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isydia
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Can't access the codes for two step verification and backup codes not working

Here is a strange occurrence. My colleague, has a professional account with 2-step verification enabled. She ported her mobile to Google Canada and now, she can not receive text messages and DropBox ...
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Jay
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4 years ago

Thanks for the update, I’d recommend they get in contact with our support team directly to look into this matter in more detail.

 

They can do this by opening an incognito/private browsing window, while not signed into any account, and accessing this link. 

 

From there they should be able to contact support. Make sure they enter the same email they use to login to Dropbox. 

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isydia
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

She did go to that link and open a ticket#16563397 and she corresponded with Leah. Long story short, support said that there is nothing they can do if she can't receive text messages. They offered to cancel her subscription so she won't get billed for next month, which makes me wonder if they agree to cancel her account (means they admit she's the owner of the account) then why not remove the 2-step verification so she can login with her username and password to gain access? or call her on the phone number registered with her dropbox account? She needs to download her data which is her legal property and she needs her files for her business. This is just unbelievable and an eye opener for me and others I know on dropbox. Every other platform has a call option instead of text to receive the authentication codes for 2-step-verification like facebook, instagram, google, banks government...etc. at Dropbox you're on your own. 

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