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TMobile texts at 5 am
Is there a way to change the time at which I get automated texts from T-Mobile. This morning I got a "cell phone tower has been upgraded text" at 5 am. I also regularly get notifications about bill p...
PRS wrote:Thank you HeavenM.
My billing address is in PST (even though the area code is EST). I reached out to customer service before posting here and they had no idea how to fix this. They suggested the "workaround" that formercanuck mentioned above. Since I had deleted the previous text that means I have to wait for the next one to be able to attempt to mute these texts.
FWIW & if you don’t want to wait for the next one(s), T-Mobile alert short codes (as well as others) are listed at:
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/self-service-short-codes
There's a bunch of them. I use them in my contacts to identify T-Mobile alerts when text messages arrive and they'll display the label I use rather than simply the number. With mobile phone's, obviously neither billing address nor the phone's area code are reliable indicators of what time zone you're currently in.
It sounds like T-Mobile is relying on the phone number’s area code from your description (current GPS location would be a better choice but the your messaging app would need to be smart enough to use it)
