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RTM Notification SMS does not work at all for me

johnmazz says:
Hi. I've never been able to get RTM to send me notifications by SMS, I've tried several times over the past few months, it's just never worked.

I have a G1 with T-Mobile in the US. I also have Google Voice. I've tried using both numbers but nothing works.

At the same time, I can get normal SMS without issue, including Google Calendar SMS notifications. RTM Email reminders work fine


Any help would be great!
Posted at 8:46pm on May 5, 2010
jenniremind says:
I just signed up and I can't get messages on my cell phone either. I have Virgin Mobile. I sent a message from my phone to my inbox though. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Posted 14 years ago
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
If you haven't done so already, would it be possible to submit a Reminders issue report via our support system?

Please select the issue that you're experiencing from the list on the left, and follow the steps shown. If your issue isn't listed, just click on "I'd like to report a new issue" on the left.

Your report should provide all the info that we need to investigate further, but we'll be in touch via email if we require any more details.

Thanks!
Posted 14 years ago
johnmazz says:
OK, I'm officially mad at you, RTM =)

I called TMobile tech support and we tried a few things, nothing worked. They suggested making a new RTM account and seeing if it still did not work. I made a new account and IT WORKED! This means there is something wrong with my primary RTM account that will not send SMS reminders to my phone. What could this be? I'm going to adjust a bunch of settings myself and see if I can get it to work, but this means that it's on RTM's side, and it's some how linked to my specific RTM account...

Some more info, in case it helps: I found out I have an email-to-sms service. I can send an email address to MyNumber@tmomail.net ie 6175551212@tmomail.net and it goes through. This works when I send a test email through my gmail, but when I try to add this address to RTM's reminders, it still does not work.
Posted 14 years ago
johnmazz says:
One odd thing I noticed on my reminders setting page. I had an ipod touch last year, don't any more. The ipod touch reminder option looks different than the others, and I notice you can not create a new ipod touch reminder.

Is it possible that this is a legacy reminder service, and is now interfering with normal SMS reminders?

Heres a screenshot:
http://img.skitch.com/20100506-jx9y8u6cnraf8wdi5dxjektmhi.jpg
Posted 14 years ago
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
johnmazz,
I see that you wrote by email also, which is preferable for discussing this, as we can discuss personal details not suitable for the forums. I'll write you back shortly.
Posted 14 years ago
johnmazz says:
Thanks. Yeah, Help ticket is in, but also wanted to get this out there for future google searchers as I couldn't find anyone else who had had this problem when I looked.
Posted 14 years ago
johnmazz says:
Final update to this for future surfers. RTM tech support suggested removing and re-adding the reminder, and that solved the problem! Thanks Andrew
Posted 14 years ago
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