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Find the Security Code for a Google Account on HTC One M8

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Hello and welcome to VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show you how to find the security code for a Google account on an HTC One M8.

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To begin, turn the phone On by pressing the power button located on top of the phone
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Once the phone has been activated, we will see the lock screen; to unlock the screen, swipe the screen upwards
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Once the phone has been unlocked, we will see the home screen and at the bottom, we will see these icons
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It is one of these icons that we now need to access as we need to open up the applications folder.
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To open the applications folder, we need to press the icon in the bottom center of the home screen
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The icon is a grid of white dots.

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In the applications folder, we need to find the Google Settings application
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The icon is a gray cog with the Google "g" inside and underneath, there are the words "Google Settings". Mine is located here. Your Google Settings application may be in a different position in this folder. Therefore, you will need to find it and press down on it to enter the application.
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We want to scroll down until we see the word "Security" and tap on it
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It is located almost at the bottom of the menu.

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Right at the top, it says "Security code"; press down on this section
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It is very important that we know this and that we write it down because we may be asked to enter it at some point just to confirm our identity.
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Here is the code for our Google account and some information at the top
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It says, "When will I need this code? Occasionally, Google might ask you for this code to make sure that it's really you who's trying to sign in. If you sign in from a new location or device. If we suspect someone else might be trying to access your account". It is very important for us to write this down so that if we are ever asked for it, then we can enter it and prove our identity.

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This concludes our tutorial on how to find the security code for a Google account on an HTC One M8
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If you have any questions or comments regarding this video or about the process you have witnessed in this video, then please leave them in the comments section below and we shall answer them for you.
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