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Apple ID OK and password but no Recovery Key on my old devices

Can I have Two-factor Authentication for my newer devices AND Two-Step Verification for my iPad one?

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Posted on Aug 27, 2020 6:10 AM

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Aug 28, 2020 1:33 AM in response to Sad-Max

Using the same Apple ID on your newer and older devices the Apple ID itself can only be one type of account (like Two-Factor Authentication).


However, even older devices that don't understand Two-Factor can still use the same Apple ID.


To sign onto an Apple ID that has been upgraded to Two-Factor on an older device that doesn't understand Two-Factor you have to put in the verification code as part of the Apple ID password.


So if you have a modern device such as an iPhone X, with an Apple ID with two factor, you would just sign on as normal. Let's say your password is My#1Password. But on your old device, such as an iPhone 4, or Classic iPod, or anything running iOS 8 or older, you would put in the password+the verification code received on your Trusted iPhone X, such as My#1Password012345 (if 012345 was the verification code).


See the section "What if I use two-factor authentication on a device running older software?" here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204915

Aug 27, 2020 6:18 AM in response to Sad-Max

Sorry, no. Two-factor (or two-step) authentication is associated with your AppleID account - and can be one or other, but not both.


Once two-factor authentication is enabled (as is required for many Apple services), you have a very short window of time in which to revert to two-step authentication - after which it is impossible to return to the older (now deprecated) authentication system.



Apple ID OK and password but no Recovery Key on my old devices

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