Tip: How to get SMS delivery reports on an iPhone

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#
Orange RCT followed by a space
Virgin *0#

US
T-Mobile *noti#

Germany

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

Sweden

Telia *KV#
Comviq KV#
Telenor ##

Brasil
Claro *N#

Switzerland
SWISSCOM *N#

Turkey
TURKCELL *N#

Poland
PlusGSM (Polkomtel) XYZ

Croatia
T-Mobile *r*

Portugal
Vodafone *NOT#

Hungary
T-Mobile *A#

India
Voodafone *NOT#

Qatar
Qtel *N#

Belgium
Proximus *R*
Base *N#

Greece
Vodafone *#
Wind *0#

Serbia
MTS *!#
Telenor *!#

Romania
Orange *NM#

Israel
Orange *NM#

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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