Not receiving text message from Twitter for 2FA

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matisyahu

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#281502 21-Feb-2021 22:37

Hi,

I've got 2FA setup on my Twitter account. I was receiving a text message with the code each time I logged in on a new device without an issue however for some reason Twitter has stopped sending text messages. I'm with Spark (027 number), iPhone 12 Pro Max.

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#2660893 21-Feb-2021 22:52

You have not changed phone, ported the number from another operator or changed anything?

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matisyahu

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#2660895 21-Feb-2021 23:01

freitasm:

You have not changed phone, ported the number from another operator or changed anything?

When I bought this phone I got a new SIM card with it and a new number. I received text messages from Twitter but then I suddenly stopped receiving them - that started around 2-3 weeks ago.

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#2660896 21-Feb-2021 23:06

Wait and try again latter, sometimes I don’t receive txts for authentication for a Samsung account

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#2660898 21-Feb-2021 23:12

fearandloathing: Wait and try again latter, sometimes I don’t receive txts for authentication for a Samsung account

The problem is that I haven't been receiving texts for 2-3 weeks.

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#2660902 22-Feb-2021 03:50

It appears to be also occurring with Wordpress as well with their 2FA. Whoever Wordpress and Twitter use, their text messages aren't coming through.

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#2660904 22-Feb-2021 06:23

Coincidently I tried to log into my Twitter account in a browser yesterday and couldn’t as the two factor text didn’t come. (Skinny/iPhone). No other way to get in to my account! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯︎

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#2660906 22-Feb-2021 07:07

man twitch is stupid, want to set up 2fa with an authenticator app. have to set it up with a phone number first. experienced the same issue as above no text message. so cant set it up with an authenticator app

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#2660909 22-Feb-2021 07:27

Doesn't Spark have some sort of international SMS filter to prevent spam? Seems to cause as many problems as it fixes.

If you at least had a self service method to say "I'm expecting an international text turn off the filter for an hour" it wouldn't be an issue.