I have a Nokia 5000 and a Twitter account. Sometimes, I like to send a tweet while on the run but for some reason recent changes un-verified my phone number here in Tanzania. Took me about half an hour to track down how to verify it again, because the ‘Mobile’ [formerly 'Devices'] section in the Twitter settings only has instructions on how to do it using short codes from a very limited number of countries. Never fear, I found this in Twitter’s support section:
How to add your phone number to one way long codes
Submitted Dec 09, 2009 by laura
Want to add your phone?
Using Twitter is easy, especially if you have a phone! As of now, Twitter supports these countries: US, UK, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Canada. If you want more information, please click here.
If you are living somewhere else, you can use this number. +44 762 4801423.
Important: If you use this number, you cannot receive messages from Twitter.
Yes, we know this complicates things. The good thing is, you can still add your phone by following these steps:
- Send a text to +44 762 4801423 with the word START. If you live in Germany (+49 17 6888 50505) or Sweden (+46 737 494222) , please send START to these phone numbers
- Wait 2 minutes and then send your user name to the same number. Do not use @, your username ONLY. Example: username1. Hit send.
- Wait 2 minutes. Send your password to the same number. This is case sensitive!
- Wait 2 minutes. Finally, you can send OK to same number.
Done! You can use Twitter with your phone. Please send a “test” text and log in to Twitter via web to make sure your number is added!
Once again, you will not be able to receive texts to confirm phone activation!
If you are still having problems with this process, please send us a ticket.
Thanks!
February 1st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
So that allows you to receive twitter updates on your phone in TZ as well as sending them? Would be a good way to keep up with English football (soccer) scores when there’s no internet access…!