Is that just a really bad design or a one time blip?
Was in the moutains and wanted to send my spouse a message via inReach that I would be home much later than expected. Launched the Android messenger app and it asked me to conform my cell phone # via SMS. Which is is exactly the wrong time when I am out of cell phone range. Makes inReach texting kind of pointless. (Don't know if SOS texting would have required it too ;-)
Are there any best practices to avoid this in the future? Always send a message before I rely on inReach?