Aug 24, 2017. To confirm that text messaging is enabled on your account, go to the device settings page for your phone and make sure that 'Can send/receive text messages' is 'Enabled'. If there is no edit icon at the top of the Messages section (i.e. You can't update your text messaging settings) then the number is not active. Nov 22, 2014 - 1 min - Uploaded by Adam BednarzHow to FIX ANY Android phone that cannot sent text messages to short codes or Premium SMS.
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