Vodafone PAYG Mobile Broadband - Can SMS Be Sent?

[Axolotl]

I have a PAYG Huawei K3565 mobile broadband dongle, and it all works fine, except I can't send SMS through it.

Before I waste time trying to get it to work, can someone tell me if it is supposed to?

The failure message hints that PAYG service may not support sending SMS but I can't find that stated explicitly anywhere.

Seems odd to include a full function SMS tool if half the functions don't work!

[Ben_H]

Hi Axolotl,

First things first, welcome to the eForum family, we always love to see new faces on here

The sms facility is indeed exclusive to the contract version of our modems at present. As the dashboard software is the same, this is why it shows as an option in the toolkit. If we ever do take the option of giving sms to the Pay as You Go users in future, it also means the software is there.

I hope that saved you a few hours trying to get them to go through! If you need any help with the dongle in the future or you want to ensure you're getting the most from the service, be sure to check out our Mobile Broadband spotlight

Cheers, Ben

eForum Team