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Really strange SMS problem.
I am having this really strange problem trying to text someone in Kenya from the UK with an iPhone. I get the error "sorry numbers beginning 07 should be 11 digits long”. However I am putting in 00254 726 972 xxx which is a perfectly valid number. I can ring the exact same number with a voice call fine. I can text the same number from my wife's iPhone. I can text any other number (I have tried a few) in Kenya without a problem from the phone in question. I first had this problem a couple of years ago but with another number. I never did fix it, but I did discover that a factory reset on the phone clears it, but it comes back if I restore the backup. However, as the solution was worse than the problem I decided to live with the one problem number. Just today the problem resurfaced on another number. Anyone any ideas on this ?
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You could try turning off Dial Assist under settings?
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You could try turning off Dial Assist under settings?
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Try replacing the 00 with a + and remove the spaces?
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Try replacing the 00 with a + and remove the spaces?
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Try replacing the 00 with a + and remove the spaces?
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That is a strange one.. Is this number a contact? Try that maybe?
And yeah I'd have tried +254 as well as 00254. But neither of those worked? Might be a bug in the phone or something. I'd suggest customer services of your network but they probably will not understand and they'll tell you useless advice. Maybe try apple? Genius bar perhaps? |
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That is a strange one.. Is this number a contact? Try that maybe?
And yeah I'd have tried +254 as well as 00254. But neither of those worked? Might be a bug in the phone or something. I'd suggest customer services of your network but they probably will not understand and they'll tell you useless advice. Maybe try apple? Genius bar perhaps? |
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