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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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Data Roaming / Data Top Up Mixup!!

Hi there, I purchased a US roaming package before leaving Canada - 1gb initially. The other day (still in the US), I ran out of data so naturally, I went to purchase 1gb again to top up. Today I noticed my data roaming still wasn't working so I went ...

jake994 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! PM carrier name in iPhoneX lock screen

Recently joined PM from Fido, noticed a better ping and sometimes faster website load at some indoor locations (with 3G plan). I also noticed that the carrier name is kinda cut out in the lock screen. Is there anyway to avoid this? 

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earthonmars by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Data only sim. Is it really that simple?

Completely new to Public Mobile. Can I just walk into Wal Mart buy a $10 sim, go online, and pick a custom 30 day data only plan? Will I be committed to any extra fees or contracts? Can I just cancell this whole thing at day 28? Hoping to use this fo...

TheDataMan by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Walmart Rep Refusing to Sell SIM without Activation

Store: WalmartLocation: Islington & Rexdale (Etobicoke)Rep Name: Dhruv To take advantage of the $25 credit, self-activation promotion currently, I went to Walmart to buy a SIM only.  The associate named Dhruv refused to sell me the SIM alone, even th...

ranmercer by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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International Text

Some of the plans list " UNLIMITED International Text  and Picture Messaging", and I was just wondering if thats only from Canada, or if it also works whilst I am in another country sending texts back to Canada. Say if I'm in South America and want t...

VeganTrex by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Autopay won't work, account login reset email not sending

Hey @CS_Agent. I'm trying to reset my Public Mobile Self-Serve account password at the moment so that I can update my Auto-Pay information – the credit card Public Mobile knows about is no longer active. But the account reset email isn't sending!This...

celesteh by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Auto Pay Not Working??

My problem is regarding Auto-Pay; it is set to automatically renew on July 25th but it refuses to.  I tried to do a manual top-up; by replacing the payment info with several different visa cards. But I get this error message: "Unable to process this ...

Autumnloon by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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payment

Greetings,My credit card had expired and now has been renewed. I changed the expiry date but the transaction is not going through. Any suggestions?  

arnnee1112 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! US add on

 Can I receive incoming Canadian calls if I am in America ( I’m on Unlimited Canada Call) Or do I  have to purchase US add on 

joesugarman27 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Service termination

I will be outside of Canada for at least 6 months so I wanna terminate my service, however, my Autopay just went through today and I want these fund to be refunded since I won’t need my service at the moment. Can you please help me get this resolved....

rafaaasbali by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Can you add Data add-on on the basic $10 plan? and if "Yes" at what speed?

Hi, We're thingking of switching two of our "Speakout" (by Rogers) pre-paid lines (only for emergencies) to Public Mobile's $10.00 basic plan and would like to be 100% sure that we can add 1GB data @ $30.00 to the basic $10.00 plan. We also like to k...

B_Muller by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Account Suspended Notices - WRONG

Public Mobile really needs to get their act together. My account had been set to Autopay with a valid CC since I signed up. I also manually pre-paid the next months service [July 27th>].Yet this morning  I still see - in bright orange - that my servi...

jdesaumarez by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Really, Telus?!

I know this is a Public Mobile specific forum, but since Telus owns Public Mobile, I hope we never see any nonsense like this in the future: https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/07/26/telus-enrolling-prepaid-pay-per-use-subscribers-into-3-month-plan-on-augus...

Resolved! Reception Fluctuation

Hello! I just recently joined PM, and so far things are going well. But one thing that I noticed was that my cellphone reception fluctuates quite a bit, it's never really stable no matter where I am. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced thi...

dtran3 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Porting Number From Telus - Neither Sim Works now

Just bought a SIM card and activated and ported number during activaiton. Now both my PM SIM And Telus SIM have "No Service" when entered in the Iphone.I really do not wish to loose my phone number what has happened?

KTS by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Sim Card is broken, just bought from Wal-Mart

Hi,  I just purchased a sim card from wal-mart and ported my phone number from Koodo.  I went through the forums and some of the trouble shooting and concluded that the sim card is defective. I tried it on my boyfriends phone and it does not detect i...

dimsum by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! No Sim Error

Hello, I have been with Public mobile for a couple of days now and all of a sudden, I am getting an error that my phone cannot detect the SIM card. Is there any fix for this? I have an iphone SE. 

henrymk by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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How add a credit card for auto pay ?

Hello , I added a credit card number for autopay now I want to delete that credit card Num and add a new one but I cannot remove the first credit card number. At first, it appears as if it was removed, but when I want to add the new number, the old o...

Farjy by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Can't sign up for Self Serve

Hi there, I have created a public mobile account and cannot set up my self serve. Neither my email address or public mobile phone number register as valid. I have a working public mobile phone number. Please contact me @ xxx@hotmail.com to help me re...

vishnu1308 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Data runs out.

My data has 95% used. My plan is still a week before expiring. Can I buy new monthly plan or do I need to buy add on?

gamblewithandy by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Cant register

Whenever I try to activate my sim, it says that I have not added enough information or something is wrong. I have double checked and tried multiple cards and is still not letting activate my sim.

amatulrauf44 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Some retailers are refusing to sell unactivated SIM cards

@CS_Agent I have heard from some of my referrals that some stores (ie. Walmart and WOW Mobile kiosks) are choosing not to sell SIM cards when the customer does not activate it at the store.  What happens then is the referral bonus is lost. Are retail...

hocuspocus by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Difficulty in changing plan 902-300-7479

I have asked twice and clicked on plan change to add unlimited text with unlimited provincial talk  paid up twice to top up the balance, nothing has happened.It is very difficult if you cannot communicate with a person directly.

merchantabdul by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Activated at home - London Drugs credit

Just activated my account with Public. Bought a SIM at London Drugs so from what I see, I need to get someone to give me the 20$ credit. I have a picture of my reciept. Could someone please help me? Thanks. @CS_Agent

MPL2004 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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