TimCliff
TimCliff
seems like other users are still having the issue 
I asked a user on steem.chat who was having this issue to send a screen shot of their dev console error log. Here is what it shows: 
https://www.reddit.com/r/steemit/comments/8opw7i/finish_setting_up_a_steemit_account/
Based on a discussion in a different faucet issue, under the current system - the phone number only becomes “in use” after verifying SMS. After SMS is verified, it is...
Hi @krischik > A link would be nice so I can see what was discussed. https://github.com/steemit/faucet/issues/214 > I have and still am guiding two users though the registration process and...
@buckle2000 - did you at some point in the past apply for an account?
Phone numbers are used to prevent users from signing up for multiple ‘paid for’ (free) accounts.
Please message me in steem.chat. GitHub is really not the appropriate place to discuss issues with specific accounts. (I respond to messages there within 24 hours.)
@Jolly-Pirate have there been any new instances of this?