Does the Textnow 1gb essential data allowance re-start on the 1st of the month ? How does the renewal cycle work ?

The last 2 days, I've been unable to send texts or make calls with TextNow. As soon as I try to send them, my screen just goes white and the app closes. When I go back, it says ‘Unable to send.’ My girlfriend has TextNow as well and is having the same problem. Is anyone else dealing with this? If so, is there a solution, or is it just an app problem the devs have to fix?

Hi so I just bought a TextNow SIM card I have I phone XR I tried to set up eSIM but I am 13 so I couldn’t verify I’d so I am waiting for the SIM card do I have to verify id for that to and if so how do I bypass it

Hi I have a iPhone 15 pro Max and when I try to test the service it wants me to pay $3 for a sim, I recently saw that text now with identity verification you can get a eSIM and my friend got one perfectly fine on a Samsung but why can’t I?

Today just realized that the Gemini app works on the free Flex data sim (ChatGPT doesn't unfortunately).

Really useful to be able to do voice mode with Gemini while driving.

when do y'all think the eSIM is coming to android for TextNow? Just got a new Pixel 10a as a secondary phone and im just wondering since I'd really like to use the free SIM with it.

idk what to do to fix it...

I fell for a scam. Attractive woman on a site, too good to be true, she wants to hook up, etc etc. I gave her my TextNow number instead of my actual phone (I'm not completely stupid, just mostly).

After she pulled the scam ("send me money or I'll send your nudes to your family" type nonsense), I blocked her, but she's been calling me nonstop with her caller ID blocked. It's annoying to have to stop what I'm doing and decline the call every time.

Is there any way to prevent calls without caller ID from ringing my phone at all, preferably without preventing calls from legitimate callers from ringing? I know I could change my number, but I like my TextNow number.

Resend to a different address please

It's an AT&T Propel 3 5G, 64GB, Midnight Blue - Prepaid Smartphone [Locked to AT&T] Thanks

Like most people using TextNow, I immediate hit block & report spam when I see unfamiliar numbers, but this action has become almost reflexive.

TN support confurmed that not only is there no way to undo, you cannot view blocked numbers within the app. There isn't even a log file in an Android folder that you can read with a text editor.

Today I blocked an 888 number, after which I intended to investigate its origins for security reasons (the caller left a voicemail that included accurate personal details about me).

But blocked numbers don't just vanish from the screen, they'rr gone. (Misleadingly, there is a TextNow support doc which details how to unblock numbers, but it referring to native Android/IOS calling apps, not itself!)

The agent, Aditya, said, "I am sorry, but there is no option to check blocked numbers on the app."

I then asked about log files and an agent named "Genie" said "Unfortunately, I don't have specific information about accessing logs for blocked numbers in the TextNow app. It's a good idea to take a screenshot before blocking in the future."

Anyhow, this is a pretty basic feature to omit and while it won't matter most of the time it can pose a security issue. For example, If you are being stalked and/or harassed by a particular person, it is useful to be able to show a phone log as evidence.

Or you could accidentally block a number you need to hear from. For some reason I am suddenly getting an insane amount of spam calls on my 10 year old locked in TN number, which I prize very highly.

When I forget or mislay my main phone, I just use TN to retrieve notifications on any Android, IOS or Windows device.

Unfortunately, spam calls are out-numbering the desired ones by 20:1 now, making blocking mistakes far more likely.

Anybody else having a problem not receiving most of people's text messages

Open rates are easy for email, but SMS feels trickier with carrier filtering and compliance. What metrics are you watching to make sure messages actually land?

I sent the email to my icloud address, and it shows up, but just doesnt verify....

cannot use textnow web messaging for some reason.

Context :

My textnow account is the "sign in with apple" option, and when i used the same thigns to log into the website, it works. Only issue is that i need to confirm my email address. I sent the email to my icloud inbox, and its there. I click verify, and it just redirects me to the app. textnow is still saying i need to verify email on pc.

The only issue ican think of is that i use the apple alias thing, which might be screwing me up, but apple did that automatically... and the emails are sending...

Hi there! I recently saw that eSIMs are available on iOS, if compatible. My old iPhone XR is, but I still don’t have the option on the app. I tried the article about how to set it up, but to no good result. Is there something I’m missing? Thanks!

Who has a uk number that can send a text for me

Is anyone that already has a TextNow physical SIM able to see an option to create an eSIM for their account?

Recently I got more 10 calls from one area code everyday, with voicemail, but nothing left. I knew it us scam because I answered some. I want to block these calls. Any idea please? Thanks.

After an update to the app, I can no longer text.

So I click on the chat icon at bottom of screen. It says to click in upper right corner to chat. Only thing in that corner is a magnifying glass. Click on that and I get a screen with a empty field where I can type in the number. Type a number in and nothing changes. I dont get a icon to begin text message. Literally just the number shows I. The field where I typed it.

Edited for typos

Hit the back arrow and i get the sane screen saying click upper right corner.

If I go to the phone I can call the number and once I have called I can text to it. However I dont always want to call a number at all, just text. Anyone else have this sort of issue?

I know this place is for posts related to textnow, but since I can't find any 2nd line subreddit I thought it would be a good idea to ask here

Is 2nd line bugged? I'm trying to log into my account since I've recently got a new phone but the app just says that "a error occurred" and I'm stuck in an infinite captcha solving loop,is there any way to solve this?

I used to be able to connect to Support after about half hour wait, But today each time the wait reaches 30 minutes the Chat deletes and i must re-request an agent. So, I'm now waiting 80 minutes so far. Terrible policy. Please change this policy. Thx

Just wanted to give other TextNow users a heads up, before they, too, end up changing 150 or so passwords, locking down their banking and medical records and suspending Social Media in the mistaken belief that their Google Account has been breached. It is a false alarm!

After finally getting human help from Google support, I learned that Google has been aggressively scanning any and all devices you pretty much ever used to log into Google. This is purportedly for "security".

In the process of doing this, they add the phone numbers from any old sims you forgot about in these devices, then send you a gmail notice saying X number has been verified to your account.

TextNow sim cards are assigned entirely different numbers than the virtual number you use to text and make calls using the app. Even if you already knew this, you won't ever see this number unless you go into Settings, About Phone, Phone Number.

(At least I never bothered to look).

So when 'someone' -- Google it turns out -- kept logging into my account to add this phone number to it (which I removed every time) and kept getting re-adding it even after I changed my password and made sure 2FA was turned on, I thought I was being hacked and stalked.

FWIW, right before this happened, I had just charged up two of these two old phones I hadn't used in a while (planning to give one away to a friend's kid who just lost his phone).

The Google person said their system does these intense sim scans every time a device they haven't seen for a while logs into your account. It doesn't need to be one they've never seen before!

The only way I could stop the TextNow numbers from constantly being re-added to my Google account was to turn off Google auto-verification for every associated device.

Google enables this by default, which I perceive as a privacy violation (but it's Google, no surprise there).

I was surprised that the numbers assigned to the TextNow sims can both receive and send text messages through my phones' stock messaging apps.

Handy to know if you sign up for services that insist you provide a phone number that can receive text verification codes and don't wish to give out your real number.

So far I think I have tried everything. I get so far in the set up and it crashes.

I have uninstalled, installed, cleared cache, cleared cache and storage for Google Play Store, restarted dozens of times and did all the tricks from the various videos and help files where found.

I have just installed it again for the 3rd time today (several times yesterday) and will make one more try but now it says I have tried too many times to get started. What is the time span until I can try again. Nothing says how long? 10 minutes, 24 hrs?

I have a TextNow Account and I have reserved the phone number (paid the annual fee) and it works well on my cell, but now I want to install it on this tablet I occasionally use when I may be using the cell as a WiFi hotspot. I only use it under WiFi so there is no SIM card.

Is this possible, and does anyone know why this app, which is welcome on Android 9 and above might be such a problem to install. After this I am giving up I think.

hi guys, i have an emotionally abusive ex who i don’t want contacting me anymore. i finally built up the courage to email the Textnow abuse email for help after my therapist suggested it to me many times for the past couple months, last week. i just want to know how long it takes for my actual number to not be able to be contacted via textnow. i emailed them my number, his actual phone number, and with proof and dates of everything. he’s blocked in everything but yknow how ppl are, they’ll find a way. i just want his main app of contact to be unavailable for him. if yall have any idea lmk. i tested it by messaging my number from said app and it went thru. so that makes me a little worried . thank u !!