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Casual Tourist
fldreds
Posts: 1
Registered: ‎17-05-2012

"Invalid phone number" when trying to send SMS

I have been using my Skype account to call & send SMS to a friend in UK for months without any problems. (I am in US.) Now that I've updated the Skype app on my iPhone, I am unable to send him SMS, as I get an error message saying "invalid phone number". However, I can still call that number from Skype on my iPhone & I can still send SMS to it from Skype on my computer. Thoughts?

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Novel Adventurer
Samii
Posts: 3
Registered: ‎01-05-2012

Re: "Invalid phone number" when trying to send SMS

I have the exact same problem when trying to sms to Germany. Before I updated to the most recent iPhone app it worked fine.. but since the update, nothing. I've tried multiple times for help, but no one seems to know anything.

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johnjey28
Posts: 3
Registered: ‎13-05-2012

Re: "Invalid phone number" when trying to send SMS

Exactly the same problem. I can send sms from Skype in Windows pc but not from Skype on iOS. It says invalid number... but the number is ok

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Claudius
Posts: 4,530
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Solutions: 358
Registered: ‎22-06-2011

Re: "Invalid phone number" when trying to send SMS

This issue should have been fixed by an update to our app released yesterday. Please update from the App Store.

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viktavon_doom
Posts: 7
Registered: ‎28-06-2012

Re: "Invalid phone number" when trying to send SMS

i am posting to warn everyone! if you purchase an online number you are stuck with it till you buy a new one! skype will not change your number for you if you have a need for a new number! be aware.

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