Unlocking a locked Twitter account.

Hey, BHW
So this topic isin't about question or such.
This is more like my mini journey of unlocking twitter account, for those who might get into this scenario.
Id like to share my experience how I did it, because, as always, things go quite different for me..

So, one day, I have found my main twitter account locked.. It is NSFW, and it was clear to me it was because of my cover image.. So to unlock account, twitter asked me to verify my email, which i didn't had verified at the time.. So yeah, it didnt go well.. after multiple tries of trying to put my email adress and get a message with verification link, I have checked everywhere - spam, trash, social, labels.. I still couldnt get it... Messaged them once, twice, and they replied their usuall response - put in your email, a link will be sent. @gmail domain is acceptable..

And even though I tried to reply with them via email, I did not get a response, all of times it was from support page.. I thought my Twitter acc was gone for good..

Then i thought to my self what I have learned, when applying to cpa networks that require you to do interviews.. basicaly the main thing there is being honest..

So I have decided to give it a 1 more try and apply the same principles, while recovering my account..
So there, third time, I have contacted their support. Told them that this was my first account, told them that I knew exactly where my fault was. I told them that I cannot access it to fix the issue and verify my email from there.. And basically accepted my fault. There I was, the next day, found my account unlocked, creating my new header, verified my email which they have requested..

The moral of the story is - always take into account that you are talking to people, even via support and if you play your words right, you might have additional chance to achieve your goal. Always ask your self after every step - Is the all I can do about it?

Cheers and good luck!

that a huge write up on being nice and honest on a phone ...

it called , telephone manners.

good luck well done!

redarrow said:

that a huge write up on being nice and honest on a phone ...

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Where did he mention phone? Did you contact them by email or phone?

I contacted them via support page..

I would like instagram to be inspired by twitter

just say you got hacked usally works .

redarrow said:

just say you got hacked usally works .

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Wasn't the case here

Nice read, this is very true, facebook also does the same had the same issue in which FB page got locked and had to go to similiar case, honest cut corners and save you plenty of time for no reason

Nice post, I'm in the same boat after I fucked my email associated with my twitter account. I tried emailing support once and gave up. I'll try a couple more times like you did.
I have a lot of experience with talking to support of other services and usually things start sliding like butter after a couple follow ups. They need to make sure that you are not attempting to socially engineer your way into someone else's account or that you haven't participated in shady stuff outside the host's TOS.
Honesty goes a looong way when dealing with support.

You can use follwoing steps to unlock the account:-

Log in to your account.
Look for the message letting you know your account has been locked.
Click on Start.
Enter your phone number. Please note that we will associate this phone number with your account.
We will send you a text message, or you will receive a phone call, with a verification code. It may take a few minutes for the code to be delivered to your phone.
Once you’ve entered the verification code, click on Submit to unlock your account.

Gadi Slade said:

You can use follwoing steps to unlock the account:-

Log in to your account.
Look for the message letting you know your account has been locked.
Click on Start.
Enter your phone number. Please note that we will associate this phone number with your account.
We will send you a text message, or you will receive a phone call, with a verification code. It may take a few minutes for the code to be delivered to your phone.
Once you’ve entered the verification code, click on Submit to unlock your account.

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If your account has been disabled, this method does not work, this method only works if your account is temporarily locked.