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I've lost at least 2 gmail accounts simply because my phone died and there was no other way to recover them. I knew the passwords, knew all the details, but because I no longer had access to the phone the account was tied to poof gone.
this is why I no longer use gmail. If your phone breaks or whatever you're essentially screwed.
That's also your fault though, especially for allowing it to happen twice. I have physical copies stored of the recovery codes with all my other essential documents for precisely this reason.