Oct 28
Tip: How to get SMS delivery reports on an iPhone
Posted by Philip King | Filed Under (iPhone Tips)

I love the way the iPhone stores your SMS text messages as chat sessions and it’s a great way to read all your old messages in context but one thing I have always thought was seriously lacking was the ability to get delivery confirmation reports on your iPhone.

Well now I can. To get delivery confirmation reports sent to your iPhone simply add *0# to the beginning of your text message and once the SMS message has been delivered you will get a text message back saying:

Message for +(number) has been delivered on (date and time).

The recipient of your text




message won’t see the *0# part of your message as this is stripped out by the network.

This is confirmed working on O2 and T Mobile in the UK.

Let us know if it works for you.

Update

It appears that different networks use different codes.

UK

T Mobile *0#
O2 *0#

Germany

T-Mobile *T#
Vodafone D2 *N#
O2 *N#
e-plus *N#

Sweden

Telia *KV#
Comviq KV#
Telenor ##

If you know of any other working codes for carriers not listed above please leave them in the comments for all to see.

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82 Comments

  1. orbis
    Posted November 19, 2007 at 1:04 pm | Permalink

    Thats graeat ! what code is for polish plusgsm carrier.
    *0# or *N# not work

  2. Carlos
    Posted November 25, 2007 at 6:36 am | Permalink

    Claro - Brasil = *N#

  3. kish
    Posted November 30, 2007 at 2:21 pm | Permalink

    I’m using iPhone on Orange UK and the code to get delivery reports is “RCT ” (that’s case sensitive with a space after the 3 letters). Also, you get charger 1p per delivery and the recipient of your text will be able to see the “RCT ” in the text. How strange!

  4. Francesca
    Posted December 2, 2007 at 5:48 pm | Permalink

    SWISSCOM
    *N#

  5. Peter
    Posted December 3, 2007 at 9:54 pm | Permalink

    Hi

    does anybody know the code for a network in belium. I almost tried them all with no succes.

    greets
    P

  6. Seco
    Posted December 10, 2007 at 9:42 am | Permalink

    TURKCELL

    *N# (confirmed)

  7. Jason Lee
    Posted December 25, 2007 at 12:51 pm | Permalink

    I have tried D2 *N# on Vodafone, but it does not seem to work. Any views from people using the iPhone with Vodafone? Thanks.

  8. chris
    Posted January 2, 2008 at 9:57 pm | Permalink

    Any codes for Vodafone Malta ? I tried *N# and *0# and *KV# but nothing

  9. Bryan Avery
    Posted January 4, 2008 at 12:40 pm | Permalink

    it’s a number ZERO in between the * and #, gets me everytime

  10. chris
    Posted January 4, 2008 at 1:25 pm | Permalink

    Yeah tried that with the ZERO and all the other codes . None work . Message comes up with the string and the iphone gives no reports . Guess i need the code for Malta Vodafone

  11. Niko;)
    Posted January 4, 2008 at 5:37 pm | Permalink

    Polish carrier PlusGSM (Polkomtel): XYZ

  12. chris
    Posted January 4, 2008 at 6:29 pm | Permalink

    How do u find out what the string is ? The twats at Vodafone Malta had no idea and said if the phone has no Delivery Report option then you can’t get reports .. Idiots .. When i mentioned the string they were like “AHH?”

  13. Niko;)
    Posted January 7, 2008 at 10:53 am | Permalink

    Czech carrier o2: YYYY in front of the text of a message - this text does not have to be separated from the message with a space, but the “Y’s” must be entered precisely in this form, not as lowercase letters (the recipient will not see them)

  14. chris
    Posted January 7, 2008 at 9:30 pm | Permalink

    Please tell me … How do you find this stuff out ?

  15. eliezer
    Posted January 9, 2008 at 5:38 am | Permalink

    what should i use if im using t-mobile in US? i tried *0# and it didnt wwork! please help

  16. coste
    Posted January 10, 2008 at 5:51 pm | Permalink

    4 Croatia- *r* for t-mobile

  17. Unhappy
    Posted January 10, 2008 at 7:40 pm | Permalink

    The best method, but the touchiest is sending an AT command on baseband to set the parameter. This will appear in the SMS header and ask the status report to SMS-C

    AT +CSMP=33 seems the good one. (not tested by the way)

  18. Mehrdad
    Posted January 10, 2008 at 10:15 pm | Permalink

    guys how do you get that code?

  19. Louro
    Posted January 23, 2008 at 3:47 am | Permalink

    With Vodafone Portugal (and probably all other Vodafone’s) the string is *NOT# . Tested.

  20. hgdgh
    Posted January 29, 2008 at 1:30 pm | Permalink

    *A# HUNGARY TMOBILE

  21. hgdgh
    Posted January 29, 2008 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

    austria tmobile ?

  22. tassos
    Posted February 1, 2008 at 1:13 am | Permalink

    *noti# for US T-mobile

  23. chris
    Posted February 1, 2008 at 8:06 pm | Permalink

    Guys !! How do you find out these codes ?? I would like to get the one for Vodafone Malta

  24. Louis
    Posted February 2, 2008 at 2:53 pm | Permalink

    Where do you find theses codes ? What is the code for Bouygue Telecom France ?

  25. Tippy
    Posted February 18, 2008 at 10:14 pm | Permalink

    Hi there,

    I can’t get the delivery reports to work with my Iphone. My network is Orange UK.

    Any suggestions.

    Tippy

  26. admin
    Posted February 19, 2008 at 11:51 am | Permalink

    A commentor above suggest adding RCT with a space before the message.

  27. Mikkel
    Posted February 19, 2008 at 7:09 pm | Permalink

    I got it to work in Denmark using Bibob(sonofon) by typing:
    *KV# before the message starts :-)

    /Mikkel

  28. rami
    Posted February 24, 2008 at 12:17 am | Permalink

    anybody know the code of MTN Syria? Thanks

  29. Sachin
    Posted February 25, 2008 at 9:18 am | Permalink

    I use Vodafone in India. The string *NOT# works for me.
    Tested

  30. cacho
    Posted February 28, 2008 at 6:18 am | Permalink

    DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STRING FOR USE WTH SOUTH AFRICA VODACM NETWORK? NONE THAT I TRIED WORK SO FAR.

    IS THERE NOT ANY ADD ON SOFTWARE FOR SMS DELIVERY REPORTS? SMS ON IPHONE SUCKS!

  31. soni
    Posted February 29, 2008 at 11:53 pm | Permalink

    hello guy do u know how to get code for sms for TUNISIANA in tunisia. kindly help.

  32. IPHONISTA
    Posted March 3, 2008 at 10:02 am | Permalink

    Anybody Know the SMS DELIVERY CODE for ORANGE in FRANCE ?

  33. M. Kashef
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 5:41 pm | Permalink

    Code for Egypt Mobinil is *NM#

  34. aZooZa
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 8:44 pm | Permalink

    So for Voda UK, what is it please?

  35. deepan
    Posted March 8, 2008 at 3:02 pm | Permalink

    I am from India and tried in Vodafone(Hutch) connection it is : “YYYY” followed by the message.

  36. iPhoneMK
    Posted March 9, 2008 at 5:58 pm | Permalink

    @Unhappy:
    “The best method, but the touchiest is sending an AT command on baseband to set the parameter. This will appear in the SMS header and ask the status report to SMS-C

    AT +CSMP=33 seems the good one. (not tested by the way)”

    Can you please elaborate more about this method?

  37. Naman
    Posted March 26, 2008 at 6:36 am | Permalink

    I have Iphone. I tried *N# on vodafone. and delivery report worked.

    Naman Bajaj
    India

  38. Dim
    Posted March 26, 2008 at 2:51 pm | Permalink

    What about Greece Cosmote Operator?
    Thanks in advance!

  39. echu
    Posted March 26, 2008 at 4:38 pm | Permalink

    I cannt get the delivery reports to work with ma Iphone. u.a.e etislat … plzz hlp me …

  40. Nec
    Posted March 28, 2008 at 10:51 pm | Permalink

    Thanks guys, works great in Greece! If you find out aout any application to fix that let us know! it’s lttle strange to do that in every single message but if there is no other way, it just works perfect!!!
    Cheers

  41. Peter
    Posted April 2, 2008 at 3:28 pm | Permalink

    *N# works for Qtel in Qatar!
    Thaks!

  42. Karan
    Posted April 7, 2008 at 8:53 pm | Permalink

    Hi i am using iphone with BPL Mobile, does anyone know what works with it?

    Thanks

  43. IrishGuy
    Posted April 9, 2008 at 11:44 am | Permalink

    Does anyone know the code for o2 in Ireland
    Have tried all the codes but got nothing
    Thanks in advance

  44. Mansi
    Posted April 12, 2008 at 5:25 pm | Permalink

    I am looking for the code for T-mobile in Netherlands? I tried the *0# but that doesn’t work at least…thanks in advance!

  45. Di
    Posted April 12, 2008 at 10:07 pm | Permalink

    Hi guys! Does anybody know the code for Vodafone UK? Please help, tried above cods - no luck!!!

  46. Peter
    Posted April 14, 2008 at 8:23 pm | Permalink

    For Proximus in Belgium you have to put *R* in front of the SMS.

  47. Peter
    Posted April 14, 2008 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

    And *N# if you are on base in belgium.

  48. Maria
    Posted April 15, 2008 at 11:41 pm | Permalink

    Hello people,
    does anyone knows the sms delivery report code for the CROATIAN networks TELE 2 and VIP ????how do you find these codes???? Thanks a lot!

  49. TNG
    Posted April 17, 2008 at 9:12 am | Permalink

    Does anyone know the code for Magti GSM in Georgia
    Have tried all the codes but got nothing
    Thanks in advance

  50. Maria
    Posted April 19, 2008 at 3:07 pm | Permalink

    Still nothing for croatian networks TELE2 or VIP????

  51. Di
    Posted April 20, 2008 at 12:34 pm | Permalink

    Hi, could anybody help me please, what is a code for Vodafone UK??? Tried all above, no luck!

    Thanks

  52. Pete
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 4:45 pm | Permalink

    *0# works on Virgin in UK

  53. pirouz
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 7:08 pm | Permalink

    ANY 1 KNOWS THE CODE FOR IR-TCI IRAN?
    THANX ALOT

  54. nguyenducan
    Posted April 25, 2008 at 7:16 am | Permalink

    Hi, could anybody help me please, what is a code for Mobile Phone Vietnam?

    Tks.
    An

  55. BABIS
    Posted May 2, 2008 at 7:12 pm | Permalink

    Hi for vodafone Greece just type *# before you text message.

  56. Milos
    Posted May 3, 2008 at 5:52 pm | Permalink

    Anybody Know the SMS DELIVERY CODE for T-mobile/ProMonte Montenegro??

  57. porscharu
    Posted May 5, 2008 at 12:38 pm | Permalink

    Lebanon, MTC touch
    *N#
    Works like a charm.

  58. Hanan
    Posted May 6, 2008 at 11:31 am | Permalink

    Do any one knows the code for UAE Etisalat !!! please

  59. Edward
    Posted May 10, 2008 at 5:15 am | Permalink

    Does anyone happen to know the string for Go Mobile in Malta. Any hellp much appreciated.

  60. alex
    Posted May 11, 2008 at 6:58 pm | Permalink

    serbia MTS *!#
    cheers!

  61. Vali M
    Posted May 14, 2008 at 7:00 am | Permalink

    For Orange Romania the code is:
    *NM#
    Tested, working perfectly!

  62. Minh
    Posted May 16, 2008 at 9:53 am | Permalink

    anyone have the code for sms delivery message for TELIA in Denmark?

  63. robin
    Posted May 16, 2008 at 10:06 am | Permalink

    in bangladesh u can user *n# then ur message for banglalink

  64. Fathi
    Posted May 16, 2008 at 10:26 pm | Permalink

    Please, any code for Almadar, Libya?

  65. Felani
    Posted May 21, 2008 at 4:22 am | Permalink

    Anybody knows the code for DIGI in Malaysia?

  66. mer
    Posted May 21, 2008 at 5:18 pm | Permalink

    still nothing for Croatian networks? TELE2 or VIP???

  67. SandoGeek
    Posted May 22, 2008 at 4:42 am | Permalink

    *N# works with Djezzy in Algeria… Thanks Gatyta!!!

  68. Harpreet Singh
    Posted May 28, 2008 at 9:21 pm | Permalink

    Does any one knows code in India for Vodafone and Airtel?…..Harpreet Singh Marzara

  69. oushaa
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 7:27 pm | Permalink

    does anyone know the code for vodafone Egypt please ? i tried *NOT# and it didn’t work :(

  70. Mario
    Posted June 1, 2008 at 4:27 pm | Permalink

    In Serbia
    *!# Telenor
    *!# MTS

  71. Elad
    Posted June 5, 2008 at 11:09 am | Permalink

    *NM# worked fine for orange Israel

  72. Britt
    Posted June 6, 2008 at 10:32 am | Permalink

    YYYY worked with Grameenphone Bangladesh
    thanks to all for sharing, finally back to normal….

  73. Joseph
    Posted June 24, 2008 at 9:01 am | Permalink

    Any luck with Vodafone Malta..I can’t find the codes that match. Thanks

  74. Mario
    Posted June 26, 2008 at 8:29 am | Permalink

    ! T-Mobile in Montenegro (da, samo !) :)

  75. mer
    Posted June 27, 2008 at 11:27 am | Permalink

    ! for VIP croatia

  76. iMlac
    Posted June 27, 2008 at 10:26 pm | Permalink

    Croatian T-mobile *r#

  77. iLAD
    Posted June 29, 2008 at 12:43 am | Permalink

    Does any one know the code for the network METEOR, Ireland

  78. joseph
    Posted June 30, 2008 at 7:46 am | Permalink

    hi.does any1 knows whats the code for sms reort foe vodafone malta??????thanks

  79. Emili
    Posted July 7, 2008 at 12:38 am | Permalink

    Does any one know the code for the network MTEL, Bulgaria??

    10x in advance

  80. jaxor
    Posted July 9, 2008 at 4:01 pm | Permalink

    Hah, this is really funny… what is supposed to be the coolest phone on earth doesnt support one of the most basic GSM features that even my oldest Sagem used to support.

    Btw, these codes are totally SMSC specific and if your operator doesnt have an SMSC which supports delivery receipts through prefixes in text messages (which btw is a prehistoric feature before standard delivery receipts were introduced) you have to live without delivery receipts.

    Are they going to introduce it in the iPhone 3G?

  81. Sohail
    Posted July 14, 2008 at 11:02 pm | Permalink

    can anyone tell whats for Telenor and Warid in Pakistan.

  82. Nathalie
    Posted July 16, 2008 at 12:08 pm | Permalink

    Hi guys,

    Any one know he code for O2 IRELAND? I have the new new iPhone 3G and the O2 UK code doesn’t seem to work :(

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