> What if I can't access a trusted device or didn't receive a verification code? > If you're signing in and don’t have a trusted device handy that can display

> What if I can't access a trusted device or didn't receive a verification code? > If you're signing in and don’t have a trusted device handy that can display verification codes, you can have a code sent to your trusted phone number via text message or an automated phone call instead. Click Didn't Get a Code on the sign in screen and choose to send a code to your trusted phone number. You can also get a code directly from Settings on a trusted device. I thought that by now Apple's engineers had closed the sms loophole. But apparently it is still eminently there.