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Pack Your Bags – Public Mobile’s Trip to Mexico Contest is Here

Hello Community, We’re thrilled to announce an exciting contest to celebrate our new CAN/US/MEX plans. Get ready to spice up your travel plans because we’re sending a lucky winner on a trip for two to Mexico. Who’s Eligible?  New customers who purcha...

Ck_PM by Public Mobile
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[NEW] Important Update Regarding Recent Account Notifications

Hello Community, Due to a recent system issue, you may have received an email and/or text message incorrectly stating that your account is in suspended status. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. To validate your account status, plea...

Ck_PM by Public Mobile
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Important Update: eSIM QR Code Now Included in Activation Summary Emails

Hi Community, We're happy to share some news that aims to make your eSIM installation process smoother and easier. As of June 15, we've started including an eSIM QR code in our activation summary emails. Why does this matter? If you encounter any dif...

Ck_PM by Public Mobile
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Troubleshooting Login Issues: OTP, 2FA, EverSafe

Hey Community, We are working very hard to resolve errors some of you are facing when logging in or creating a new ID. For Eversafe ID specific issues, our agents are currently unable to support a fix. Please hang tight until we provide an update.  I...

A_CX_PM by Public Mobile
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Public Mobile vs Telus

Just switched over to Public Mobile from Telus due to high plan costs. I am surprised how quick and easy it was. Porting my previous number took less than 10 minutes, followed the start guide shown here and I was good to go. If anyone is debating on ...

Recovery by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Cant make calls

My plan has 100 mins talks, but i can't make calls since yesterday. My usage history doesnt show the talk usage but show only data and text usage.

RunaSugiura by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! changed phones, having problems

So today I upgraded from a LG Nexus 4 to a Motorola Nexus 6. I used the same SIM card and never needed to modify it at all. The new phone shows Public Mobile up on top of the screen. The data works, the wi-fi works, I can make calls, but I cannot rec...

wolfepack by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! SIM card at YVR

My friend is arriving at YVR and she would like to buy a SIM card there. Is there a store that sells Public Mobile SIM at the YVR? 

freely by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Referral

Hi,I got a text message from PM said that you will need a special code for referral starting from next week.  So if my friend needs to do it(buy the sim card and join PM asap since she doesn't have a phone number now) this week can we still use the p...

mgch989 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Sorry, we’re unable to verify your email address.

When I go the this url and input my phone number (yes, it is valid), I get this error message: URL: https://selfserve.publicmobile.ca/self-registration/Error: "The phone number entered is invalid or you may have created your profile already. If you'v...

abelhabel by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! No add-on available

I cannot change my add-on, I would like to add an us data add-on and there is no option to add.This is frustating. 

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tijonx by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Sim card locked from Public Mobile

I bought a phone for my wife and set her up on the Public Mobile network almost 5 or 6 months ago. The phone worked fine on the network and she's had no problems until today. Her phone says "Sim card locked" and she cannot use the phone to call or te...

Gibson by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Cannot get data working on Moto G

HiI've been with PM for a while and although my plan includes data I have never been able to get it working on my phone.I've looked at all the posts, tried to manually input the APN settings, but the one thing I'm stumped on, is:when I go to Settings...

cmd73 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Cancelling SIM card order

I ordered SIM card one week ago and it hasn't arrived yet. I wasn't able to wait any longer and bought another mobility plan. Please help me with cancelling my order.

zmuscati by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! $10 50 minute plan

I have a $10 50 minute plan. a) how do I know if the minutes are up... I can see history but there is no download so I can add up the lines. b) I read that you can early-renew the plan to get a fresh 50 mins... I just put anohter $10 on the account. ...

eneusta1 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Talk and text US roaming

Hi,I just added 10 day Talk & text for $15 on my plan today (no data)Do I need to activate anything on my phone itself/ or change any settings?or do I just use it as normal? Thank youSorry to duplicate a pos but most other posts were asking about dat...

cmd73 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! RBC Promo

Hi, I signed up yesterday and didn't realize there was a promo for RBC card holders to get $10 off your bill + some extra data so I didn't put in the promo code. Is there any way I can add it now?

mcw270 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Bell Sim still active, does this get cancelled automatically?

Hi there, we set up our account two days ago, however, the Bell SIM is still active and I'm not getting my texts on my public mobile account, they are going to the Bell account. Is the Bell account automatically deactivated by Public or what is the p...

morgancaseley by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Invalid SIM message

Hi all, I have been trying to activate my SIM card since last night and it doest work. At first i got a generic error a couple times, then my credit card got charged and now it says invalid SIM. no service on phone says SIM not supported. please help...

demog111 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! mobile data won't work

Help needed! I cannot access my mobile date. I have a Sky Devices Pro Selfie and it is not on the list of phones. It is not 4G compatible and I can't seem to be able to switch it to 3G. I am also unable to add or change APN settings.

cndlinda by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! voic mail change

good morningHow can I change the message when I can not answer a call to leave a voice message from the callerThank you.

lsafadiamer by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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sim wont activate

successfully activated sim and transfered phone number from telus... waited 3 hrs and phone still has no service??

self serve account sign up - glitch

I am trying to sign up for a self serve account. i enter the phone number and it is supposed to send a 6 digit text to the phone. it doesn't come. does anyone know why this is happening?

tcrysler by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! voice call quality is not good

Background: I live in Toronto. the location is close HWY 404/Steels. Yesterday switch from freedom mobile.  my phone is LG G5. I test the network, the speed is ok. day time is 3M up/1.5M down; night time is 40M down/3M up.I receive some calls. two ca...

Iris01 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Major problem

I recently topped up my phone. And put my minutes into my phone yet it says i have not  

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LHarper by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Unlocking phone

I had my cell phone stolen. I now have a loaner phone as a temporary solution. Trouble is I bought a new sim card, but can't seem to use it with this phone. I believe the phone is locked to a carrier but no clue which. Can someone help me out?

MikePysh by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Easyfone Prime-A1 phone not compatible with Public Mobile??

I purchased an Easyfone Prime-A1 flipphone for my parent, and a PublicMobile SIM thinking it would work. We've activated the SIM, but it is not recognised when we load it in the phone. I now see Easyfone isn't even mentioned as a brand for phones tha...

CJay by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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iPhone 6 getting no service

Have not been getting a network signal.Says searching on where signal bars are, but the SIM card works fine on my iPhone5.Frustrated and looking for suggestions.Thank you in advance for checking in.

Studiogeorge by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Re: Only have 500mb of data when I should have 500+500mb

I have the 8gb plan +500mb but I'm capped at 8gig, how come? And I have autopay enabled.  It's been enabled for months I just never reached my max data before.  Have I always been capped at 8gig and just didn't know it? 

mexxem by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Activation doesn't work

I'm try to register new SIM and add Voucher PIN at the end of registration, every time I press "activate" button, I get error message: Please try again. Make sure the top-up vouchers you are entering are valid and that the total value covers the tota...

krion by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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