Windows 10: Microsoft has locked my account and won't send a code to my phone. How else do I unlock it...

I have an email account that Microsoft keeps locking and I don't know why. I'm using it for applying for jobs and it locked after I replied to someone to confirm an interview attendance. I was able to unlock my account a couple of times but on a third it's refusing to accept my phone number and there's no way for me to unlock the account now. I have a video interview on Teams today and since this affects the whole of Microsoft Office I can't attend. How else can I unlock my account and make sure Microsoft don't wrongly lock it again?

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OneDrive Locked - Can't Be Unlocked

I try to connect to my OneDrive and get a message that it's locked. Okay, so I follow the directions to unlock it. I get to the screen where it says to enter my cell phone number to get a code to unlock. I enter my cell number, press the 'Send Code' link - and nothing. It doesn't send a code. As far as I can tell, it does nothing at all. It clicks like it's a link of some sort, but it doesn't send a code at all. Tried three different cell numbers, and it didn't work for any of them.


I've tried all MS' help options, none of them give any help and, of course, I can't actually get hold of anybody at Microsoft to talk to.


How do I get my OneDrive unlocked?

 

Need At&T code to unlock phone

If I read this righjt

The UNLOCK CODE is normally provided FREE to the original purchaser of the phone

Normally the original purchaser on contract / or payg (has to satisfy a minimum level of spend in order to apply to the network to have the phone unlocked)

If you have purchased the phone and it is still locked iti s unlikely that AT&T will provide the code

You will therefore have to pay to get it unlocked

 

Unlocking Lumia 900 on AT&T

1. I sent a Nokia Lumia 900 purchased a AT&T store to my family back home in India. It was purchased at full price unlocked – no contract.

• When they tried to use the phone in India, it was locked to AT&T.
• I reached out to AT&T Customer support which said they can provide the unlock code if I sent them the IMEI
• I sent them the IMEI, at which point they said this phone could not be unlocked.
• When I spoke to the supervisor, I got a different story .i.e., the phone needed to be kept locked for 6 months as Nokia had instructed them to do so, and Nokia was refusing to release the unlock codes.
• After several escalations, I was promised an unlock code in 7 days.
• After 21 days and several phone calls, I finally got the unlock code
• The unlock code did not work
• I advised my family to take the phone to the Nokia Service Center in India (Bangalore)
• They tried unlocking the phone . . and said that the code from AT&T/Nokia was wrong.
• I called AT&T and they said that it was Nokia who must have provided the wrong code
• Called Nokia complaints and they said they have no control/responsibility whatsover for the phone and that I should call AT&T.
• The Nokia person refused to share his name, escalate to a supervisor, or prove the address where I can send a complaint to. Basically said Nokia wants nothing to do with Lumia 900 in US . it is an AT&T Issue.

I invested a lot of energy to convince my family away from an iPhone and try a windows phone instead.

With friends (ATT, Nokia ) like these, who needs competition ?