Show HN: Txxt.app – an ultra simple SMS notepad

Post by bartcobain » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 8:12 PM UTC

helb wrote: post #11

izaidi wrote: post #10

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It should work in nearly all countries -- anywhere that Twilio can send SMS messages. The app's number is based in North America so there might be international texting charges depending on your provider, but I'm planning to set up more numbers based in different regions.

Trying it from the Czech Republic (+420). I got the welcome message withing few seconds and replied, but the server probably never got my reply ("Looks like you were sent a welcome text but didn't finish setting up your account")

Post by bartcobain » Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 9:01 PM UTC

izaidi wrote: post #13

bartcobain wrote: post #12

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Same from Mexico

I think this may be due to a limitation of Twilio's toll-free US/Canada numbers -- looks like they sometimes have issues with global SMS. It should work if I set up a standard local US number and use that for international users. Thanks for spotting that bug!

Post by ObsoleteNerd » Wed, Aug 01, 2018, 1:06 PM UTC

helb wrote: post #11

izaidi wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It should work in nearly all countries -- anywhere that Twilio can send SMS messages. The app's number is based in North America so there might be international texting charges depending on your provider, but I'm planning to set up more numbers based in different regions.

Trying it from the Czech Republic (+420). I got the welcome message withing few seconds and replied, but the server probably never got my reply ("Looks like you were sent a welcome text but didn't finish setting up your account")

Post by izaidi » Wed, Aug 01, 2018, 3:31 PM UTC

Biqh1 wrote: post #17

This doesn't seem to be working for me. I am in the UK. I enter my number, then receive a text: > Hi! This is txxt. Send messages to this number to see them on your page. If you didn't ask for this, ignore it! I then reply with: > Reply but it doesn't show up on the webpage. If I reload the page it says: > Looks like you were sent a welcome text but didn't finish setting up your account. > > Reply to the text and you…

Post by Biqh1 » Wed, Aug 01, 2018, 5:51 PM UTC

izaidi wrote: post #18

Biqh1 wrote: post #17

This doesn't seem to be working for me. I am in the UK. I enter my number, then receive a text: > Hi! This is txxt. Send messages to this number to see them on your page. If you didn't ask for this, ignore it! I then reply with: > Reply but it doesn't show up on the webpage. If I reload the page it says: > Looks like you were sent a welcome text but didn't finish setting up your account. > > Reply to the text and you…

Hey, sorry it didn't work! I just pushed an update that uses a new UK-based number for users in that region, so it should work now. Let me know if you try it again.