Why cant i send SMS to short code 79100

Hi ​@Banjobanjo,

Thanks for getting in touch, I’m sorry to hear you’re having trouble sending your SMS to 79100.

Short codes (like 5–6 digit numbers such as 79100) are generally supported on iD Mobile, however they are classed as out-of-plan / premium SMS, which means they rely on both your Bill Cap settings and your account permissions being correctly enabled. As you have mentioned that your bill cap is already set, I kindly ask that you try the below steps:

1. Check Premium / Short Code permissions

• In your iD Mobile account settings, ensure Premium Rate Services / Out of Plan charges are allowed
• Also double-check your phone settings to ensure SMS sending is not restricted or blocked

2. Try basic troubleshooting

• Restart your phone
• Toggle Airplane Mode on and off
• Try sending the message again without any saved contact (manually type 79100)

In some cases, short code messaging can also be affected by a temporary network restriction or provisioning issue, even when everything appears correctly set up on the account.

If you’ve already checked all of the above and it still won’t send, it’s likely something we’ll need to investigate further on your line.

Please pop over to our Live Chat team here so they can take a closer look and raise a support ticket for you: https://www.idmobile.co.uk/live-chat 

They’ll be able to check your account in detail and get this resolved as quickly as possible.

Regards,

Gemma M

The iD Mobile Social Media Team

I have done all that and spoken to online chat who reset the cap but I still can’t send sms to this number. Please advise. 

Thank you for your response, and we are very sorry to hear that you are still experiencing the same issue even after following all the suggested steps.

To help us investigate this further, could you please confirm if you are able to send and receive normal text messages? Additionally, please let us know what error message you receive when attempting to send a text to 79100.

Once we have this information, we’ll be able to assist you further.

Thanks.

I can send sms to contacts just fine. There is no error message as such, it just shows as ‘Not Delivered’ under the message in the messages app. 

Hi ​@Banjobanjo 

Can you try a mobile network reset for me please.

Mobile network reset:
 

Apple:

1.Press Settings.
2. Press General.
3. Press Transfer or Reset iPhone.
4. Press Reset.
5. Press Reset Network Settings.
6. Press Reset Network Settings.
7. Slide your finger upwards starting from the bottom of the screen to return to the home screen.
8. Restart phone

Android:
 
1. Slide your finger downwards starting from the top right side of the screen.
2. Press the settings icon.
3. Press General management.
4. Press Reset.
5. Press Reset mobile network settings.
6. Press Reset settings.
7. Press Reset.
8. Press Reset Wi-Fi and Bluetooth settings.
9. Press Reset settings.
10. Press the Home key to return to the home screen.
11. Restart phone
 

Michael Z

Hi. I have already tried this and it didn’t work sadly. 

Hi ​@Banjobanjo.

Thank you for the update. I am sorry to hear that this didn’t resolve the issue for you. Please contact us directly via https://www.idmobile.co.uk/live-chat so we can investigate this further and escalate the matter to our Technical Team for review.

Thanks,

Marquerita

The iD Mobile Team