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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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How to check if friend referral was worked?

Hello all,apologies if this is not the correct place to post this question or if this has been posted before.I have just come back from WOWMobile and switched my phone over to Public Mobile, taking advantage of the Flash Deal this weekend.I do have a...

MrScarface by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Error when checking eligibility for porting number.

Hello, I just signed up in store with the plan to switch from Koodo to Public Mobile. I was advised I needed to sign up with a new number and when I got home I would be able to port over my original number. When I login and go to change number and ch...

Magma by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Voice mail - how many rings before going to voice mail?

I'm trying to find out as much as I can about PM before switching. I searched and found out that the voice mail feature can not be disabled, however one can use the Holidays mode(or option 6) so that callers can not leave a voice message! Is there op...

B_Muller by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Store activation - what are the MUST have (NOT changeable) info needed?

Since PM is a prepaid service, other than paying for the first month of service/plan, does one really need to provide any info other than selecting a phone number? Also are all the info provided changeable later in the "self serve" account management...

B_Muller by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Re: Activation failed

I just tried to activate my SIM.  Looks like it went through online but when I turned my phone on with the PM SIM card in it, its not working.  I am porting my number over from another provider.What do I do now???

bvizzy by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Changing My Plan

Hi, I have just tried to change my plan from $52 to $30, but it asked me to pay first as soon as i paid it deducted $52 for 30 days. I dont need it for another 30 days. Please someone help me to convert to $30 package and my remainder money be back t...

rizwan149 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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lost data?

i was msg'd that my data was 75% used and 2 minutes later I was meg'd telling me I was 95% used.  This has happened before, what gives, who can I call to correct this?

D2le by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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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 @ [email protected] to help me re...

vishnu1308 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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