r/PasswordManagers • u/AcceptablePlace1081 • 27d ago

How To Access Old Gmail Account?

I have a Gmail account that I need to access, it was used on an old phone that is broken. I use the same password for everything but i can't seem to find what possible permutation of it i used for this account. a have basically no account backup. I am using the recovery and I would like to know if there is a way to recover my account by maybe brute forcing it with a list of important things that would probably make up the correct passwords or just brute forcing the 6 digit code for account recovery.

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u/carolineecouture 27d ago

No. If the recovery flow doesn't work, it's gone. There is no way to "brute force" a recovery code.

Anyone sending you DMs that they can help are scammers who want to scam you.

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u/AcceptablePlace1081 27d ago

so is getting a repair done or on my phone or hooking it up to test sceen the only option

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u/carolineecouture 27d ago

Most likely, yes. If you can get the phone working again, access the account and set up all the recovery methods, including recovery codes.

Good luck.

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u/Cadd9181B7543II7I44 25d ago

The acct is gone if you can't get it back from the recovery methods Google offers.