Hey everyone,
I’ve been trying to set up Signal on my phone for the past couple of days, but I keep hitting a wall right at the number verification screen. Every time I type in my number, it instantly pops up with this error: "We are unable to send an SMS to your number. Please try again in several hours."
I've pretty much tried everything I could think of to fix it. At first, I thought it was because I had a VPN running or custom Cloudflare DNS on my router, so I turned all of that off and reset everything back to default. I even tried switching completely from Wi-Fi to mobile data (4G) to get a clean IP, but no luck.
Thinking it might be a device or carrier issue, I tested it on another phone in the house with a different Algerian carrier number (tested Mobilis and Djezzy), but I got the exact same message straight away. I also waited over 12 hours between attempts just in case I was rate-limited, made sure no SMS block or spam filters were enabled, but the app won't even try to send the SMS or give me the option to request a phone call instead.
Is anyone else in Algeria experiencing this right now, or is there a known issue with SMS routing/OTP delivery to local carriers? Any advice or workaround would be really appreciated!
Source: r/signal · by /u/Public_Knowledge1401