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Joanosborne75
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

I have followed all the instructions to set up my new SIM card and when I try to put in my SIM card code it tells me I am unsuccessful. I am sure I am using the right code as I wrote it down when I made it. Please help. 

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zblackma
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

@Joanosborne75 wrote:

I have followed all the instructions to set up my new SIM card and when I try to put in my SIM card code it tells me I am unsuccessful. I am sure I am using the right code as I wrote it down when I made it. Please help. 


Sounds like Either

Your phone is locked to your old carrier and you need to unlock it.  Either contact the manufacturer or your old carrier to get the unlock code.

or

You did what I did, set up a security code and got locked out of it.  I contacted the manufacturer of the phone and they helped me get back in to the phone. 

 


@Joanosborne75 wrote:

I received an email saying that my sim is activated and when I put it in my

phone it asked for me to make a PIN number for the SIM card and now it is saying that the pin is wrong and it won’t let me use any of my services on my phone 


Phone doesn't ask to make a PIN. Sim cards already have a PIN. It's probably asking for network unlock PIN. That means phone's locked.

Christinepro
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Did you purchase a Public SIM card? On the large card that the SIM came with use the larger number. 

 

Joanosborne75
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

I received an email saying that my sim is activated and when I put it in my

phone it asked for me to make a PIN number for the SIM card and now it is saying that the pin is wrong and it won’t let me use any of my services on my phone 

cavemantoronto
Mayor / Maire

@Joanosborne75 wrote:

I have followed all the instructions to set up my new SIM card and when I try to put in my SIM card code it tells me I am unsuccessful. I am sure I am using the right code as I wrote it down when I made it. Please help. 


Activation done or invalid sim message? Is there an error message on phone?  Which sim card code? Your phone might be locked to the old carrier.

NDesai
Oracle
Oracle

@Joanosborne75 Try using incognito/private browsing mode. If that still doesn't work, try again in an hour or so as the previous session needs to expire before retrying. 

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