Battery on authenticator

[Vicieus]

Amen to that... tho that would probaly reduce battery to 3 years.

they could add a separate battery and button, and charge like a $1-1.50 more for it.

[gerni]

I have a question about the authenticator, I was wondering if its possible to deattach it from my account then attach it again?
Gonna play on LAN and I dont want anyone to take mine as a "funny joke"..

tie a string around it to your belt loop and keep it in your pocket and guard it with your life.

[RedDragon4275]

Why we can't replace the battery?

Can't we just open it when the battery dies?

Generally, with Authenticators, if you open them yourself it un-synchronizes the device from the server.

Edit:
At least that's how the Square-Enix authenticator was for FFXI. :X

[Vicieus]

You could try not playing in the dark. Adding a light to the display would reduce the battery life considerable.

Id rather not have the glare on my LCD TV. They could start making new authenticators with stronger voltage button batteries or add a separate button/batter combo to the leds.

[Deleted]

Scary, I was just thinking about this topic the other day to myself when I pressed the button on mine and nothing happened. Obviously I pressed it again and it was fine, but it's good to know I'm not the only person who's questioning this now. If it's 7-9 years or so like people say, I think we're all prepared to have it up until the day we quit WoW.

... Well, at least I don't think I'll be playing in 9 years time.

[Lockbete]

That shouldn't be a problem. Check your Authenticator settings from your Battle.net account.

Are you sure I can just deattach it for, say 3 days? And then after that when I am done, I can just go back to the same authenticator and attatch it to my account again?
Just asking, since its a rather cheap and simple device, I just thought it would be some sort of "one-time activator", and disable it = buy a new one and attatch the new one instead.

Thanks for reply btw.

[RedDragon4275]

Are you sure I can just deattach it for, say 3 days? And then after that when I am done, I can just go back to the same authenticator and attatch it to my account again?
Just asking, since its a rather cheap and simple device, I just thought it would be some sort of "one-time activator", and disable it = buy a new one and attatch the new one instead.

Thanks for reply btw.

Give me a minute, I'm going to try it with mine just to let you know.

---------- Post added 2010-12-02 at 03:30 PM ----------

I was able to successfully remove the Authenticator from my one account and attach it to another.

You shouldn't have any issues.

Edit:

The Process it asked me to do:
Removing the Authenticator
Put in two Authenticator Codes.

Re-adding the Token
Clicked on the Link to Add the Token.
Email was sent to verify.
Clicked on Link.
Put in 10 Digit Serial Number on Back of Token.
Put in 6 Digit Authentication Code.


Very Simple.

[Lockbete]

Give me a minute, I'm going to try it with mine just to let you know.

---------- Post added 2010-12-02 at 03:30 PM ----------

I was able to successfully remove the Authenticator from my one account and attach it to another.

You shouldn't have any issues.

Edit:

The Process it asked me to do:
Removing the Authenticator
Put in two Authenticator Codes.

Re-adding the Token
Clicked on the Link to Add the Token.
Email was sent to verify.
Clicked on Link.
Put in 10 Digit Serial Number on Back of Token.
Put in 6 Digit Authentication Code.


Very Simple.

Wow, thanks alot. Thats actually really nice of you. Hugs N' Kisses 2 u.

[Tasandriel]

Solution to battery problem:
Get a mobile authenticator. Never runs out of juice (unless your phone's battery is empty ofc, but you can charge that one).
Or better yet, Blizzard should make a program that runs inside your WoW Client to generate a code (somehow... I don't know how that would work xD)

[RedDragon4275]

Wow, thanks alot. Thats actually really nice of you. Hugs N' Kisses 2 u.

No problem. Happy to do it.