August 14th, 2008
Now you can interact with Brightkite via text message (SMS) from countries outside the US. Over the past few months we have received quite a few requests to support international SMS and we are now excited to offer it. It is still in somewhat of an experimental phase so if you encounter any problems please let us know.
To set up your phone outside the US:
- Go to Settings and click on the Mobile tab.
- Enter your your complete phone number, including “+” and the country code.
- For example: +441234567890 or +12123456789 Find your country code
- Click continue and enter the confirmation code we sent to your phone.
Help with adding a non-US number:
You must include the “+” sign that precedes your country code. If you don’t include both the ‘+’ and your country code with your complete number, Brightkite wont recognize it properly.
For example: +44 1234567890
You may need to drop the “0″ before adding the country code.
Correct:
+44 1234567890
Incorrect:
+44 01234567890
If you’ve added your number incorrectly, simply click “Delete and start over”.
If you never receive a confirmation code, click “Delete and start over”. Check and re-nter your number.
Remember to check your phone plan for international rates; be aware that standard messaging rates apply and vary by carrier.
Posted by Brady Becker at 6:05 PM in Product
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Victor
- 427 weeks ago
Everything worked well for me ;)
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Luciano
- 427 weeks ago
How do you send sms to Argentina
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Kim
- 427 weeks ago
PLEASE open up and send out more beta invites. :`[
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1 reply · active 426 weeks ago
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Brady Becker
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- 426 weeks ago
We will be out of public beta soon. Thank you for your help and patience :)
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Jeff Rafter
- 425 weeks ago
Working great in Malawi, Africa. <3 Brightkite
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Ali
- 418 weeks ago
This is awesome. What gateway provider are you using? The costs must be outrageous.
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Tom
- 413 weeks ago
This is awesome, wish other socials had this feature. I'm in UK and always works perfect for me :)
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Jason
- 413 weeks ago
The service doesn't work for me and I'm in Scotland, not much difference in geography. Could the mountainous terrain be effecting the service?
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David Hooper
- 402 weeks ago
Sounds like you're out of loch :-)
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Jason
- 399 weeks ago
oh you couldn't help it could you!
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Adam
- 412 weeks ago
I cant get the service in Norway, but my friends in France can, any ideas?
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Brenderous
- 412 weeks ago
It managed to send me a confirmation code, but i cant send commands to brightkite
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Tim
- 405 weeks ago
Same, I have basic registration capabilities but no commands are recognised. :( please help. (im in south of ireland)
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Lesley
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- 402 weeks ago
If anyone is still having problems using SMS, shoot me an email at lesley[at]brightkite.com with your number and the name of your carrier. I can contact our SMS gateway provider and have them look up the problem.
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Phone Address
- 395 weeks ago
Thats what I thought and you really helped me prove my point with this post. I cant wait to show my friend so he can see he was wrong. - Walter
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Narender smith
- 341 weeks ago
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