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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! Failed activation request

Hi everyone, I just tried to activate my Public Mobile SIM card, and on the summary page it said the request failed and I should ask here. Well, here I am. The credit card I used got charged, but if I put the SIM in it says cellular data can't be act...

indence by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Porting my number

Hi guys, Unfortunely i have to leave public mobile. My number is deactivated so i can't port it. can some please activate my number for couple of days so i can port to chatr please. thanks

Zed_k by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Trying out Public Mobile's reception

If i sign up for a month of service with Public Mobile, is there a period of time when I can withdraw and get a refund if there is no usable signal at my home?  I have a very weak Rogers signal at the moment and I'm hoping for something better than t...

Selfy by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! New Competitor

Happened to see a sports car with a hoarding of a new mobile company in town. It's called sugar mobile. Actually was quite amused to see it the other day near my apartment. Took help from my friend Google and saw the plans of this new entrant. Appare...

neo911 by • Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Data rollover

I just joined and was wondering if the your unused data carries over as long as you are with PB?e.g  at the end of the 3 months term you have 2 gb unused does it over into the renewal?

kapinc by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! network locked sim card inserted

hi,I travelled to north africa. I bought a sim card to used with my phone, Samsung Galexy S3 mini which I bought from Public Mobile. but i receive this message "Invalid SIM card.  Network locked SIM card inserted" and asked to enter "SIM network unlo...

mm84010 by • Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! VOLTE

Why don't you guys have VoLTE? Bell has it? Rogers has it? My phone CAN have it, but the network needs to support it.

kutzki by • Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Is it worth the change?

Hey everyone, I literally just discovered Public Mobile... I'm currently on Fido, paying $80 a month for 3GB data, I've been on Wind and Koodo before but wasn't happy with the connection I was getting even in Downtown Vancouver it was very slow and k...

lukemul69 by • Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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credit card

I tried to replace my credit card and i get this . my bank tells me the problem is with PM"Unable to Process TransactionSorry, your credit card transaction was denied by your card issuer, so this purchase could not be completed. Your credit card has ...

Mutoo by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Got charged for 30-day plan but it reactivated previous 10-day plan

Hi! My account was suspended on 31st of August because I could not pay for renewal at that time. On September 1st, I tried to switch to a 30-day plan with unlimited province calling, global text and 1gb data which came up to 42$ plus taxes. My credit...

Falgadaba by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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/* URGENT */ Phone number changed randomly

Hello, I’ve been with Public Mobile since the beginning of the year. I ported my number over from TELUS and never really had an issue but today it seemed that for an unknown reason, my phone number has changed. I noticed this as I called someone and ...

Florian by • Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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incorrect plan - overcharged

Support request # 5920-6256. I changed the plan at renewal date to new $ 40.00 plan 90 days province wide calling international text 6Gb data. I got charged  120.00  - to date the change was not applied to my account however I was charged for a new p...

baboo007 by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Re: Data Usage Calculation

why did my android OS suck up a gigin three days?!! and why is there no option to talk to a service rep when calling *611? extremely frustrated. grrrr.

joannwilles by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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One Month of awesomeness

So I am at my 1 month with PM and if asked one word to describe PM: Awesome.  I live in downtown Toronto, work in Mississauga (backwards right?)... both areas greatly covered. Everything in between great for calls (hands free too while driving). I've...

Chaos_Scorpio by • Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Resolved! New Account - Cannot login

I started the new account setup process. At the last step of the process, i got an error saying my account could not be created. I did receive the verification email though and completed verification. I also received the activation details as well wh...

jabone by • Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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"this cellular number you have called is not assigned"

Hi there, I was trying to port in my rogers cell . After getting the text message "your transfer request has been completed successfully", I power off/on the phone and tired to call my cell phone, but getting "this cellular number you have called is ...

victor by • Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Using All Data

Hi All, I am wondering if you can go over your data limit and be charged for it. Say I leave my data on my phone on 24/7 and coming close to the end bill date, it reaches its limit of 6gb. Will it just stop once i reach the limit or continue going an...

JTDU by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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About Xiaomi Phones

I just wanted to discuss if anyone is using any Xiaomi device while on Public Mobile SIM card.I have no problems getting mine working on 4G LTE currently across the GTA. I only tried this on the MIUI 7 with the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro (version I got ...

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Unheardof by • Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Self serve not working

Not sure if it's an issue with the self serve our not but my plan didn't renew, I have the money for it and used my card twice today but the service says card is declined. Need to get my phone back working and even tried a different card and it says ...

jlush1975 by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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A Poem from a Tower Rigger

I'm ok mommy.I wake up , I eat , I climb 350ftThat is my work site.Some of the views we have The days pass by and by and in sightThe sky's high and colors alas signaling winter in thisbeautiful country we call Oh Canada.Falling leaves and not my body...

Beardyman by • Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Martin is a Legend!

I was looking something up in an old thread today and came across one of @Martin's old posts, noticed that PM had updated his status to "Legend". Don't know when they did this, I suspect it was a while ago and I just didn't run across it until now, b...

JaK by • Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Resolved! Blu Vivo 5

Hello! I don't have access to an IMEI for the phone I'm planning to get (Blu Vivo 5) and would like to know if it's compatable with PM. I found the phone on amazon.com and .ca. The .com one works out to be cheaper even with the exchange rate.The  Ame...

deepg82 by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Canada-Wide & US Plan Features

I am considering leaving FIDO and signing up for the Public Mobile : Canada-Wide & US plan with Global text & 4 gig data.  I have a few questions : 1) If I leave my home province for another Canadian province will the phone work or do I need an add o...

JeffG by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Can't port phone number from Telus, now Telus SIM doesn't work.

Hello, I need help, trying to port two phones from Telus and the selfserve option isn't working for either. Tried emailing support with almost a week with no reply, even though it states 48 hour response. So far I'm not impressed.So when trying to po...

kdscv by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Public Mobile Charge Money without my permission

Hi folk ,Today I have tried to make a payment , but unfortunately it said my transactions ( payment) has failed, however, after when I checked the payment history to make sure , I have seen that they charge the all transaction without my permission, ...

soykanyal by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Could not lift the suspending

Hi folkToday my account was suspended , and I have tried to buy the cheapest plan , but it didn't accomplished tho . The reason I need to lift suspending is to porch my account to Fido

soykanyal by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Autopay Malfunction

On August 25, 2016 (my autopay date), I had no service for the entire day. Later that evening, I logged into my Public Mobile account and a box at the top of the welcome page alerted me that my account had been suspended due to insufficient funds. It...

PS_PM by • Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Reactivate

How can I reactivate my account to port , thus I could keep my own number

soykanyal by • Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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