I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb

Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by mmagin on Friday November 01, 2013 @03:34PM (#6655788)

Does Lockitron work for someone who happens to not have mobile phone service where the rental is? As convenient as it is, it seems like short-duration travelers to a country don't always bother with having a working mobile phone where they're going. If so, I'd hope it's obvious in the listing.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by toomuchtodo on Friday November 01, 2013 @03:40PM (#6655822)

You need a working mobile phone with service, but it doesn't need to be a smartphone.

https://lockitron.com/help/mobile#smsaccess

EDIT: Included more detail about needing a working mobile phone with service, due to ahlatimer.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by sp332 on Friday November 01, 2013 @03:48PM (#6655876)

So, you just need to write down the PIN somewhere you have service, right? Or am I misunderstanding when the PIN gets sent?

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by smallegan on Friday November 01, 2013 @03:46PM (#6655868)

His question was does it work without having service. In other words offline mode. I think the answer is that no it does not.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by toomuchtodo on Friday November 01, 2013 @03:56PM (#6655940)

I thought I answered that, while also providing additional information. I apologize if that seemed rude in any way.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by ahlatimer on Friday November 01, 2013 @04:17PM (#6656105)

You did not. The OP was asking if you had a phone in the equivalent of "airplane mode" or just no service where you are, would Lockitron work? You have a mobile phone, which meets your criteria, but Lockitron would not work with SMS access, since you can't send an SMS. Would it work for smart phones? I have no idea. The page you linked to didn't say one way or the other (or if it did, I didn't see it).

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by ztnewman on Friday November 01, 2013 @04:24PM (#6656164)

Is it even available yet? I thought it was still in development

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by michaelstewart on Friday November 01, 2013 @08:05PM (#6657439)

From there website looks like they're still trying to ramp up product. Maybe he has an early unit though.

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Re:I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb by idigit on Friday November 01, 2013 @06:15PM (#6656859)

Lockitron works over WiFi, Bluetooth 4, NFC, and text messaging.

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