M-Pesa Upgrade : I am a typical Kenyan
Now that M-Pesa system was upgraded successfully, what are the new benefits it introduced? I don't keep a single contact on the SIM card, and I don't intend to. All my contacts are in phone memory. Do I have to save those contacts to whom I send pesa on the SIM card for me to use the "lookup" facility? Aren't the developers good enough to make the lookup use phone memory-based contacts? ;-) Ok. What else did they introduce with the upgrade? Just the lookup and improved transaction capacity or is there another? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
@ Wash !! you are sure the lookup facility is working on simcard ? though almost all my contacts are on phone memory too :-( On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Now that M-Pesa system was upgraded successfully, what are the new benefits it introduced?
I don't keep a single contact on the SIM card, and I don't intend to. All my contacts are in phone memory.
Do I have to save those contacts to whom I send pesa on the SIM card for me to use the "lookup" facility? Aren't the developers good enough to make the lookup use phone memory-based contacts? ;-)
Ok. What else did they introduce with the upgrade? Just the lookup and improved transaction capacity or is there another?
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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I thought you had to a do a SIM replacement, or something as rediculous as that to get lookup facility? ./Ok3ch On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Alvin Jason Ochieng <ajochola@gmail.com> wrote:
@ Wash !! you are sure the lookup facility is working on simcard ? though almost all my contacts are on phone memory too
:-(
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Now that M-Pesa system was upgraded successfully, what are the new benefits it introduced?
I don't keep a single contact on the SIM card, and I don't intend to. All my contacts are in phone memory.
Do I have to save those contacts to whom I send pesa on the SIM card for me to use the "lookup" facility? Aren't the developers good enough to make the lookup use phone memory-based contacts? ;-)
Ok. What else did they introduce with the upgrade? Just the lookup and improved transaction capacity or is there another?
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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The sim contact look up was there even before the upgrade. I don't think the upgrade was on the frontend but on the backend On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
I thought you had to a do a SIM replacement, or something as rediculous as that to get lookup facility?
./Ok3ch
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Alvin Jason Ochieng <ajochola@gmail.com> wrote:
@ Wash !! you are sure the lookup facility is working on simcard ? though almost all my contacts are on phone memory too
:-(
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Now that M-Pesa system was upgraded successfully, what are the new benefits it introduced?
I don't keep a single contact on the SIM card, and I don't intend to. All my contacts are in phone memory.
Do I have to save those contacts to whom I send pesa on the SIM card for me to use the "lookup" facility? Aren't the developers good enough to make the lookup use phone memory-based contacts? ;-)
Ok. What else did they introduce with the upgrade? Just the lookup and improved transaction capacity or is there another?
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
The sim contact look up was there even before the upgrade. I don't think the upgrade was on the frontend but on the backend
Hence my question: What exactly did they upgrade that is supposed to be visible to the customer? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
Wash; Av always accessed my contacts from M-Pesa menu. I never type on a separate sheet. So I don't understand why they are upgrading unless they developed an api to help me access my Equity or Coop account. On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
The sim contact look up was there even before the upgrade. I don't think the upgrade was on the frontend but on the backend
Hence my question: What exactly did they upgrade that is supposed to be visible to the customer?
It was a waste of time. They are still experiencing delays even during off peak hours. I still believe MPESA on friday is a no no! I did an upgrade of the sim n as much as it has the functionality "Search SIM Contacts" it always gives the "No Match Found!" Probably it was programmed to respond that way ONLY! Sincere Regards, RONOH E. KIBET. sent from my iPhone iV On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
From waht I have gathered, M-PESA is restricted cause its owned by Vodafone, hence you may not be seeing an API cause Safaricom have no say in that. _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Ronoh Kibet Ean. <eanronoh@gmail.com> wrote:
It was a waste of time. They are still experiencing delays even during off peak hours. I still believe MPESA on friday is a no no! I did an upgrade of the sim n as much as it has the functionality "Search SIM Contacts" it always gives the "No Match Found!" Probably it was programmed to respond that way ONLY!
Yesterday (30th Nov 2010) at around 8pm I wanted some money urgently. I was around Antonios so I figured out I could try getting some pesa via the Equity ATMs near that place. When I went through the process of getting the AUTH Key, I got the message that "M-Pesa ix experiencing problems and I should wait for blah blah before trying again" It is now almost 1 day since that activity and no message from M-Pesa giving me the Auth Key:-) Someone told me yesterday that the process through Equity ATMs takes so much time, that I should expect the Auth key even after midnight. Now, thinking the upgrade was suppose to address such skepticism with the service, I want to ask again - What did Safaricom's M-Pesa upgrade meant to address, that a client can "feel"? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
Wash; Buying a new sim always mean't Mpesa could be able to read the "sim contacts". Mine reads without this upgrade for as long as I can remember. I always doubt what the press gives as news. I expected some real news. This is not news as I have been accessing my contacts from Mpesa for so long ... before they messed up the system. On 12/1/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Ronoh Kibet Ean. <eanronoh@gmail.com> wrote:
It was a waste of time. They are still experiencing delays even during off peak hours. I still believe MPESA on friday is a no no! I did an upgrade of the sim n as much as it has the functionality "Search SIM Contacts" it always gives the "No Match Found!" Probably it was programmed to
The official news from the company is a brief press release informing us what we know, that M-PESA was upgraded.
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Alvin Jason Ochieng <ajochola@gmail.com>wrote:
@ Wash !! you are sure the lookup facility is working on simcard ? though almost all my contacts are on phone memory too
@Alvin, If you do SIM replacement (@KES 50) and get the new SIM cards, you will have that lookup facility. I cannot test it coz I am not gonna have any contacts on the SIM card. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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Odhiambo Washington -
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Peter Osotsi -
Ronoh Kibet Ean.