signing in with recovery code. mobile number bypass

[caesarome]

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@Diligence wrote:

But I don't have a UK/IE phone.

There just be a way

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At the moment without a UK/IE phone there is no way so in the meantime you might be able to access your emails via an app instead unless it wants to send you a code when setting this up which it might do.

[Diligence]

Thanks. I'll look in to it. Would that be POP

[caesarome]

@Diligence 
POP or IMAP can be used.

[Diligence]

OK everyone. 

I think I have sorted out. But unfortunately this may not help Matthew Robinson.

One of my mates still had a UK number. 

So I managed to log in to the sky email server. 

Then as Caesarome suggested, and after the POP IMAP thing Jayach mentioned. I opened MS outlook.(yes I know). 

I fed my sky email in to outlook. Outlook then asked me to open my tab with my sky email on. And BANG. It download everything. Folders, files, emails, the lot. 

I then restarted the PC and outlook fetched the emails fine. So... So far so good. 

One thing I will mention is that after you log in to the sky email. it will let you change the phone number. but only to (yep you guessed it) a UK/IE one.

This is the only workaround I can come up with. 

Anyway. thanks for everyones help and advice. 

[Dyonn]

That would be something. At least I could tell my contacts my new email address elsewhere, since the Sky Yahoo one is now useless

[Mark39]

All, it looks like Sky have turned off the mandatory 2 step verification requirement. I don't know whether that's temporary or permanent. For the moment anways, the 'set up later' button has been restored.

[Dyonn]

That's good news.
At least I can get into my emails for now.

But I am still unable to remove my old phone number that they have, or set up 2FA in any other way

[Diligence]

Yes. And copy any important emails you might need.

Just as an update.

My outlook still has access to my mail account and also, I dont need to sign in at all. I just click the desktop icon and Im in. 

[Diligence]

Have they?
I am scared to try to log in from browser to check, as I have everything running OK ish. If their system logs an outside attempt and then locks up again I might lose fragile access I have now.
Why they cant let their customers use non UK numbers still mystifies me.

[Parveen1204]

Hey

not sure if you managed to sort this our or not.

I have found the whole 2 step verication really frustrating and have been avoiding it for ages but now have been completely locked out as I do not have a UK mobile number due to living abroad.

I spoke to Sky last week and they were soooooo unhelpful, bottom line was you have to go throught the 2 step verification, it can't be changed.

Anyway I realised that maybe the best way is to get a UK mobile number whilst abroad in hope that i can still use my email and it has worked!  Phew!

So I registered with More Mins, it has cost me GBP 12 for the whole year, I have got a Virtual UK no, downloaded the app and now I can finally get the 2 step verificiation code and use my emails properly.

It was very easy to set up and would recommend it, I dont think there are any alterantive methods, hope this helps!

[Matthew.Robinson]

Thanks very much! I will certainly try this out.