anybody here who uses chikka and now having a hard time logging in?
By NonaSaile
@NonaSaile (924)
Philippines
November 24, 2008 2:56am CST
I have an account at chikka.com and every now and then I use it when I need to send a quick SMS. The past few weeks, I have been failing to log in. I don't go there often, so I'm not sure if it's just me and my pc, or if there is something wrong with the site. I don't know of any other friend who ever uses it. I hope sombedoy here could enlighten me. Do you use chikka and are you able to log in? Thanks in advance.
7 responses
@bellebads (740)
• Philippines
28 Nov 08
i also have an account in chikka and i've been using it most of the time. true that there are times that i also have a hard time logging in, based on my observation it always happen during wekends i don't know why.
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
28 Nov 08
Oh I remember now, my niece did mention quite a while back that there are really times when chikka site itself gets bogged down, and all that's needed is to just keep trying again.
I guess things will improve when Chikka is able to upgrade as mentioned by Oyen above.
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
16 Dec 08
Just to update: Well, Chikka website just kept hanging on me. About a week ago, my niece downloaded Chikka Text Messenger and installed it on my PC (I didn't want this before, as I thought it would be additional burden on my computer's memory and already overloaded resources). So far, so good! I use the same account as I first registered on the web site, and I am able send out text messages to friends' cellphones when I need to.
@bellebads (740)
• Philippines
28 Nov 08
i really hope so, because sometimes i run out of load in my cellphone and i really need to send message to somebody only to find out that i can't log in.
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
27 Nov 08
My pc runs on Windows XP SP3. I really strongly suspect that it might be this and/or my Internet Explorer settings that is causing the problem...
I tried again earlier this morning, and I still can't log in...
@semicolonp (518)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
I tried it just now and it's working fine for me. I tried logging in through various means (ym, gmail and their site) and they all work fine. I've never really had problems logging in before. My one beef with chikka had always been that their text-messages sometimes takes a long time to arrive on the cellphone of who I texted.
Have you tried logging in using a different computer? I agree that it might have something to do with your connection. If not, then maybe there's a setting in your computer that prohibits it. I remember having problems before logging in to mylot using our desktop computer, but after rebooting the PC (due to some problems in the HD), I can login to mylot just fine.
(err, I'm not saying you need to reboot your PC, by the way, hehe)
Anyway, good luck with that! I hope someone can help you better than I did. :)
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
Oh, chikka messages can also get delayed? I didn't know that.
Yeah, it's probably the settings in my pc.
Thanks! Happy mylotting!
@semicolonp (518)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
Yep, they are sometimes delayed. It's a beef with me because (insert conspiracy theories music here) I always have this problem when I'm in an urgent need to connect/contact someone and it hardly ever pans out!
It's not something that happens everyday, but it has happened with me enough that it does irritate me.
Well, rant aside, hope you can manage to fix things! Chikka really is pretty helpful (especially for group texts). It'll be a problem for some if this trend of being unable to login persists. :)
@alyssa_c (440)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
For the past several days, I couldn't log in to my account at chikka. I know this because it automatically tries to log in whenever I turn on my laptop, even if I have no intention of using it. Two days ago I had the laptop checked by a computer savvy friend of mine and let him tweak it around a bit. I tried it and I could already log in. I don't have any idea with what he did but maybe we had the same problem.
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
I wish I had your computer savvy friend here with me now maybe he'll be able to turn this little prob around.
Happy mylotting!
@Llonorra22 (1150)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
Yes I'm having a hard time using it too. A dialog box always appears and tell me that I need to register first before I use Chikka even if I'm already registered.. It gives me a headache because I use it when I ran out of cellphone load and there are messages that needs a quick response. Godspeed...
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
I had that same problem before for a short time, it got fixed all by itself, I think it's a problem with the site. This time, my browser simply freezes after I enter my password and it's been two or three weeks aleady. I don't maybe, I think it's my browser settings this time.
Yes, very inconvenient when we have no load and we need to send text immediately.
Happy mylotting!
@brenbelmonte (113)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
I experienced difficulty logging-in several times. So, I figured that the chikka server might just be busy. In the alternative, I use the web chikka instead. Just go their site and you can log-in there too. The visual so-so, is better.
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
Yeah, I go directly to the site, that's where I'm having the prob. It just hangs from my end after I sign in. I guess my message will just have to wait until I'm able to get my cellphone loaded.
Happy mylotting!
@mdbzoie (25)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
weeks ago i find it hard logging into chikka because YM is prohibited here in the office. I checked my officemates pc's and their chikka is working well so maybe the problem is my connection. I've waited for weeks and then last week I was able to use it again and my YM for my business purposes so maybe we had the same problem and that is your connection.I just hope that it'll be fixed soon =) Godbless!
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
Oh, okay, thanks so much. I'm guessing it's my pc's security settings, but I'm just not sure yet, since the only site I can't log on to is chikka.
Happy mylotting!