i'm an american traveling in australia. i bought a phone here (oz) and got it all set up and i can make calls, send texts, etc. but i can't receive texts from my friends in the states.
they use sprint. sprint says to use 011 country code phone number. so they've tried 011 61 04 315... but nothing is getting through. i feel as though i'm just missing something simple. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
hozomeen
1
zoltan
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I have a very strong suspicion, that you have to drop the leading 0 in the mobile number.
So, in your situation, your friends would need to dial 011 61 (Australia) 4315...... (your mobile - sans the first zero).
Let me know how you go with this solution.
Cheers
Zoltan
5
lan
A different suggestion: Try replacing the prefix with a (motorola/sony/crackberry - press and hold the zero)
So they'd dial:
61 (a plus, then the IDD for Australia) then
4315... (your mobile number, including the usual code within Australia, without the first zero)
It's possible that the gateway doesn't work - we've had problems with SMS between North America and everywhere else in the past. I also had problems with Vodafone in Australia, with delayed messages and vanishing messages internationally.
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