Welcome to the Community

Find answers, ask questions, and share ideas

cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Supporting Thousands of Community Users

3,887 Online

Recent discussions

Cannot Create Wifi Hotspot with my phone

The support articles on the Public website have been of no help. Also the options that are in the community are not available on my phone (greyed out) for changing the APN. I'm on an Apple SE original so older but still functioning well for everythin...

Gnush32 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 3 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 Bravos

i phone 8 to i phone 13

I only have i phone 8 to start with PM plan for now, but I am thinking to buy i phone 13 soon.how I should prepare SIM card ? one SIM cargo can cover both ?

Abeille_2024 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 3 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 Bravos

i think my payment is overchargged

hi I usually paid about 18 $ plus Tax  because there are some rewards but from May bill does not applied .---------------------------------------------- this is Previous bill -------------13:27 PMReward - Refer-a-Friend ($1 per active friend)$1.00Ava...

Ray_Cho by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 2 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Unable to manage account

Hi,I've gone through setting up an account, and have activated my plan & have an eSIM setup and my number successfully ported in. There were some issues with SMS that was resolved a day after activation.My current issue is that I'm not able to manage...

nquint_0-1715703914608.png
nquint by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 7 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Call Forwarding Lost

Hi,I set my phone to call forward on my iPhone. It worked for a few days but then the setting would be lost and call forwarding would stop. I enable it again but then it would again cancel itself on its own.Please advise. 

Ranahan by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 53 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Are referrals and % of payment the only rewards?

I questioned CS for confirmation, regarding the substantial drop of my monthly reward points. Was advised that from now on I would only get in points the 5% of my payment and one point for each referral and in addition up to $10 once a year on my pla...

eyes by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
  • 47 Views
  • 6 replies
  • 0 Bravos

subscription for old $15 plan

my subscription for old $15 Plan was $10.17. Two days ago I was billed $16.95. I was not notified for the increase or is it just an error?

Taleb by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 51 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 1 Bravos

No 5G on iPhone XR

Recently changed from Bell to Public but I’ve noticed my phone has no option to connect to a 5G network. My plan is a 5G plan but I only have 3G and LTE as options for my connection despite being in a 5G service area. I’ve tried everything the chat b...

MatthewE by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 32 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Resolved! Subscription not Activated Step 6

Had an issue transferring my moms phone number to Public mobile, getting the above error code, can sign out of contact for support, which leads to no where, with the account created, how can I go back from step 6 to 1? Spent an hour on the phone with...

Bob1802 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 89 Views
  • 6 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Resolved! Do I owe any payment? "Account" not accessible after login

I joined Public Mobile for briefly a week or 2 by porting my numbers from another carrier to public mobile.A week later, my former carrier contacted me and wanted me back with incentives.I left by porting out my number from public mobile to my former...

Ben852 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 55 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 Bravos

New Subscription - Services on Hold

My wife purchased a new subscription yesterday. We've had endless problems with the transfer. She still has no service. Telus was great trying to troubleshoot from their end. Confirmed number porting was successful. We were able log in using a web br...

Sully1 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 40 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Resolved! Re: Sms not working on ported number

Yes, after porting over to Public Mobile, my SMS didn't work. I was using Google Messages and I switched back to the default and it still didn't work.I sent a support ticket and they fixed it pretty quickly. I just had to reset my mobile network sett...

corsair by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 99 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 1 Bravos

No text messages

Hi I am now on day 10 of waiting for a response from PM to my tickets sent on May 4 and a few more since then concerning the known issue of no text messages after porting to PM. In the mean time I have become aware of a number of important text messa...

BBark by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
  • 98 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Accidentally Buy A Plan

Hi I’m currently with another carrier so I want to finish this month first then move to PM, but I’m already purchased the plan, will it be there after a month or if I don’t use it, they will cancel it? I haven’t activated yet. 

giangma by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 89 Views
  • 7 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Locked out of account

My son's phone was stolen. I was trying to login to his public mobile account and got locked out. It's been 24 hours and still cannot get access to his account. Is there a moderator that can unlock his account? I was able to change the password but s...

Len333 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 50 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Not receiving some incoming calls or voicemails

I have discovered that my phone is not receiving some incoming calls or voicemails. Some calls and voicemails get through just fine. But someone said they tried to call me for a month but my voicemail was full - however my voicemail was completely em...

ErinCedar by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 55 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 Bravos

I Can`t login to my account

I have subscribed to 5G Canada US plan. I was able to create an account and I was able to login at the first time. The esim was installed successfully and my phone number was ported from Koodo successfully. I'm able to use Data using public mobile es...

OMW by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 56 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 Bravos

CANT SEND TEXT/MMS BETWEEN IPHONE/ANDROID? THIS IS THE FIX!!

Dear fellow public mobile users Iowa stuck for weeks on end not being able to text or MMS between my phone which is an Android armor 21 series ulefone And any other device that was in iPhone. I tried all the fixes on here over and over and after nigh...

Screenshot_20240514-000703.png Screenshot_20240514-000633.png Screenshot_20240514-000639.png
Sherdizzle88 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 85 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 2 Bravos

Give back points

On April 11th, I received 2 give back points for my participation in the community for the previous billing cycle. For the new cycle I have participated even more in the community but I didn't receive any give back points. Does anyone know if we get ...

Neil11 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
  • 71 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Unable to send or receive texts

Hello,I recently switched from Roger’s to Public Mobile around 4 days back and I am unable to send or receive messages. I’ve tried restarting my phone and turning the airplane mode on/off. How do I go about this?

Dillon2 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 72 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Account, locked

My account was locked. I do not have access to it now. My credit has been charged more than the amount that I used to pay regularly 

Reddy83 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 59 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Inability to access my account.

Whilst trying to access my account i came accross the satetment.... we have encountered a system error with Code XXX  Try again.  I tried several time s but the seame message kept on showing.  How can that be eradicated so i can access my account ple...

NMH by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 58 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Raising a ticket is like pulling your hair out

No special link. Ticket option is not clear and I have with PM for so long. Finally found ticket page from somebody's link and after filling up all the fields, it shows error on the top. cleared cache and again it is stil the same

Chiranjiv by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
  • 69 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Resolved! Number transfer issue - incorrect ESN/MEID

Hi,I'm trying to port my number from Fido (SIM) to PM (eSIM) and I get the famous message of "Hey, it's Public Mobile. We're having trouble transferring your number. Looks like you entered an incorrect ESN/MEID. Someone from our team will contact you...

Pols by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 97 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Resolved! Number transfer issue

Hi! I just joined PM from Rogers. Rogers texted me to confirm my transfer and I responded yes. However, I received a text from PM saying: Hey, it's Public Mobile. We're having trouble transferring your number. Looks like you entered an incorrect ESN/...

Riri10 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 86 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 Bravos

Resolved! Changing my subscription and keeping loyalty reward

Hi, I am thinking of changing my subscription from a 90 day $120 plan with 4gb per month to the promo 50 gb Canada-US 50 gb $34 per month . My questions:- would I be able to still use the 240gb loyalty promo I was given?- would the plan ever change p...

Jasonyu08 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
  • 124 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 Bravos
Getting Started
New to the Community?
Check out these helpful tips and tricks to help you settle in.

Just for fun

Want to talk about your interests, hobbies, or anything that’s not related to phone-stuff? Head over to The Lounge


Latest blogs


Navigating the eSIM and SIM Card Landscape

Why 5G is the Future

Combating Spam Texts with Public Mobile

Need Help? Let's chat.