How long does the Apple ID recovery take?

Thank you for the response. If the Apple store would have access to help recover the AppleiD it would make things less frustrating. If the cc changed for any reason. The apple id is no longer used and the trusted device's phone number was entered but apple id never logged on the trusted device. There is no way to get the ccv code since the card was lost. If they need to know who your are, it would make sense to go to the store and have a live rep at the store that would be trained to help in these situitions assist in making these issues less frustrating. Just like a bank. You have to go in order to make certain decisions on your account are made ny verifying your identity. I guess we will leave it to the automatic machine to verify the identity and continue waiting.

Fyi. Not venting at you just frustrated.

How much time take apple to unlock after you give them the code????

Apple needs to have a better response time on these matters and/or have a human department that resolves these issues over the phone and at the Apple stores to make this process easy instead of creating frustration.

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FYI, this recovery process can take as little as 3 hours.

What makes it drag on is if your trusted phone number has changed since enabling 2FA, and you did not take the effort to to update your accunt.

Also, if your method of payment has changed, including the CVV, and you do not update it in your Apple account.

These 2 things alone may add weeks to your recovery.

Bottom line, users have more control over this situation than they will acknowledge.

When you enabled 2FA, you accepted these higher burdens of proof regarding your identity.

Regain access to your Apple ID with two-factor authentication account recovery - https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204921

"It might take a few days—or longer—to regain access to your account, depending on what specific account information you can provide to verify your identity."

If they need to know who your are, it would make sense to go to the store and have a live rep at the store that would be trained to help in these situitions assist in making these issues less frustrating.

A system subject to failure and compromise.

If you read the news, you will see that Apple is many times more secure than banks. I would suggest banks NOT be the measurement of effective account security.

I doubt Apple will ever openly admit this, but I suspect the un-knowable delays are meant to frustrate.

Not the account holder. Those who would try to compromise your account.

Lets face it, they want the lowest hanging fruit. The accounts that can be compromised the quickest. They will not wait any significant length of time to recover an account.

This is likely why the amount of identifying personal information you can provide, as quickly as possible is proportional to how long it takes. Only the rightful account holder would wait weeks to recover their account.

If it was easy to do, I could recover accounts all day without knowing anything other than your Apple ID.

Without your trusted device information and your valid method of payment data, that's all you're actually giving the recovery system.

Based on the posts I have read, there is no set time. It is an automatic process which no one has any control over.

I can't remove the Apple ID from my apple devices which means I can't create a new Apple ID and count the old one as a lost.

Recovering access to your device(s) is separate from recovering your Apple ID.

Once the activation lock is removed, you can certainly create a new Apple ID and move forward.

You must call Apple Support, if available in your current location, to ask for this.

I have the same issue, its been since 03/15/17 and still no response. Everyone at Apple keeps saying is a security thing and automated. Out of their hands, etc... Well, Apple needs to have a better response time on these matters and/or have a human department that resolves these issues over the phone and at the Apple stores to make this process easy instead of creating frustration. They say 2 or more days! The kicker is they say 2 and will not say another number so it sticks in your head as, oh it will be fixed in 2 days. I am an android user and this makes me think twice about switching over to Apple. Having a top of the line device as a paperweight! Go figure! There has been a rep that has maintained in contact with me but still no ETA or anything else to resolve this issue.

3 days and waiting, I give them the code in a text message and then a day later they send me an email and i confirm my apple ID recovery. I did everything that i could, and i make the process quicker as possible. I hope it take one more day or two!

My family has a bunch of iPhone 5's. Because this seems so onerous and risky, we just took the plunge and moved to Nexus. I still have an iPad but I'm prepared to not have access to it if something happens to my iCloud ID. I wish Apple would fix this. Maybe we'd come back someday.

It's been 10 days for me!!!! I provided ALL of the info needed to make this request as fast as possible. BEYOND frustrated!