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4:52 pm
September 6, 2010
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Hello,
I was wondering if I'm the only one to have trouble receiving text messages from specific companies. For example, I tried to sign up for text message alerts from my bank which uses epost notifications. They were supposed to send a text with some kind of confirmation information, but I received nothing after several attempts.
Another instance was with icoke.ca. They kept bugging me to register my mobile number, so when I finally attempted to, it said my mobile number was not supported. How come? Who knows?
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate (i897), locked to the Rogers network. Thanks in advance.
5:22 pm
December 30, 2010
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i believe premium message is blocked, which is a good thing as it means no surpise to the wallet
9:39 pm
September 6, 2010
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Thanks chimpanzee. Maybe these are similar to premium messages, but perhaps there is some other issue, maybe specific to my speakout account.
Here's another example I just tried. Facebook says text "fb" to 32665 to get an activation code for registering my phone to my Facebook account. I just tried to message that number, and sending failed. I don't really receive texts often, but I haven't received any lately. Do you suppose there's something wrong with my speakout account? I was able to send a text to my own number, but that's been the only text message I've sent or received in awhile.
Thanks for reading, everyone.
Edit: Seems I'm trying to send/receive from short codes, which are not supported. I assume that's why I cannot receive confirmation codes from Gmail, facebook, or epost. Not too impressed, but mostly because I didn't understand what was going on and wasted a lot of time trying to figure it out, This lack of functionality isn't that critical to me, though it would have been nice to have.
11:40 pm
December 30, 2010
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yes, those are the short code that is blocked and i believe that is how they determine what can go through. if it is from a real number(including say google voice), it can. otherwise like some 3rd party SMS api sent one, blocked.
