Uber can be selective with the wireless numbers they accept. To guarantee that Uber will be able to contact your TextNow number when needed, follow these steps to have Uber manually add your TextNow number to your Uber account:
1. Head on over to Uber's website to their I'm not receiving mobile verifications help page.
2. Scroll down to the bottom for a form to send to Uber to have them add your TextNow number manually.
3. Add your TextNow number where it says Mobile number (required).
4. Add the email address you used to create your Uber profile where it says Email address.
5. Click I am not a robot and then click Submit.
This doesn't work. Uber says that they don't accept VOIP numbers. Please tell me what to do next?
Donna Larry, it's actually really simple but it's gonna cost you $10 a month. Download a program called Sideline. This will give you a phone number that works off the cellular network TextNow uses. Then when you setup Uber use that phone number. I had the same problem and no one could tell me what to do. But it occurred to me that text now used cellular when away from wifi so I tried it and it worked perfect. Hope this helps.
I think it's crap that I would have to pay$120 a year to use my cell phone number for a ride. That's just crap. Theyaseign the phone an actual Sprint number but we can't actually use it for verification purposes ifwe pay extra. For a number that we already pay for. Crap.
The whole service is crap. Idk why I've used as long as i have. Terrible service, horrible call quality, barely can ever get a data feed. I pay $30 a month including the sideline. It's cheap. But im about to try mint. They say it's not bad.