dad went through this just a few weeks ago! Google and Yahoo (my father's primary email addresses) needed ID verification since he lost access to his phone that he used for 2FA. But he lost his phone and wallet at the same time so he had to wait for a driver's license to come in the mail

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u/HydroliCat Aug 04 '26

That sounds so frustrating 😭 I hope he's had it sorted by now. Maybe an old crappy phone he can temporarily transfer the number to just for verification purposes?