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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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What defines a data session?

Hi, I'm thinking of switching to PM, but one thing I'd like to understand is how PM defines a data session.  According to the fine print, data sessions are rounded to 10 Kbytes.  If one data session is active as long as your phone is connected to the...

frankybabyd by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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One Plus Two

Does anyone know whether the One Plus Two from Oppmart wil work with PM network?

Banujan by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Email settings

Im Trying to set up my bell email on my android phone-- a sony experia lt5a I think. I have the outgoing pop setting but bell tells me I need the incoming mail server settings from PM. Anybody know what they are --- pop server and port?? Anything els...

Scoop by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Moto X Pure Edition

I was planning to buy this phone and it's sold in the US, but i don't kno if this will work on the public mobile network, will it? If someone can help me with this, i will really appreciate it

Eashvar99 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Get any Roger or Fido iphone unlocked for $13 to work on PM

I am new and was with fido until a few days ago. Anyways called fido and asked them to unlock my iPhone 5s and was told it would take upto 2 days and $50 so I found the following service on redflag deals it cost $13 canadian go to http://protect part...

911sc by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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I'm about to buy a nokia lumia 930, but the IMEI isnt working....

Hi, the IMEI is 3*******************2  doesn't seem to find the phone. Tho the seller told me it's a verizon phone from the USA, but he's been using it in montreal for the past year, over Fido, Rogers and Bell network.... The IMEI doesnt trigger a "l...

elderzerz by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! SIM unlock code?

Hi all,I've been on PM for several weeks and all is working good on my Note 3, but I have put my SIM into my unlocked Samsung Galaxy 3 and I'm getting a message upon start up.It's asking for a SIM unlock code. What's that about / how do I resolve thi...

ThatSeaOtter by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Voucher payment

Hello,My credit card did not work to activate my sim. So I went to money mart insta cheque to buy a payment viucherviucher, it is listed on the pm site, they told they don't sell pm voucher. Then I went to esso gas station and they have it, but not a...

Chadihamdan by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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How reliable is the Public Mobile network?

This carrier seems pretty new and I am getting reports of the network being a copy of Telus'. Is there any official webpage or document that says so? If not how are people arriving at that conclusion?

bluetide76 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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"Risk Free" Activation - costs $25

En français ci-dessous UPDATED Oct/19   >>> Suggest you read this post to too.  <<< !!!!DO NOT PORT-IN YOUR CURRENT PHONE NUMBER DURING ACTIVATION!!!!! This is the 8th version of the original post to reflect PM's excellent track record resolving any ...

Luddite by Oracle
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Frustrating activation experience

Hello, I received my SIM card on September 8th. Only today, after a great deal of problems, my phone number was successfully ported to PM. It took 10 days from my first activation attempt until my line ported successfully. In the process, my ported n...

equintana by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Does Public Mobile (Telus) use Mike towers for service?

Hello, I understand that Telus owns these towers and I am curious if they are being used to offer service (800MHz LTE)?I'm aware that it will use Bell towers when no Telus towers are present.Neat site to look at towers in your area. http://www.ertyu....

LuckyStar by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Don't get pressured to pay your old provider!

Hey all, After switching from Bell to Public Mobile last week I experienced some annoying yet kind of expected behaviour from Bell's service reps. First let me start by saying I did know that my plan would automatically cancel after porting my number...

Powoo by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Android Lollipop Upgrade Re: Stagefright (MMS) Vulnerabilities

Hello,If you were waiting to patch your Android device against the Stagefright vulnerabilities, the upgrade is now available. It's less than 35 MB in size. I just downloaded it, without any problems.If you want to see if it's available to you, go to ...

Martin by Legend
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Resolved! Whos towers?

Hey there PM Community, Just curious as to whos cell towers PM uses? I searched for Canada's largest 4G LTE network and got Bell but I saw another post saying that Telus is PM's parent company? I've also read that Bell and Telus do some tower sharing...

pylon by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Whack a Mole Activation

Given no news to the contrary I am reposting my suggestion to minimize pain for folks wanting to join PM during this spate of activation and porting issues: - when activating and creating your account use an email address that is different from your ...

Luddite by Oracle
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temporary service suspension

I want to suspend the service for 3 months.I have already disabled the automatic payment service.I will turn on the automatic payment before the 90 days from now on. I am wondering if there is a way to inform Public Mobile about this suspension deman...

altrago by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, 'no service' after activating SIM

I've get SIM and activated SIM with purchase 90days plus Data. My phone's, "Xiaomi Redmi Note 2", notification says "no service" on PM SIM.I refer to this sitehttp://community.publicmobile.ca/t5/Phones-Hardware/What-causes-my-phone-to-not-receive-a-s...

kitwithbell by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! HELP! Can't receive call on new ported activation !

Hi I don't know if anyone can help me, I just signed with a ported number from bell. I can make calls,send text and data is working but I can not receive calls, it keep going to voicemail. Please how do I solve this issue?

LG G3

Hello Koodo is seling the LG G3 with Koodo. I have an old phone that i got from PM before January 2015. I have SIM for that. IT's one of those HUWEAI ascend phones ... those crappy ones. My plan was to have the phone with Koodo for 4 months, and afte...

BanJan by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Is public mobile an experiment by the parent company Telus?

So I been thinking, is public mobile really an experiment by their parent company Telus to see how much money they could save and what customers will tolerate by cutting all customer service and store services? Anyone that has emailed customer servic...

Resolved! Coverage outside home province

Hello folks, Sorry for my ignorance. But, I am coming from Wind and things are different there.As Wind is only available in 5 cities, as soon as we get out of the city we have to pay roaming charges. 1. If I am on provincial unlimited plan along with...

vaibhav by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Voicemail Limit

Hi Team, Just wondering as it is not listed, how big is our voicemail? Like how many messages can be stored before it reaches full? Cheers!

deltatux by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Resolved! Mobile Data Not Working .. APN seems to look right

Hi Team, Finally got my Public Mobile SIM card and activated successfully. Only issue is that while call & text works, data doesn't seem to. Thought it was an APN issue but I checked and it looks fine.   May you guys please assist? Many thanks! Cheer...

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deltatux by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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It says my Sim card is invalid?!

Sept/11/2015 Last night I tried activating my sim card but kept on getting credit card processing failures. It said that my credit card company had was not allowing the transaction. Needless to say i thought i may have typed my info incorectly and at...

ChrisFern by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! the number you have entered is invalid

Hi, I am trying to sign up with Public Mobile but whenever I try and transfer my number I get the number is invalid statement. I switched to Koodo 15 days ago so I still have 15 days left on my pre-paid service with them, why would I be having this p...

DarkKnight by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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