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xYorYx
SMARTY Maverick
09-12-2023
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Not receiving 2FA texts after porting

Hello! 2 weeks ago I have decided to give SMARTY a try and ported my old phone number from Vectone. Since then I can only make and receive phone calls, but can't send or receive SMS text messages. Af...
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  • MSF's avatar
    MSF
    09-12-2023

    xYorYx Does this apply to all text messages, or is it linked to short-code texts? The problem is that Smarty does not support short-code text service.

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MSF
SMARTY Guru
09-12-2023

xYorYx Does this apply to all text messages, or is it linked to short-code texts? The problem is that Smarty does not support short-code text service.

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xYorYx
SMARTY Maverick
09-12-2023

I don't have a friend with UK number to test that, but does no short-code texts mean I cannot use SMARTY for 2FA? I have tried with Universal Credit and OFX and not receiving the verification code from either

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    MSF
    SMARTY Guru
    09-12-2023

    xYorYx Basically, within a Smarty plan, you can only send a text to a standard UK number. Some organisations do use a standard number to send you a verification code and that works just fine - as an example, smarty do that and so do Santander - there are many others.

    I really don't know about DWP and UC though.

    I am also assuming that you are using the smarty plan in the Uk and are not Roaming.

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      xYorYx
      SMARTY Maverick
      09-12-2023

      Yes I am in the UK. Is there any information when/if they will add short texts?

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        MSF
        SMARTY Guru
        09-12-2023

        xYorYx Unfortunately not. This topic rears its ugly head quite frequently and the answer is always "we're working on it" or words to that effect.