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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...

[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...

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...

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...

Resolved! Snowbird Plan

Does anyone know if a 2-4 month Snowbird Plan is being considered? Is there some reason such a plan is not available? We need a Public Mobile plan similiar to Roam Mobility so we don't have to keep track of more than one service provider. Thanks.

New Member

I just registered my SIM card and put it in phone, but my phone says activation required. Help?

$10 plans

Hi there, Do the 50 outgoing messages included in the 10$ plan include local outgoing text messages or it is just international texts?

Credit card issues

I had my credit card on autopay, but my last payment didn't go through. I tried to re-register the credit card but it says it will not work. My credit card works fine otherwise. What should i do?

Does the money i add in my account can expire

If i add Money to my account will it expire after a number of day or will it stay in the account for unlimited day or until i pay my bill

Samsung flip phone

Hi, I'm trying to set up a phone for my mom. She can't handle smartphone and use the basic samsung SGH-C414Y flip phone. For some reason it is unable to connect to public mobile. I know the phone is unlocked. Any suggestion will be much appreciated.

Resolved! Reactivate SIM card

I switched my existing phone number to Public Mobile yesterday. Everything works except people cannot contact me, it says "call cannot be completed as dialed". Today I get a text message from Public Mobile saying: "We're experiencing difficulties pro...

How to change plan

Hi community,I bought public mobile sim yesterday from Walmart. I specifically asked rep to give me lowest available plan because I am not going to use SIM card for next 3 weeks as I will be out of country. But he sign me up for $40 plan and told me ...

Resolved! Calls dropping in US on roaming plan

Hi there,it's been almost 10 days since I emailed the MOD's about my troubles with the US roaming add on and still, no response yet.Long story short, after purchasing my US roaming add on - 11 days ago (calls + text + data), I had only data and calls...

Resolved! PIN of account

Hey all, I forgot the PIN (4 digit) of my account. Do I just DM moderators to retrieve it? Or any other options? Thanks.

Resolved! US Roaming Unlimited Talk & Text + Data?

Hi All, Heading to the US again for 5-6 days. Since my bf and I will be separated during the day for the first couple days of the travel, and he's given my phone number as an emergency contact (he's off training for work) I'm looking to add the US ro...

Resolved! Travelers to Europ beware

Just returned from my trip to Europe. Being there I've used Vodafone sim card for local service.Vodafone pushed on my phone their version of apn-config.xml, so I do not need to edit APN settings manualy to have data service. On my return to Canada I ...

Resolved! referral account deactived

one of my referrals' account got deactived because of changevof credit card. That account is now activated but i still lost that person as one of my referrals. How can i get that back asthat account is now activated? Thanks!

Resolved! Desperately need Help on cancel a line!

I don't have the sim card, I can't remember the phone number, it was used a very long time ago. No service on this line is being used for the last 2 years, I want to cancel the line.I forgot the password for my account, my registered email address is...

Resolved! Problems changing plans

I am in the process of changing plans but my account is suspended and i can't get my account to re-activate on a one-month contract only for the purpose of transferring to Koodo. I keep ending up on the payment screen rather and it won't let me re-ac...

Account disabled sim not valid

Pls help. Account was disabled cause was out of the country for several months. Trying to reactivate sim by registering new account but says sim # not valid @CS_Agent

Resolved! Unable to Create Self Service Account

Hello @CS_Agent,I signed up for public mobile yesterday and ported my number over. Whenever I try to create my self service account it tells me that the number is invalid or I've already created an account. I haven't already created my account but ...

Resolved! Debit Card Fraud - missed a payment

Good Morning, I had debit card fraud this summer (BMO) and was issued a temporary debit card which is my autopay for PM. This week I received my permanent replacement and activated it yesterday. I didn't remember it was the card for PM autopay. So I ...

Resolved! Whats the point of 90 day plan if 30 day plan is the same price?

I would expect 90 day plan to be cheaper because you pay upfront for longer time but so far it seems that the price is the same for 30 day plan equivalent 90 day plan divided by 3. Could someone please explain?

Resolved! Kudos to the Walmart Richmond, BC staff

Just want to share really great CUSTOMER SERVICE from the staff in the Entertainment section at Walmart, Richmond. After speaking with my brother, who is a current Public Mobile User for the past year, I decided to change my service from Rogers (15+y...

Resolved! Change Username

Anyone know how I can change my username? Thanks

No data and can no longer set APN

Switched my wife from Koodo to Public Mobile. Waited 7 full days for the port to go through. Her phone runs Android 8.1. Now on the 8th day since changing carriers we finally have some services. But no data. I paid for LTE service. In fact, since put...

Switching to Koodo from PM - Beware

I recently received an off from Koodo to switch my $40 4.5G Public Mobile plan to a $40 - 8GB plan, plus $180 in bill credits. Given that I would get twice the data and essentially a new phone, I thought, why not. Both are technically Telus, and I've...

Inactive phone for 4 months, trying to add service plan and no luck

I haven’t used my phone since May which was the last time I was visiting Canada. I just turned it back on to add a service plan because I will be back in Canada for a month and I’m getting error messages saying my SIM card is invalid and it’s also no...

Resolved! My friend wants to sign up but doesn't have credit card. Can he use mine?

My friend wants to sign up, and use auto pay, I will let him my credit card to sign up. Can multiple accounts use the same credit card? I trust him and give him permission. I am liable for loss. Is this ok? Or if he can't use it for different names, ...

New User Today: Text (SMS) messages not working

Phone: Samsung J120WI received my SIM card today and began installation and I immediately received a txt message saying P.M. was having a problem "processing your request to move".I updated my APN settings as per P.MI can dial out. WiFi is working fi...

Resolved! No more data after a few days as new customer

Hello,I am a new customer.After a few days of use, I am now shut off from the data service.Could you please explain?Many thanks.Martin

Trouble with Port In (From Freedom

Hello, I am trying to port-in a few lines that my family has with Freedom. I first tried to get my mother's number in. Everything looked good (I provided the account name, number, pin, and phone number) on the registration page. Low and behold.... ...

Resolved! Data not working on 3 different devices.

I bought a SIM card for my iPad 5th generation with 250 MB data only for 20 CAD per month. It is neither working on the iPad nor on an iPhone 4 nor on Samsung galaxy S3. Please advice.

SMS from Instagram

I ported my landline to Public Mobile last week. Everything works fine except I can't get the SMS verification from Instagram. It has worked on other sites like Facebook and Google. I found an older thread here that says Twitter SMS verification won'...