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Lost phone

Zuma — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:17:32 GMT

I lost my phone then I got a new SIM card from store.

how can I activate new one?

Re: Lost phone

softech — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:51:13 GMT

@Zuma Logon to My Account and Click on the Change Sim Card link:

You will be asked to use either text or email for 2FA. In your case, you would be choosing email since you lost your phone and old SIM

further details: SIM Swap Fraud: 2 factor-authentication - Community (publicmobile.ca)

Re: Lost phone

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:11:07 GMT

@Zuma

How To Change Your SIM Card

the SIM change functionality has been re-enabled in My Account, now with an additional security step: 2 factor authentication to further protect against SIM card fraud.In order to change the SIM card associated with your account, you must now verify your request through a one-time security code that will be sent via SMS or email.To change your SIM card, please follow the below steps:

Log into your My Account
Go to Plan and Add-Ons > Change SIM Card
Enter your new SIM card number
Select where you would like your 6-digit security verification code to be sent to. You can choose to have the code sent to your email, or via SMS to your phone number. If you do not have access to your phone or cannot receive SMS, please select the email option.
Check your email or phone for your security code, and input the code into the page
Click “Verify Code”

Please note: after 5 failed attempts to verify your security code, your account will be locked, and you will need to have your account unlocked and your SIM card manually updated by an agent by submitting a ticket.

Once you have verified your code, click “submit” to complete your SIM card change, and you’re all set.

for more information SIM Swap, visit Here

Re: Lost phone

Triguy — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:13:09 GMT

How To Change Your SIM Card

As of July 14, 2021, the SIM change functionality has been re-enabled in My Account, now with an additional security step: 2 factor authentication to further protect against SIM card fraud.In order to change the SIM card associated with your account, you must now verify your request through a one-time security code that will be sent via SMS or email.To change your SIM card, please follow the below steps:

Log into your My Account
Go to Plan and Add-Ons > Change SIM Card
Enter your new SIM card number
Select where you would like your 6-digit security verification code to be sent to. You can choose to have the code sent to your email, or via SMS to your phone number. If you do not have access to your phone or cannot receive SMS, please select the email option.
Check your email or phone for your security code, and input the code into the page
Click “Verify Code”

Once you have verified your code, click “submit” to complete your SIM card change, and you’re all set!

Re: Lost phone

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:16:26 GMT

@Zuma

if are you stuck with Change Your SIM Card online,

i suggest you can try it for a different Browser

close all Browser and do clear cache and cookies for any Browser,

how to clear cache and cookies in microsoft edge browser visit Here

and use a Browser from your computer,is better

use Browser microsoft edge or chrome latest version
and just make sure your Browser is up to date update
sometime is the Browser is not update is give a issue.

for microsoft edge how to update your browser visit Here

and Restart your computer, is will help a lot,

and if you use a home internet please do one thing take your power internet off for about

a 1 minute and put it back on,to refreshing your network,