You can go to the Mobile tab of your Account Settings page to activate Mobile Texts. Click "Register for Facebook Text Messages" and complete the steps that follow.

If you find that your carrier is not listed in the drop-down menu in Step 1 of the activation process, it means that your carrier is not currently supported for Facebook Mobile Texts. We encourage you to talk to your mobile operator to let them know that you are interested in this service.

Your activation code depends the country in which you reside. You can find specific steps to activate texts in your country on the mobile tab of your Account Settings.

Below is a list of codes for different countries. If your country is not on this list, then your activation code is 32665.

• United Arab Emitrates: 2474
• Angola: 42665
• Argentina: 325
• Austria: 66468132665
• Azerbaijan: 3223
• Bangladesh: 3232
• Bahrain: 94455
• Czech Republic: 9996209
• Algeria: 205
• Germany: 2665
• Egypt: 3265
• Fiji: 3223
• Guyana: 1559
• Honduras: 3223
• Ireland: 51325
• India: 919232232665
• Iraq: 1430
• Italy: 3399932665
• Jordan: 90906
• Kenya: 8140
• Republic of Korea: 2665
• Kazakhstan: 404
• Lebanon: 1191
• Lithuania: 1556
• Morocco: 600
• Montenegro: 14777
• Madagascar: 34665
• Mauritius: 8466
• Nigeria: 631
• Nicaragua: 32740
• New Zealand: 3223
• Panama: 4444
• Poland: 2665
• Paraguay: 325
• Qatar: 92255
• Rwanda: 7777
• Saudi Arabia: 710700
• Sudan: 32665
• Sweden: 3900
• Slovenia: 3265
• Thailand: 42665
• Trinidad and Tobago: 42665
• South Africa: 13999

If your carrier isn't listed in the dropdown menu in Step 1 of the activation process, it means that Facebook doesn't currently support it and you can't activate texts.

To help add your carrier to the list:

• Tell your mobile operator you're interested in this service.
• Submit a carrier suggestion. (We can't guarantee we'll be able to get it listed, but we'll try.)

Note:

Unless your carrier is supported, you won't be able to activate texts to claim a phone number that's linked to a different account.

First, check the Mobile page for more information about whether your carrier is supported. Your carrier is supported if it is listed in the drop-down menu that appears when you click "Sign Up for Facebook Text Messages."

If your carrier is not supported, we encourage you to contact your carrier to let them know that you are interested in this service. If enough people show interest, they may decide to support our Mobile Texts feature. For now, please note that you can use our Mobile Uploads feature to upload photos, videos, and notes directly from your phone. You should also be able to access your account via Mobile Web at m.facebook.com or iphone.facebook.com for iPhones.

If your carrier is supported, please read the following guidelines to troubleshoot your problem:

• Be sure you are sending your text to the correct number for your carrier.
• Make sure that your phone does not include a signature at the end of your text messages. This can interfere with Facebook Mobile correspondence.
• Try sending "On" or "Fb" (without quotes) instead of "f" to receive your code.
• If you have recently ported your number from a different carrier, you may not be able to receive the confirmation code to activate Mobile Texts. This is a problem that we are aware of and hope to resolve it as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.

If none of the above information resolves your issue, please click here to submit a report about your issue.

Facebook does not charge you for using Mobile Texts. However, your mobile provider's standard rates for sending and receiving text messages still apply.

You'll have the option to share your number with your friends when you add a phone number to your account on your Mobile Settings page.

After you add a number to your account, you can always control who can see it:

1. Click the Edit Profile (Update Info) button at the top of your profile (timeline)
2. Click on the Contact Information box and find the Phones section
3. Use the audience selector to choose who can see your mobile number

You can go to the Mobile tab of your Account Settings page to add, remove, or switch phone numbers.

If you already have a mobile number on the account, you can click "Add another phone" to activate another number for Mobile texts, or remove your existing number by clicking "remove" next to the number you wish to remove.

If you have more than one number registered on your account for Mobile Texts, you will have the ability to choose which number you want to send your Mobile Texts to. Simply select the mobile number you want to receive your texts to in the "Send texts to" drop-down menu at the bottom of this page.

First, make sure you have SMS checked for the notifications you would like to receive. You can decide what notifications are sent to you via Mobile Texts by visiting the Notifications tab of your Account Settings page.

If you confirm that SMS notifications are checked in your Notifications tab, but are still not receiving texts, try removing your number completely then reactivating Mobile Texts.

To completely remove a number from your account, go to the Mobile tab of your Account Settings Page and click "remove." You can then reactivate your Mobile Texts by clicking "Register for Facebook Text Messages" on the same page.

Visit the Mobile Texts page to learn about the different functions available through Mobile texts, such as posting on someone’s wall (timeline) or updating your status. You can use the demo to type in different commands and see what action will be taken on Facebook.

You can select what actions cause Facebook Mobile Texts to send you SMS notifications by going to the Notifications tab of your Account Settings page. Be sure to click the "Save Changes" button after you have edited your settings.

Once you activate your mobile texts, you can set a daily limit by visiting the Mobile tab of your Account Settings page.

Facebook will send you a text when you have reached your daily limit. Reply to this text with "reset" to reset your limit for that day.

Once you activate your mobile texts, you can select when Facebook Mobile Texts sends you text notifications by visiting the Mobile tab of your Account Settings page.

Please note that these settings will apply to all applications that send you texts through the Facebook Mobile Texts feature. (Note: All actions will always appear on the website.)

To like a page via mobile text, just text like and the Page's username to your country code. For example, if you text:

like cnn

to your Facebook code, then you will like the CNN Page.

To read the rest of your message, just reply to the text message you received with the letter "n" (without quotes). You should also make sure that your phone does not include a signature at the end of your text messages.

First, make sure that you have already activated Mobile Texts. If you are receiving texts but are having trouble sending them, please read the following guidelines to troubleshoot your problem:

• Check that you are sending your texts to the correct number. You can find this number on the Mobile Texts page.
• Make sure that your phone does not include a signature at the end of your texts. This can interfere with Facebook Mobile correspondence.
• Be sure that outgoing texts are still included in your service plan.
• If you are receiving error messages when you try to send your text, it may be due to problems with your mobile service provider. Please try contacting your service provider for help.

If none of the above information resolves your issue, click here to submit a report about your issue.

First activate mobile texts for your phone if you haven't done so already.

After you’ve activated Facebook texts:

1. Open the Account dropdown menu at the top right corner of Facebook and choose Account Settings.
2. Click the Mobile tab at the top of the page.
3. Add friends you want to subscribe to in the "Whose status updates should go to my phone?" section. You'll receive text messages when friends you list update their statuses.

To unsubscribe from someone's updates, reply "unsubscribe" when you receive a text message update from that person.

To unsubscribe from someone's updates, reply "unsubscribe" when you receive a text message update from that person. You will receive a confirmation text notifying you that you have successfully unsubscribed to that friend’s status updates.

You can also manage all of your subscriptions from the Mobile tab of the Account Settings page.

To stop Facebook notifications from being sent to your phone, you can simply text "Off" (without quotation marks) to the number that you send your status updates to. You will receive a text message back confirming that Facebook texts are now off. Alternatively, you can go to the Mobile tab of your Account Settings page and change your settings to "Off." Note that you can still send text messages to the same number to update your status or take actions Facebook.

You can also choose to completely remove a number from your account on this page by clicking "remove" next to the phone number that you wish to remove.

Turning your Facebook texts on/off refers only to the text notifications that you receive when someone pokes, messages, writes on your Wall (timeline), or adds you as a friend. Even if you turn off your text notifications, you can always send texts to the Facebook Mobile Texts number to update your status, message a friend, or write on a friend's Wall (timeline). You can also always send a text to this number to look up information or perform an action.

Note that you also have the option to completely remove your number from your account. If you choose to remove your number from your account, you will have to reactivate Facebook Mobile Texts first before you can update your status and take other actions on Facebook through texts.

Some advertisements that run on third-party applications link to services that ask for your cell phone number and subsequently send text messages to your phone. While Facebook is not responsible for these advertisements, we recommend that you send a text message containing the word "STOP" (without the quotation marks) to the number from which you're receiving the messages in order to cancel the service.

You may report an application containing these advertisements to its developer(s) and to Facebook by clicking on the "Report" link that appears in the lower left corner of any page within the application. Unfortunately, we have no control over your mobile service. We suggest you contact your mobile service provider and explain the situation to them.

The process for activating texts varies from application to application. Please consult the desired application’s page to determine how to do this. If you cannot find the directions you're looking for, please contact the application's developer directly using their form on the Help page.

You can opt out of receiving texts from an application by clicking "Edit" next to Applications from the left –hand navigation column. From the following page, click "Edit Settings" next to the desired application and uncheck the box titled "Send and receive text messages to and from this application." You can also update this information by unselecting the application on your Edit Mobile Settings page.