1. Step: mobile phone for SMS Tweets to unlock
In many countries, the registration for the SMS Tweeting about a country shortcode is not running. In Germany, however, this is not possible:
- Send an SMS with the Text START to the number +49 172 4403 473 (the price corresponds to the regular SMS Rate by your provider).
- Next, you need to confirm this again, by sending another SMS with the Text YES to the number.
- Now you can unlock your Account: Send your user name to the phone number entered above. Here you are not allowed to put the typical "@" in front of it, but must only call it your user name - for example "SvenChrSchulz" (without the quotation marks).
- For identification you need to send only your password. This must be the first Time you entered correctly.
- So you have unlocked your phone to your Twitter Account. How to send SMS Tweets, we explain in step 2.
Unlock: Twitter via SMS
2. Step: Tweets via SMS send
- To publish after the activation of SMS Tweets, send a Tweet with max. 140 characters to the to the free circuit used Twitter phone number +491724403473 (a regular SMS Rate by your provider). Without unlimited texting, this can be expensive in the long run.
- Then your Tweet will appear in your Twitter Accont.
- Currently, you need to get to the SMS-Tweet the Twitter message to the above-mentioned long send to mobile number. In the future this should be replaced by a shortcut (as in other countries). Here you can check the speed dial is already available for Germany is.
- As soon as Twitter has set one up, you can also receive Tweets via SMS.
Tip: by E-Mail, you can publish Tweets. All of the information we have for you in this article to put together.
