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Sending Text Message to the US
Is there anything I need to do/know to enable me to text a friend who lives in the U.S., I recently tried but all I got was Error Sending Message.
If it's any help, i'm on O2 (using a SharpGX30). Thanks for any help. |
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Join Date: May 2005
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ive been texting my friend in florida with no problems ..it should work first time?
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Gloucester
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It depends which network your friend in the States is on. As far as I know, most UK networks only have agreements for sending texts with a few American networks so it may be that you friend is not on one of these networks.
I used to be on Orange a while ago and found that I couldn't text a friend on the SFR network in France as Orange didn't (and maybe still doesn't) have any agreements between the two networks. So it may be a similar situation between the UK and the USA. |
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I'm on Vodafone and I was able to send messages when a friend was on holiday over there (On O2) and you didn't have to change anything, just send as normal as you do here.
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Usual problem is the format of the international number
It should start: "+1" Of course, if the person in the USA is using a phone connected to a UK network, you just use the normal number. |
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Originally Posted by dawson
Usual problem is the format of the international number
It should start: "+1" Thanks for that tip. A friend of mine moved to Colorado recently & while he cant text me I could send him photos etc but not texts. Changed the 001 to +1 tonight & it works a treat Now we just need to try & get him on a network where he can reply |
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Thanks for that tip. A friend of mine moved to Colorado recently & while he cant text me I could send him photos etc but not texts. Changed the 001 to +1 tonight & it works a treat