How to Update Mobile Status
Facebook and Twitter have popularized the term "update your status." Your "status" message is a limited-line of text that lets your friends and followers know what you are up to, thinking or eating for breakfast. These social networking sites offer mobile SMS updating, allowing for status updates on the go. Updating your status with your mobile phone is simply a matter of texting the proper short code, but first you must register your cell phone number with the service.
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Instructions
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Twitter
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Create a text message from your cellular phone. Address the text message to "40404" for U.S. cell phone numbers (see Resources for the Twitter short code if outside the U.S.).
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Enter "Start" as the body of the text message and hit "Send." Do not add any additional words to the message. You will receive a reply from Twitter (through the same number) asking for your user name.
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Enter your Twitter user name. Again, do not add any additional content to the message and click "Send." Twitter will again respond to the text message, this time asking for your password. Enter your password and click "Send." This will connect your cell phone to your Twitter account.
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Reply with "OK" once Twitter responds to your password to confirm you want to use Twitter with your mobile phone. Once set, your mobile account is set up.
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Start a new text message, address to "40404" with your desired status message to update your Twitter status.
Facebook
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Open your Web browser, navigate to Facebook.com and log into your account.
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Select "Account," "Account Settings" and "Mobile."
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Select the option to register your mobile device for Facebook texts. Enter your cell phone number and select your carrier. Facebook will text you a confirmation code.
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Enter the confirmation code on the Mobile Settings page to confirm your cell phone number.
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Create a new text message, addressed to "FBOOK" (32665). Enter your desired status as the body of the message and click "Send" to update your Facebook status.
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