How do you sign up for Google App Engine from a country with a two digit international code

Question

I know this is not programming related, but it is relevant only to programmers.

I am in Australia and was trying to signup for Google app engine. The require you to get an code smsed to your mobile. For this you need to put in your mobile number with international code.

Australia's code is +61 however when I put this in the form at https://appengine.google.com/permissions/smssend and I continually get an error message. If I shorten the +61 to +6 it goes through but obviously I won't be getting a response.

Does anyone know a workaround. I could not find the appropriate place on Google to ask this question or get an answer - e.g. they have help for all their products except it seems for App Engine.

Answer 1

In New Zealand (+64), I had no problems using this form - although I think I typed it without the +.

This was a while ago and maybe they've "improved" their validation.

Send them an email or maybe post on the google group: http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine

Answer 2

As a last ditch effort to get an answer straight from the app engine team, you could try the irc chats. The next one is Jan 6. Did you post your problem to the google group yet? Rob linked to it in his answer.

Answer 3

The form should work fine from countries with 2 or 3 digit international codes. If you still can't get your phone number to validate, though, fill out the sms issues form and we'll enable your account manually.