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thewor replied on July 14, 2008 17:20 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
Joash replied on July 12, 2008 11:02 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
A comment on the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
Bravo! You couldn't have said it any better ! "A lot of us would be a lot happier if Twitter could get the ON command to work from the Web." – eyes, on May 26, 2008 12:36
A comment on the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
Haha! Yes, "faq-answer" is my tag. I didn't realize someone else had noticed it. I use it to quickly find threads that have replies that I know I'll need to link to in the future, when new users come in asking the same questions. 8-) – mdy, on May 24, 2008 13:23
A comment on the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
Thanks, mdy! - hope my scrapings from trawling around endless topics on this issue will help a few users decide what to try and when they should just give up. - Someone has kindly tagged this topic (and a few others) "faq-answer", which should help in finding it. – Eridanus, on May 24, 2008 13:09
A comment on the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
Fantastic summary! – mdy, on May 24, 2008 12:53
Eridanus replied on May 24, 2008 11:41 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
Thanks, Crystal and Jack!
Your *interim* reply is the most comprehensive and useful explanation I've discovered so far - though there is clearly still work for you all before SMS updates work as reliably as the various national providers permit.
As I currently understand it:
1. SMS updates are very easy to turn OFF, from wherever you like (Web, phone, ...).
2. Twitter automatically turns SMS updates OFF whenever one of their their SMS fails to trigger a prompt confirmation of delivery from your phone network, for any reason at all. Your mobile service provider may have a temporary problem, your phone's battery needs charging, your phone can't get a signal, it's busy reorganising its memory, or whatever.
3. When Twitter goes down, SMS updates will probably go OFF too - and may very occasionally (though more probably not) go back ON when Twitter returns.
4. The only way to turn SMS updates ON is to send a classical SMS from your phone to the relevant Twitter No. (the international No. +447624801423 in my case) - quite expensive for some people. I'm certainly not going to do THAT 30 times a month! Using a 3rd. party app. running on your phone isn't enough: Twitter wants a "genuine" SMS to confirm SMS is working for your phone.
This classical SMS needn't be an ON message: a normal 140-character update will tell Twitter that SMS is working on your phone and turn SMS updates ON (until the next hiccough turns it back OFF).
For what it's worth:
I sent ON (to +447624801423) yesterday, immediately received Twitter's SMS confirmation, and received all 9 expected SMS updates over the next few hours.
Today, however, I've received nothing (should have been 2 SMS so far) - result of last night's downtime? Or were SMS updates affected by this? :-
"Given an overflow of IM traffic, we're going to shut off IM services for the night while things recover. We'll keep you updated!"
[blog link: http://blog.twitter.com/2008/05/too-m...
5. For some people even this classical SMS isn't enough: they have to delete & re-register their phone to persuade SMS updates to work again for a few hours. This is risky, because sometimes a deleted phone won't re-register.
6. *** A lot of us would be a lot happier if Twitter could get the ON command to work from the Web. ***
7. Twitter could wait longer (e.g. two successive non-confirmations of delivery) before automatically turning SMS updates OFF. (Might be cumbersome to implement, though: introducing an extra database of pending c-of-d's with a counter for each user).
8. I'd really like to recommend Twitter to my friends - but at present this SMS problem makes Twitter just too fiddly for non-geeks to be bothered with.
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Garoga replied on May 15, 2008 03:24 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
igloo1 replied on May 13, 2008 03:54 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
mdy replied on May 11, 2008 16:54 to the question "Inviting via sms" in Twitter:
Instead of inviting them, I suggest you ask your friends to follow you.
Assuming that your Twitter username is koesac, ask your friends to send 'follow koesac' (without quotes) via sms to Twitter's sms number.
Twitter's SMS number depends on what country you're in:
40404 if you're in the US
21212 if you're in Canada
+447624801423 if you're anywhere else in the world
Also, please refer to this related thread for more info.
Magdalicious replied on May 11, 2008 01:03 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
koesac replied on May 10, 2008 17:57 to the problem "Missing SMS Updates O2 UK" in Twitter:
koesac asked a question in Twitter on May 10, 2008 17:53:
Inviting via smsCan I invite people by texting them, and can they then agree to follow me without setting up an account on the web? That way people can follow my updates without going through the process of creating an account and registering their phone for updates.
zybernav replied on May 10, 2008 16:03 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
Reporting my status... I got my sms updates back around 7th May after sending an sms update from my mobile phone and now they are delivered normally.
Others reported of sending 'on' sms to twitter via mobile phone and the sms update sprang back to life. Hope all of you will get sms updates back soon.
Magdalicious replied on May 10, 2008 06:22 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
elmateo replied on May 08, 2008 20:33 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
Assgier replied on May 08, 2008 00:28 to the problem "Nolonger recieving twitter SMS updates." in Twitter:
Twitter should fix this, for all users that reported having problems in this topic, by locking that stupid internal SMS-notification setting to 'on', while they're working on this problem... It is pretty clear that no-one, that replied here, is actually having signal problems -EVER- or have their phones turned off all the time..
What i would want most, is that -WE- also get access to that notification setting so that we can fix these problems ourselves -WITHOUT- having to text 'on' all the time... That scene is, however, probably an utopia; Twitter-crew members hardly reply to requests like mine. They probably have some pact with phone-providers; they earn a lot of money with all our 'on'-messages...
Twitter is generating more and more expenses for all of us here, by keeping to tell us to send 'on' over and over again!
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