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1. Add OTP to your account ("Google Authenticator", Lastpass, etc). 2. Remove phone number from account. 3. Enjoy not needing a phone ever again to login. 4. Might take a couple of days for (3) to stick, train the algorith by logging in a couple of times using OTP.

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How does one add OTP to her/his Google account? Is there a guide/instruction that you could share? Thanks in advance!

Your solution for not needing a phone to log in is to use Google Authenticator which is a phone app that would've been on the smashed phone?

I recently went through this exact scenario: Old phone broke. Bought a new one, restored backup. Guess which app doesn't restore its data from the old phone? Google Authenticator. Lost access to all my TOTP logins.

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