question about iPhone 4 regarding SMS

[MacArtist]

Evidently when I send a text message, it's not identifying me to the receiver of the message. Which makes for some interesting replies.

How do I fix this so they know it's me?

Thanks!

[lafinfil]

In Settings go to > Phone > Show My Caller ID

[testcase]

I wonder how / if that would work using TextFree? :dunno:

[MacArtist]

lafinfil wrote:
In Settings go to > Phone > Show My Caller ID

'Fil,

I went to Settings > Phone and I see the following items:

My Number...FaceTime...TTY...Change Voicemail Password...International Assist

No "Show My Caller ID"

Sorry...I didn't list that it was a Verizon iPhone 4. I keep forgetting to do that.

[lafinfil]

Well - that's all I gotz

[MacArtist]

after some googling...

It looks like a Verizon iPhone user has to call customer service to change this?

That's all I could find.

[Black]

End with your initials?

[RAMd®d]

It looks like a Verizon iPhone user has to call customer service to change this?


I have many contact's numbers entered twice- once with the standard format, and once with *82 as a prefix.

This lets me know who's calling (standard format) and when I call or text to the *82 number, they know who's calling or texting.

[RAMd®d]

When I just dial any regular number, my number is still blocked.

I control who see's it and how doesn't.

[john-o]

I wasn't aware you could ever get a text message to show your identity, unless you were already in the recipient's contact list. I always figured that's why so many folks I know have a sort of 'sig' of their name appended to every text...