Steam is a digital distribution service of computer games from Valve. That is, a kind of online game store and gaming equipment. And, despite the fact that they are distributed through Steam Games, Valve has implemented at all the "toy" security system at all. Since the game inventory is worth real money, sometimes huge, it is necessary to provide a worthy level of protection, and in the recent past in Steam the ability to connect a mobile authenticator to confirm the entry and exchange of objects. Users who did not connect it appeared some limitations for exchange. For example, it is impossible to exchange with bots, and any exchange with real people will be frozen for three days. Now let's tell you how to connect a mobile authenticator to remove these restrictions and protect your account with games and inventory.
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To start the binding process, take your mobile device. The role of the Mobile Authenticator runs the Steam application, which must be downloaded from Google Play or App Store. The application uses input using an existing Steam account. Then the authenticator will process requests and give the code for confirming the entry to the Steam account on various sites or request from you to confirm the exchange operations (instead of confirmation by mail).
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To enable the Steam Guard authenticator, you need to log in and open Steam Guard in the side menu. A brief reference message about the mobile authenticator will be displayed on the screen. You need to go to the "Settings" menu in the Steam Guard section to turn it on.
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There are three options for protecting your account, and they are displayed in the settings menu. At the bottom of the bottom to disable protection, in the middle option to receive confirmation codes to email, which is probably active. From above, the item you need "Get codes on the phone", mark it with a check mark.
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Steam must make sure that the owner of the phone and the account is one person. Therefore, you will be prompted to confirm this action using a mobile phone (enter its number with the country code and get SMS) or email - do it.
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After successful confirmation, the application will show the recovery code. Be sure to immediately write it down and save it in a safe place. It will be needed to restore access to the account in case you will access the phone on which the Steam Guard mobile authenticator is installed. While you have access to your phone, the recovery code can be found in the program itself in Steam Guard.
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After attaching the phone to the Steam account, in the Steam Guard section you will see the ever-changing code to confirm the entry into your STEAM account on different sites or from new computers. In addition, when you try to enter your login and password, the application will automatically display confirmation code in the notification on the phone.
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Confirmation of exchange operations are performed in the program in the appropriate section "Confirmation". After confirming the exchange of inventory on the STEAM website, a confirmation will automatically appear in the program with an indication of the exchange items.
Look at a small video on how to connect the STEAM ID on the smartphone:
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the code came to SMS, I enter it without errors and writes that SMS code is entered incorrectly. What should I do?
we must enter large letters