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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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Resolved! Plan Change Post Suspension

Good Morning All! Unfortunately I completely forgot about my monthly plan cycle, so of course it just got suspended. Is it possible to switch to a 10 day plan temporarily just so I can re-activate my account?  Just at least gives me some time to accu...

DragonSpecV by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! Free unlock codes for Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 edge

Hello everyone!   Samsung is giving unlock codes for free for the S7's:  Start a live chat session from Samsung's Contact Us page: http://www.samsung.com/ca/info/contactus.html?CID=AFL-hq-mul-0813-11000170Inform the rep that you would like to unlock ...

imm1304 by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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Focus Groups

Good morning, A few weeks ago, I participated in a focus meeting with the moderators; I was asked to author a post about that process\expereince - my apologies to them for the delay, there were some issues with my community account.  Having a "face-t...

clintonkr by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! Acer phones

I'm looking into getting an Acer liquid z530 from staples but can't find any info about if it can be used? It has 4g, the liquid z320 doesn't have 4gto though so guessing it won't work?

emilyge0rgia by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! unlised #

My # was unlisted and private with my last carrier.  Can I request that it be unlisted with Public Mobile?

Kozak by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Did you hear this? Bell buying MTS?? Shocking

Did you hear that Bell is Buying MTS? This is seriously bad.  What will happen if others started to buy out other provincial carriers in prairies or videotron? We maybe stuck with only 3 Carriers, and fees may never be put into check. I hope eventual...

makkahn28 by Mayor / Maire
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unable to set up new account.

11:15amI have been with PM for a few years now and I am trying to set up a new account for my wife and it's not working. After I enter the info needed to port her old number I keep getting "Sorry, we are unable to process this request. Please visit o...

rogercrash11 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Re: Alternate Phone Number Regex Help

hi , could you please help me get this sorted out as well ? trying to activate a sim card and i am getting the same error while mentioning my old number . you can reach me @savioceg 

savioceg by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Cheap watch phone

Got my son a PM sim, but at the age of 11, apparently he doesnt want to carry a phone around... Fair enough... Anyone know if any of these watches will work from Amazon.com, or .ca?http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_36_1?rnid=386442011&keywo...

po by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! Acer Z410 MMS Picture Fix in APN settings

Just figured this out, so i thought i would share if you are having trouble. These are the APN settings I have seen most often for setting up data on PM: Name: Public MobileAPN: sp.mb.com Proxy: Leave blank Port: Leave blank Username: Leave blank Pas...

jsfx3 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! Re: How do I contact Public Mobile?

I have received a sim card.  But when I go to activate the sim card and it is time to make payment the VISA debit card is unable to be processed.  But the bank tells me there has been no attempted transactions.  Now what? Judi654

Judi654 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Thank you Public Mobile!

I have just signed up for Public Mobile and I can say I am the happiest new customer ever.It took me literally 5 minutes to activate the SIM and transfer my phone number. The service worked right away. Now I can start saving.  

ute1978 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Keeping my phone number

I will be leaving Canada for around 3 to 4 months, and I will not be choosing any phone plans. What can I do in order to keep my phone number?

reynold334 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Doogee 5x Pro wont Register on Public Mobile Network

Have a Valid Sim and old phone Doogee 2014 turbo works with Sim card inserted my new phone Doogee 5X pro Sees sim & phone number in network operator sees public mobile 4G (old phone sees public mobile 3G ) When trying to register phone on the network...

Hotpoint by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! CCTS @ ccts-cprst.ca text message

I just got the following text... Public Mobile here. Visit our Community for issues with your service. If we can't solve your issue you can also contact the CCTS @ ccts-cprst.ca or 1-888-221-1687  Is there an issue with Public Mobile or was this more...

spoolinx86 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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International Text vs Canada-Wide

Hello, In my plan i have Unlimited international text.Why the messages don't receice outside of Canada? The note means that i pay for international but doesn't work?"Includes text and picture messaging. Premium and subscription-based messages, and me...

Resolved! Refer a friend problems

I just now ran into the same problem someone else did recently. Someone signed up, put my number as a referral and I get a message saying:Public Mobile here. So sorry, your Refer a Friend reward will be less on your next payment as one of your friend...

IWIK by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Signature Option On Forum For Non Mobile Users?

Before somebody asks me to put this in Public Lab, not too many of those ideas get either noticed or dealt with as well as they should so I'm putting it here because his can't be that hard of a thing to implement. Is it possible to enable a signature...

kutzki by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Resolved! Just To Be Clear

So I've been using PM for a while and I'm still on a monthly plan. Anyways I've decided to take the leap and upgrade to a 3 month plan as well as having Data. I'm just curious, the My Account page says that my payment due on the 22nd is $28 and when ...

kutzki by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Additional Rewards question with credit cards

Hi i was wondering I'm with tangerine, and i know a lot of users have a credit card registered to prepaid their bills. Could public mobile put themselves as a registered billing payment occurence with this credit card companies so i could recieve a l...

marcmasters by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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No Taxes on PLans

I was wondering if plans will be offerred that are currently lower than now with Taxes paid on the service.  It seems the low tax areas like Alberta are subsidizing provinces with much higher PST or HSTs.  on a $40 bill a PST of 7% adds $2.80 to the ...

csayers by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! SOLVED: Cant access self serve.

@Mary_M helped me get the phone up and running yesterday, there was a technical issue with the port from telus, so it took a little longer than expected. This morning phone is up and running calling and texting. Im just having issues trying to get in...

EvilPeanut by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! How long does it take to port a number?

Hello all, I am wanting to sign up for PM service... just curious though, how long does it take to port a number? Would it be a good idea to start this process at a time when I am not expecting an important call....i.e., does it take a long time? Tha...

Goku by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Data usage tracking app

Hi, does Public Mobile have a data usage tracking app or can someone recommend a good data usage tracking app? I am on a 90 day plan but the built in app on my phone only allows 30 day tracking. It would be nice to be able to track my data usage with...

danette77 by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Call forward to US numbers.

Hi @Mary_M,I wish to clarify matters with you.I have unlimited Canada-wide calling, but I can't forward to U.S numbers. With your tool, can you forward, for example, my incoming calls to American numbers?I look forward to your reply.

Martin by Legend
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Resolved! Dropped calls (Ottawa)

Hi, I've been with PM for about 5 months now without any issues except today.  I've been experiencing dropped calls all day.   Some calls last 15 mins, but others are dropped after 2-3 mins.  I'm in Ottawa and I've tried called different people, in O...

ammdas by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! I keep recieving the same txt msg from PM

Hi, I just completed the activation and everything works fine exept one thing... I keep on receiving the same text message about sorry... not offering text messaging outside Canada for the moment. got 4 of these messages in the last 2 hours and I am ...

phleva by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! setting up voice mail message

hello all, i would like to know how do we set up a voice mail? It does give me an option to record the voice mail, but i do not want a recorded voicemail.  I want it to say "you have reached the voice mail number (647-999-9999)" as an example. How do...

Saddal82 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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