Secret Glasto Sets

[stuartbert two hats]

7 hours ago, Curlygirl said:

@Padawan thanx for stepping in!! 

Could someone please tell me how I go about getting text alerts from Twitter? 

1) I don't do Twitter!

2) I'm a technophobe so no complicated destructions please.

3) Lists are better in odd numbers. 

Ta lovelies 

Padawan is another name for student in training, @august1 is the one who needs our thanks this year!

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, phimill said:

Can you share the recipe? so we can just amend to our own numbers?

Duuuuuh-brain, forgot to include the link! 

https://ifttt.com/recipes/425731-sms-secretglasto-tweets

[Adamon]

8 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

 

Unless things have changed, you can set up the recipe on the web site.  There is a bit of a gotcha with the phone number format though.  Let's say your phone number is 077 7777 7777, the international version would normally be +4477 7777 7777.  Well, not with IFTTT, for them you must enter 0044077 7777 7777, so replace the "+" with "00" and include the leading zero after the "44".

I've just set a recipe up, can someone give it a go and let me know if:

• There are any problems
• It shows my phone number (I don't think it will, but it wasn't 100% clear)

https://ifttt.com/recipes/425731-sms-secretglasto-tweets

After some basic googling it looks like the SMS channel is native to the site so only one phone would be needed. Also it's not 'your' recipe Stu, by that what i mean is i get to copy the instructions to my channel so it becomes a personalised recipe, not that i get to use  the recipe you created, so your number shouldn't be attached. That's not to say i'm not grateful you made it though! Hopefully thats come across right. I've copied the recipe to my account now anyway so will keep you updated if i do get your number. Thanks.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, Adamon said:

After some basic googling it looks like the SMS channel is native to the site so only one phone would be needed. Also it's not 'your' recipe Stu, by that what i mean is i get to copy the instructions to my channel so it becomes a personalised recipe, not that i get to use  the recipe you created, so your number shouldn't be attached. That's not to say i'm not grateful you made it though! Hopefully thats come across right. I've copied the recipe to my account now anyway so will keep you updated if i do get your number. Thanks.

I understand - when I published the recipe it then became a public version, with my personal details stripped out.  Excellent.

[big__phil]

I need to get a new SIM card for my festival phone, then I'm gonna set this up. Worked like a dream last year, thanks again @stuartbert two hats.

Will there be a test a bit closer to the time? Perhaps something during the week of the 13th?

[zico martin]

oh right i get it now.

 

Ive set up a coupld of recipes on IFTTT which work superbly but I kinda assumed I'd still have to have my mobile data on my phone switched on to get the text messages.  As its the website sending out the texts I suppose i just need to have a laptop left switched on in the house then I get all the important tweets whilst saving my battery life.  Result!

[phimill]

4 minutes ago, zico martin said:

oh right i get it now.

 

Ive set up a coupld of recipes on IFTTT which work superbly but I kinda assumed I'd still have to have my mobile data on my phone switched on to get the text messages.  As its the website sending out the texts I suppose i just need to have a laptop left switched on in the house then I get all the important tweets whilst saving my battery life.  Result!

You don't need anything left on i think - IFTTT will just loop the recipe on its server until a change (new tweet) occurs and then automatically command a text to be sent

[carlosj]

@august1

We are not worthy!

Thanks!!

 

[fightoffyour]

Why is everyone over complicating it? Just go on twitter on your smartphone now, go to @secretglasto and click on the settings icon, then click on 'turn on notifications'. You will then get a twitter notification on your smartphone and a text message for every tweet from @secretglasto. When you swap your SIM into your festival phone you will still get the text messages. Couldn't be any easier.

[fightoffyour]

3 hours ago, Nobody Interesting said:

One that interests me a lot is the hour long TBA on the BBC introducing stage at 22.30 on Friday.

Any ideas?

Guess would be Spring King. Absolutely no information or rumours that is though. Just makes sense.

[thewayiam]

1 minute ago, fightoffyour said:

Why is everyone over complicating it? Just go on twitter on your smartphone now, go to @secretglasto and click on the settings icon, then click on 'turn on notifications'. You will then get a twitter notification on your smartphone and a text message for every tweet from @secretglasto. When you swap your SIM into your festival phone you will still get the text messages. Couldn't be any easier.

I presume if you are just using a normal phone this year for everything then it all just through as standard.

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Why is everyone over complicating it? Just go on twitter on your smartphone now, go to @secretglasto and click on the settings icon, then click on 'turn on notifications'. You will then get a twitter notification on your smartphone and a text message for every tweet from @secretglasto. When you swap your SIM into your festival phone you will still get the text messages. Couldn't be any easier.

Because it doesn't work on all networks.

[fightoffyour]

Just now, thewayiam said:

I presume if you are just using a normal phone this year for everything then it all just through as standard.

What's a normal phone? I'm using a smartphone now and putting my SIM into a festival phone (old Nokia, not at all smart or internet enabled) when I go. Texts will come through directly from twitter - no second phone, no IFTTT

[fightoffyour]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Because it doesn't work on all networks.

Ah, fair enough. Then may I recommend 3 

[thewayiam]

Just now, fightoffyour said:

What's a normal phone? I'm using a smartphone now and putting my SIM into a festival phone (old Nokia, not at all smart or internet enabled) when I go. Texts will come through directly from twitter - no second phone, no IFTTT

Ah I just mean a smart phone man, have a power pack so not bothering with sim swapping this year. Can be a bit of a faff. 

[richy24]

Didn't need 2 Sims last year. I just set up IFTTT using the recipe provided. I swapped my SIM card out of my smartphone into my old Nokia at the start of the fest and it worked a treat!

[big__phil]

29 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Ah, fair enough. Then may I recommend 3 

Does your 3 SIM work in non-3G mobiles? Mine never used to (I'm on EE now).

From the 3 website:

Quote

f you’re using a Pay As You Go SIM in a phone that you didn’t buy from us, you’ll need to make sure it’ll work in your phone:

• Our SIMs are only compatible with 3G or 4G phones, so your SIM won’t work if you try and put it in an older phone.

 

Edited June 3, 2016 by big__phil

[fightoffyour]

It's a 3G crap Nokia then. Fancy.

13 minutes ago, big__phil said:

Does your 3 SIM work in non-3G mobiles? Mine never used to (I'm on EE now).

From the 3 website:

 

 

[big__phil]

Just now, fightoffyour said:

It's a 3G crap Nokia then. Fancy.

 

Well la-di-da!

I've got an old flip-phone which lasts about a week, but needs a non-3G SIM. Easy enough to get a PAYG one from a pound shop though.

[august1]

This is all part of my evil plan to tweet that radiohead are doing an acoustic set in East car park. Daft punk dj at West car park and watch the seas part on webcam :D

[SecretGlasto]

Updated with DMAs, Two Door Cinema Club and Travis.

[Stretlow]

16 minutes ago, SecretGlasto said:

Updated with DMAs, Two Door Cinema Club and Travis.

I didn't get an sms from the recipe above... Any help?

I know they have the right number as they text me the pin

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, Stretlow said:

I didn't get an sms from the recipe above... Any help?

I know they have the right number as they text me the pin

The first post on here, not tweets.  The tweets go out on the day of the performance.

Edited June 3, 2016 by stuartbert two hats

[Stretlow]

11 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

The first post on here, not tweets.  The tweets go out on the day of the performance.

Ahh. I see ... carry on 

 

 

[musky]

1 hour ago, big__phil said:

Well la-di-da!

I've got an old flip-phone which lasts about a week, but needs a non-3G SIM. Easy enough to get a PAYG one from a pound shop though.

According to the Twitter website the SMS service also works with Orange. It's possible that it might work with EE and T Mobile as well, though they're not specifically mentioned. There was someone who had EE sims to give away on the ticket competitions thread if that's any help.