Yup, only one way to communicate. The password recovery on that account indeed, worked. It is linked to my main email account. Thank you very much for suggesting that. Thought I was completly screwed, shu. Been days without the secondary.
On Sunday, February 17, 2013 9:15:38 PM UTC-6, Zack Tennant wrote: > > I don't know that Google offers you any more options, as they are looking > for an alternate way to verify you are who you say you are. As they > indicated, they saw some unusual activity on that account, like it might > have been hacked. > > I am surprised that you only have *1* way to communicate. You don't have > a work phone, or any friends with phones that you could borrow for a single > call? The help pages clearly state that this is not associating a phone > with your account, but use it only one time. Have you tried doing password > recovery on that account to an alternate e-mail address? Have you tried a > Skype or similar VoIP phone option? This would give you the phone > experience without an actual phone or bill. > > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 8:07 PM, gmail-John <johnku...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> No land line nor cell. all I have is internet. I use my emails to >> communicate. >> >> >> On Sunday, February 17, 2013 6:58:22 PM UTC-6, Zack Tennant wrote: >> >>> Do you not see the option to use a Voice Call? Any phone will work for >>> this. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 6:35 PM, gmail-John <> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, I went to sign into a secondary gmail account that I have, and I >>>> recieved this below. I don't know why google thinks everyone has a cell >>>> phone. I am one of the millions that do not have a cell phone. How do I >>>> recover my secondary gmail account? >>>> >>>> [quote] >>>> Verify your account We've detected unusual activity on your account. >>>> To immediately restore access to your account, choose how to verify your >>>> account. >>>> >>>> For your security, we strongly recommend running anti-virus softwareon >>>> your computer to detect and remove any malware. >>>> ex: (201) 555-0123 Phone number >>>> >>>> How should we send you codes? >>>> Text message (SMS) Voice Call >>>> >>>> [/quote] >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to gmail-users+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/**group/gmail-users?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gmail-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to gmail...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
