Burner app? For android or iphone - disposable phone numbers

[StealthyStealth]

Has anyone used the burner app for android? You have to buy credits but its dirt cheap... Like $8.99 for 90 minutes on a number that will last 60 days...

You can choose whatever number you want for your number.. You can send AND receive calls to this "burner" number by forwarding to your cell.... Once the number expires there is no trace it ever existed...

I'm very interested to know if anyone has used this, or heard of it working? I don't see why not, although I don't think it will allow for receiving text messages, would this be a problem?

Does our stealth number HAVE to be able to receive text messages?

[GreenBean]

I keep my phone numbers active for the life of the account.

Never use this type of service.

[StealthyStealth]

May i ask why you say never to use something like this?

Seems to me it would be pretty similar, if not the same as using any other phone forwarding service, or Google Voice for that matter?

I have read that most people in the US use GV and have had much success. I found out, with the burner app you CAN in fact receive and send text messages with the forwarded number.

I have tested it myself just calling a friend, and the number I chose showed up as the caller ID, and there was no weird messages/tones or anything to suggest it wasn't anything other than a regular phone number.

Same with receiving calls on the forwarded number, it just acts like a normal phone from the callers end.

Really interested to hear why you are so against this service. Google voice still works, right? Would i be better off using GV for my paypal and eb stealth contact phone?

[rsot]

Google voice still works but it's always nice to have a variety of tools to use

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by StealthyStealth

Has anyone used the burner app for android? You have to buy credits but its dirt cheap... Like $8.99 for 90 minutes on a number that will last 60 days...

Please read again what I said.

I keep a phone number active for the life of the account. My accounts last longer than 60 days.

I do not risk having an account without a working phone number.

paypal/ebay will suspend accounts if the phone number is inactive.

My choice is to prevent as many issues as I can. An active phone is one less concern for me.

[Dmshark25]

I use textplus , that way I can get a new phone number right away. And as long as u use it every month u can keep the number, I look at it like a VBA , it is a good temporary solution , ur able to receive the 4 digit text from ebay when turning into a seller account there is also ways to get free minutes and when I first started creating accounts I always got that initial mc999 and had to call in and I would call in with the textplus number and got reinstated everytime

Now that I know more what I'm doing I haven't got hit with a new account mc999 in 5 months, so I use the textplus to get the code and than when the account is up and running I get a cheap virgin mobile or tracfone

[shaddypro1]

Text+ is a perfect service for this, you can even use it to call and its free, all you would need to do is watch some ads for some credit

[StealthyStealth]

Originally Posted by GreenBean™

Please read again what I said.

I keep a phone number active for the life of the account. My accounts last longer than 60 days.

I do not risk having an account without a working phone number.

paypal/ebay will suspend accounts if the phone number is inactive.

My choice is to prevent as many issues as I can. An active phone is one less concern for me.

You are able to renew any number past it's 60 day expiration. You can keep a number forever if u want to.... Just keep it alive.. But the option is there to completely let the number self dispose after 60 days as well...

[GreenBean]

@Stealthy'

Your opening post makes little suggestion to that. 'Burner' implies disposable. It may also be a service where numbers are burned by others & thus trouble for stealth.

[Dmshark25]

These serves are great but u eventually need a working phone at all times like GreenBean stated. These VOIP work great to initially open an account but once it gets going get a working dedicated line

[Dynasty]

Originally Posted by Dmshark25

I use textplus , that way I can get a new phone number right away. And as long as u use it every month u can keep the number, I look at it like a VBA , it is a good temporary solution , ur able to receive the 4 digit text from ebay when turning into a seller account there is also ways to get free minutes and when I first started creating accounts I always got that initial mc999 and had to call in and I would call in with the textplus number and got reinstated everytime

PayPal cannot seem to send an activation code to text+ numbers. Im not sure if its just me. I doubt it though.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by Dynasty

PayPal cannot seem to send an activation code to text+ numbers. Im not sure if its just me. I doubt it though.

Been a few reports.

Wait for a response by Dmshark25.

He is on the mark with Text + information.

Good Luck

[Dynasty]

Text+, TextNow can confirm no receipt of activation code.

[Dmshark25]

What do u mean paypal activation code??

Text plus is great to open your ebay account and to receive a call or text with the activation code when u convert ebay to a seller account, almost every account I use this as my number and get ebay to text the activation code, works everytime.

And if you do get that initial MC999 works great to call in and speak to an ebay Rep.

Now when Paypal asks for a number I use the same textplus number except I don't label it as a mobile number , I label it as a home number.

I have accounts 10 months old still setup like this. As long as u have a home number your fine, even though they ask for a mobile it's not required.

So if u label the text+ number in Paypal as home number than your good to go.

Every papal account I have is created like this, and since stealth I haven't had any problems with Paypal being limited or anything

Why put in a mobile number , unless you want to send funds using ur cell phone or get texts with ur balance, this things have no use for me

[gonzoman]

Originally Posted by Dmshark25

I use textplus , that way I can get a new phone number right away. And as long as u use it every month u can keep the number, I look at it like a VBA , it is a good temporary solution , ur able to receive the 4 digit text from ebay when turning into a seller account there is also ways to get free minutes and when I first started creating accounts I always got that initial mc999 and had to call in and I would call in with the textplus number and got reinstated everytime

Now that I know more what I'm doing I haven't got hit with a new account mc999 in 5 months, so I use the textplus to get the code and than when the account is up and running I get a cheap virgin mobile or tracfone

Thanks for the valuable information. I am thinking of getting about 8 tracfones to work with my new stealths. I saw in their website that you can change a number 4 times a year. Do you know if tracfone gives hard time changing your number in case the stealth gets burned? If it is not a big deal I might as well start my accounts with tracfone from the beginning. Also, how long do you let the account run with TEXT+ before you change the phone number to tracfone/virgin etc.?

[I3dev]

I used TEXT+ to verify my paypal mobile phone number but never received nor SMS nor call.
Is Burner capable of verifying paypal?

[Trillboss]

Originally Posted by Dynasty

PayPal cannot seem to send an activation code to text+ numbers. Im not sure if its just me. I doubt it though.

This is what issue I'm having at this point.
I can get calls & texts from everyone but ebay

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by Trillboss

This is what issue I'm having at this point.
I can get calls & texts from everyone but ebay

Have you set up in the way that DMShark25 outlined?


ps STOP SHOUTING in upper case. Bad manners

[Dmshark25]

Originally Posted by Trillboss

This is what issue I'm having at this point.
I can get calls & texts from everyone but ebay

VOIP s like text plus are a good temporary solution for phone numbers, I start all my accounts with them, and than I'll switch over to a prepaid phone usually once the account makes it to 90 days

Text-plus app is one of the few if only VoIP app that will accept the 4 digit short code from eBay when creating a seller account, which I like, because receiving the code thru a call is sometimes tricky and if you do not have a strong signal and not close to the router almost impossible, so getting the code texted to you from eBay use Textplus

Now with paypal , the code will not go thru , but they only send the code to verify that it is your mobile number, that is if u want to send and receive money with your mobile device
I personally have no use for this, and it is not a necessity to own a cell phone to have a paypal account , paypal pushes this because they want to grow there business, but for my purposes it is not needed so I use the same number that I used for eBay and put that in my paypal but label it as a home number not a mobile and the verification is bypassed

Also, after if verify my beat account with Text plus, if I need to call in eBay for any reason, say a mc999 or whatever on a new account , I'll make another number from a VoIP app called Line 2, the reason this app comes in handy when u call toll free numbers , and the eBay numbers are all toll free, u do not need to purchase any minutes, or watch videos or download anything for free minutes, it's ready to go.

And I keep all the numbers the same , if I use "line 2" app u don't need to put that in and take out the text plus number that u registered just keep that in and when u call use the code given which will validate ur account and have the Textplus number and all stealth info handy , they may ask it for security purposes

[Exile3]

I currently use the Burner app and extend the duration of the number for a year at a time. Normally a years worth of activity (to my knowledge) costs $100. This costs half of that

[Gman91189]

there is also an app called TextME that is good
as to the paypal cerification code, sometimes you need that to withdraw money from the account after the 180 days, and if the original number on the account is not good anymore all you have to do is add a new phone number to the account and you could receive the phone call

[rsot]

Appreciate the tip Gman - US only numbers?