How to add your fake phone to an AU
Add your phone and page links to your AU, and fix things when a link won't open.
Add it to your AU
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Make a link
When the phone is ready, tap "Make link" ("Save and make link" if you're signed in). Sign in with Google and the link stays for good, or make it without signing in and it lasts 30 days. In-story pages get a short link from "Make link" too.
- 2
Drop it into the story
In an X thread, post the link in the reply where the phone shows up. In a fic chapter, put it between the paragraphs where it happens. A line like "his phone buzzed ▶ open it" with the link on it keeps readers in the story better than a bare link.
- 3
Open it once yourself
Before you post, tap the link and try it. If the phone has a passcode, check that someone could work it out from the hint alone. Most readers are on their phones, so open it on a phone too.
Other places
Instagram or TikTok
Links in captions aren't clickable, so put it in your bio or a story link sticker and say "link in bio" in the post.
Discord, WhatsApp or Telegram
Just send the link. The phone opens fine inside the app, no sign-in needed to read it.
Updating mid-series
Edit it in the same browser and tap "Save (same link)" or "Save changes". The link you already shared opens with the new content, so you can add a new message or comment each chapter.
Post it to the gallery
Anything you saved while signed in can go up on the Gallery with “Post to gallery” in My Works. A locked phone shows its passcode and hint on the card, so people who find it there can open it. Anyone can open it and make one like it, so don’t post anything you want to keep private. Tap “Remove from gallery” and it’s gone within a minute or two. The gallery is shared with the Korean version, so you will see Korean fans’ work there too.
If you get stuck
The link says "This link was not found"
Phone links made without signing in disappear after 30 days. For a phone you want to keep, sign in and tap "Add to account" in My Works. A link its maker deleted shows the same message.
Google sign-in doesn't work inside Instagram, TikTok or X
In-app browsers block Google sign-in. Use the app menu (⋮ or ⋯) to open the page in Chrome or Safari and sign in there. A link made without signing in still opens for 30 days.
I want to edit it on another phone
Phones you saved while signed in, and pages you added to your account, can be edited from My Works on any device. A page made without signing in keeps its edit key only in the browser that made it, so tap "Copy edit link" there and open that link on the other device.
Readers can't crack the passcode
Make the lock screen hint more specific. Mention a birthday or anniversary somewhere in the story and point to that scene in the hint, and readers get to hunt for it. Leave the passcode empty and the phone opens with no lock.
My page now says it was taken down
Pages that several people report come down automatically. You can't make content that impersonates a real person or passes itself off as a real news story. A page that was taken down can only be deleted from My Works.