I am trying to set up the Steam authenticator, but that requires an SMS code.
I EVENTUALLY receive an SMS code, but by the time I receive it, the code is apparently bad (it takes something like 5+ minutes to show up on my phone). Is there any solution to this? This is the only phone verification system I'm aware of that takes such a long time to send the message.
I checked the Steam forums and found a thread where other people have the same issues -- the SMS code either doesn't send, or shows up so late it is invalid.
I just tried this again, instantly got an SMS...and instantly got an invalid SMS code error on the app.
Is it just super unreliable? Or is it likely that the SMS I got was from 10-15 minutes ago instead? How long do the codes last?
I tried to remove the phone number using the Windows Steam client. Instant SMS, instant bad SMS code error.
After some googling, someone suggests that you literally cannot use SMS verification if you add it to a phone that doesn't support the Steam authenticator. Wow. It's time for the Steam support rabbit hole I guess.
Weirdly, there doesn't seem to be a "Bug Report" forum for the actual Steam Client. There is only a Bug Report forum for the Steam Client Beta.
No one replied to my posts so I guess my issue must be really rare. At any rate, I got a Steam support reply in 2.5 hours (pleasantly surprising). Of course, the reply gave me a link to the phone management page that I had already explained did not work, but at least there was a reply! I have replied with account proof and hopefully they will manually delete the old phone.