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Open source fork of the Google Authenticator Android app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.authenticator2
Apache License 2.0
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All accounts lost after installation on new device #26

Closed barbalex closed 9 years ago

barbalex commented 9 years ago

My mobile phone died yesterday (android 5.1.1 Nexus 5).

Today I set up the replacement (android 5.1.1. Nexus 6). But after installing google-authentticator only the google account appears. None of the others do. I am pretty messed up trying to access my diverse accounts now. Not to mention that the account list was very long and I can't even find a way to list up for which services google authenticator was set up.

Has something gone wrong? Or is this expected behaviour?

ocdtrekkie commented 9 years ago

Google Authenticator doesn't sync your tokens anywhere. You have to set these up manually on each device. Another option (which isn't recommended) is to keep a paper hardcopy of the QR code used to set up your Authenticator codes when you add them to the app, so you can add it to another device at a later time.

Also, this repo is for the open source version of Authenticator, which is not the Play Store version anymore. (The Play Store version is a closed source app, a newer version than the one here.)

barbalex commented 9 years ago

o.k., thanks security comes with little drawbacks ;-)

skironDotNet commented 5 years ago

Use KeePass with KeeOtp plugin to store OTP priv key and then you can easly scan back to phone using my version of a KeePassQRCodeView plugin https://github.com/skironDotNet/KeePassQRCodeView/releases/tag/v1.0.5