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!!blue replied on September 23, 2008 15:35 to the question "Why don't my text messages update my account?" in Twitter:

My mobile tweets seem to take a very long time to show up on Twitter. A tweet I sent once took about 2 hours to show up on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/zoblue/statuses/91...

I don't like that it takes that long, I don't think it should take more than one hour. A mobile tweet I sent yesterday at 6pm *still* hasn't shown up.

I set up my mobile phone to only receive DMs and send updates.

shwmann replied on September 11, 2008 14:03 to the question "Mobile Phone, won't link with my twitter account.." in Twitter:

I have ATT and I only get some tweets
this makes no sense

KEvin replied on September 01, 2008 13:06 to the question "Why don't my text messages update my account?" in Twitter:

to stop receiving text messages, text "stop" to 40404.
as for the updates, i am having that problem myself.

tglieger replied on August 27, 2008 02:15 to the question "add device problem" in Twitter:

My user name is tglieger, and I am having the same problem. I'll send the confirmation code, but nothing happens.

sarah replied on August 09, 2008 01:52 to the problem "No Reply From Verification Text Message" in Twitter:

I'm having a similar problem. (and I tried everything in the threads to which Eridanus linked)

My country: US
Phone Carrier: AT&T (but I'm on an old plan from before the CIngular merger/buy out)
Twitter number for sms: 40404

Eridanus replied on August 06, 2008 15:56 to the problem "No Reply From Verification Text Message" in Twitter:

I recently posted a few links to some comprehensive answers.

You may find something useful in mdy's post
A few things have to be in place before Twitter will send updates to your phone

There are several relevant threads which I'm tagging sms problems as I find them.

Have a look at those which have recently been active, and you may find something which helps you.

Some additional information would be of help in identifying what may be going wrong, since there are so many 'suspects':

- Your country
- Your phone carrier
- Your Twitter number for SMS (e.g. 40404, 21212, or the long international number).

A comment on the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

I live in the US and all I did was created a contact in my phone for twitter with the number 40404 and it worked. Hope that helps you. – msharapova, on August 01, 2008 02:44

Austin replied on August 01, 2008 01:39 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

Hrm. So, I added the "1" for the U.S. Country Code, and still nothing. It's weird. For a while I got some texts back, saying I could get started, "what are you doing?", etc., but I still couldn't tweet.

So I started over with the device setup process, and then nothing. I tried the "1" for the Country Code, and still nothing.

I am sad.

Anyone? Please?

mdy replied on July 17, 2008 10:39 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

Hi Kristie. Twitter has an FAQ page for people who can't verify their phones.

I don't know how helpful it will be, but here's the link: I can't verify my phone.

Kristie replied on July 17, 2008 10:10 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

I don't see why mine isn't working either. I try to add my cell to Twitter as well but I never get a verification back. I DO type in my number correctly in Twitter I DO type in Twitter's number correctly into my cell & I text it & I DO type in the code correctly as well. Why am I not receiving a text back telling me it is verified or on the page telling me it is verified?

mdy replied on July 17, 2008 04:41 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

Jade, there were two different accounts, and yes, you had inadvertently created 'thejade1' when you were trying to verify your phone for 'thejade'.

This usually happens when Twitter is unable to match the phone number that is sending the verification code with the phone number that you had entered in http://twitter.com/devices.

There's a good explanation for how this happens in another thread.

The usual culprits are -- the leading zeroes are not removed, or the wrong country code format is used.

Here's the hint that Twitter provides in the Devices page:

Please precede your number with a "+" and your country code (leaving off the leading 0 of your number if applicable).

Examples: +447781488126 or +12125551212

Since you appear to be in the US, the example +12125551212 would be applicable to you, where +1 is the country code, 212 is the area code, and 5551212 is the phone number.

A comment on the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

i tried to do the verification again to finish the acct. but when i did that it took me to thejade. it looks like they are the same but 2 different names ? i give up and I deleted both of them, I think (hope). – Jade, on July 17, 2008 02:53

A comment on the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

HELP!! I think I created thejade1 when I tried to verify my phone for thejade. NOw I cant delete thejade1 since I didnt use a username to create it. I am beyond foolish and confused – Jade, on July 17, 2008 02:49

mmahaffie replied on July 17, 2008 01:52 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

I got mine to work by adding the USA country code: "1" It would help to have more help inforation on this.

mdy replied on July 17, 2008 00:28 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

Hi Jade... are you still having this problem? I checked http://twitter.com/jade1 and it seems that all your updates are currently being posted to this account 'from txt'. Did you expect your updates to appear elsewhere?

Also, it looks like you currently have two accounts? http://twitter.com/thejade and http://twitter.com/thejade1?

If yes, could you kindly see this reply from Twitter in another thread which explains how this happened and what can be done about it.

Also, fwiw... since you appear to be in the US, the format for your phone number would be like this:

+1 areacode number

So if your area code is 212, and your phone number is 9876543, then you would enter your phone number in this format in the Devices page:

+12129876543

Jade replied on July 16, 2008 21:11 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

I had my bf send the 'follow thejade1' and he now gets my updates when I use my phone. BUT it still doesnt show up online that I sent an SMS update. How strange is that?

karidaniel replied on July 16, 2008 18:54 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

I've tried several times to set it up and nothing ever happens......

Sonya replied on July 15, 2008 11:11 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

same question/problem. it's nice to know i'm not alone but would be even better if this were fixed.

Jade replied on July 15, 2008 04:16 to the question "Why can't I add my phone? Tried many times, and nothing!" in Twitter:

I have the same question. I have At&T and I got the email telling me to have my friends sign up but when I try to update via text it doesnt happen.
Help, SOS

A comment on the question "add device problem" in Twitter:

Hi John. Yes, unfortunately, there is a known list of mobile providers that don't support shortcodes. If your phone has a data plan that's reasonable, I suggest trying the Twitter mobile web version at http://m.twitter.com or even the third-party site http://m.slandr.net. – mdy, on July 10, 2008 03:36