[Q] Android, 2 step verification and the lockscreen

[jay2the1]

I'm thinking of buying this phone and it will be my first Android phone ever.

When you first set up an Android phone it asks you to sign into your Gmail, all well and good, I have a Gmail and have it protected with 2 step verification.
Now normally on any other device/client you would set up an 'application specific password' which I assume will work aOK in for setting up your Android phone.
But as I understand if you have a lockscreen passcode/pattern lock, if you forget the code/pattern you are asked sign in with your Gmail account password to unlock the phone. This is where it confuses me, you would not normally write down an application specific so if you signed into your phone with one that wouldn't work, or does it work if you use your normal 'non specific' Gmail password?

I have also looked and found this video (watch?v=Mu9xflbwMKw can't post links) which says when you are asked to sign in to Gmail you have a 'menu/settings' option which allows you to sign in with a web interface therefore using a one time use code they send you, which then I assume if you forget your lockscreen code/pattern, you would just sign in with your normal Gmail password.

So if you have 2 step verification do you sign in with your normal password with the 'web login' or do you use a one time use password? and what are the implications for a forgotten lockscreen code/pattern?

 

[Clarkster]

I would say the worst case scenario is you have to go create a new one-time password on your computer, just to unlock.

 

[Eradorius]

AFAIK you'll have to use your Application-specific password.

 

[FISKER_Q]

Just tried it and it did take my password just fine, however it did "deauthorize" the device, so i had to login once more to make the device sync again.

 

[jay2the1]

Just tried it and it did take my password just fine, however it did "deauthorize" the device, so i had to login once more to make the device sync again.

That's fantastic news, I'll just log in with an application specific password knowing that I can reset it with the normal password, I've never (touch wood) forgotten a lockscreen passcode but it's better to be safe than sorry.

Thanks guys :good:

 

[mazdarati2]

disable 2step autorization. My dad could not login to his his Gmail while it was enabled, but he could login immediatly after disabling it

 

[Clarkster]

disable 2step autorization. My dad could not login to his his Gmail while it was enabled, but he could login immediatly after disabling it

That doesn't have anything to do with what we are discussing here. And is 2-step prevented your dad from logging into Gmail, then you're using it wrong.

I've been using 2-step authentication for over two years now, and my wife over a year, on all our computers and phones. Works perfectly.

 

[mazdarati2]

That doesn't have anything to do with what we are discussing here. And is 2-step prevented your dad from logging into Gmail, then you're using it wrong.

I've been using 2-step authentication for over two years now, and my wife over a year, on all our computers and phones. Works perfectly.

yes it works everywhere. but it didn't when you want to enter your Gmail after you did a reset on your phone, strangely

 

[Clarkster]

That's what the one-time passwords are for. You can't use the 2-step code check with the accounts system on Android. So you create a one-time password, following the directions Google gave you when you turned 2-step on.