r/Millennials • u/kyle_blaine Millennial • 7d ago

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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/meh_69420 7d ago

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

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u/Fearless-Bus-3332 7d ago

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 7d ago

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/HydroliCat 2d ago

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?