I can’t sign up for that. I tried authorizing Codex a couple days ago. For some reason, their system says my phone number has been used for verification 3 times even though it definitely has not. I’ve had this phone number for over 20 years. OpenAI support is useless. They just keep repeating the policy without actually helping me.

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weakened_malloc 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Use TextVerified, load up like $5 of credit and OAI verification is like $1.00. Then when your account is made, ensure 2FA/passkey is setup then you don't need to worry about the phone number.

	▲	stavros 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks for that tip!

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_345 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes I filed a support ticket with them and explained that their system is broken and they just did not care. I explained how it was impossible for me to use it 3 times already as I've only made 2 chatgpt accounts EVER, and only recalling entering my phone number for one of the two chatgpt accounts. I told them that this issue locked me out of codex and chatgpt for work and they weren't willing to do anything about it. Totally useless support.

I ended up borrowing my gf's phone number just so I could get access for work. Ridiculous

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jaggederest 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Get a burner and use it? If you're spending $200/mo on something, $40 or whatever for a burner phone seems like a pretty cheap price.

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paxys 6 hours ago | parent [-]

You can get a phone number online for a few dollars.

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jaggederest 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Historically those are less useful because some of the verification systems require a real phone number and that your name is associated with the account, depending on what and how they verify. It's annoying, I use a google voice number as my primary, and it often gets rejected.

	▲	qingcharles 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Good2Go is $5/mo for a real SIM with unlimited talk/text + 1GB data.