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new phone activation

How do I activate a new phone within my existing account and keep the same number? what is the procedure?

Bill131 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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recent port from koodo - no service on esim

Hello everyone,I recently ported a number for koodo. Went through the esim set up.My old account has been deactivated and the old sim removed.Restarted my phone and still no cell service or data.Any ideas? I'm on a samsung s22Thank you for your time ...

Keenkay by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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I have been double charged for two different subscriptions

I logged in to renew my subscription and decided to go with a lower plan. I had $7 in my account already. I topped up the money in my account before I decided to change plans, And then I selected the $29 a month plan and confirmed my purchase . But n...

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Resolved! New account

I signed up with Public Mobile and ported my number last night but I still don’t have service. 

BellaKade by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Porting to Public Mobile

Hi, I am trying to port my number from different provider to Public Mobile. I went through the process with my current device number, but previous provider is still active after 12 hrs. No messages received from previous provider. I realize the devic...

BBark by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Texts and calls

My texts and incoming calls don’t work. My iMessages don’t work either 

Liz64 by New in Town / Nouveau en Ville
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Plans and pricing

How come my only options are high gbs and high pricing. Where's the low gbs and low pricing. I'm looking for $15 for 4 gbs a month. As of this morning the $25 for 20gbs was removed and the only options showing is $40 for 50gbs. We don't need excess a...

Macdaddy by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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My old plan had change

i had an old plan, Pay every 3 months, April 12-July 11,2024, if I change to a new plan will my funds transfer over to new plan? please advice ,   

Tomytomta by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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porting failed and number changed

I tried to port my number from another operator. It failed.In the meantime, in public mobile phone app I tried getting a temporary number, so I clicked on change number.and even after that, the esim in my phone doesn't get service.Now I'm worried if ...

smarty11 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Need to port out of Public Mobile but can't receive SMS texts

Hi there,I am attempting to port out of Public Mobile but can't receive SMS texts. I was advised by my original carrier that my phone number is now listed under Telus, and it is possible to manually port me out. Please send me a call-confirm so that ...

AthenaT by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! transfer phone number

hello all,yesterday afternoon i went to telus that was located in my local mall and purchased a sim card for public mobile. i had finished setting up everything but still had my previous sim card (telus) inside my phone. once i was done setting up ev...

Lumanti by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Picked a wrong subscription during registration

Hi I was registering a new sim card and paid for a subscription but I realized that I picked 30days subscription, not the 90days one. Is it possible to cancel the payment so I can try again with the 90days?

chrislee0815 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Does Public Mobile has EXT network with Rogers / Bell?

Just asking in case of a rare occurrence of an outage and I would need to connect up to a rogers tower.This is also what I see in my phone settings when I disable Automatic:I know that the PLMN code network is Xplore as there is towers nearby:I am ju...

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fixin1 by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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15 day US 3GB add-on not tallying data

I recently added the 3GB US add-on and enabled roaming. I have been able to roam in the states as expected, but when I check data usage on my profile I see no change.Should I see it get updated? Will I end up having to add more later? Am I just using...

Brainfreze1 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! If I unsubscribe

I’m on a subscription currently. But I was wondering what would happen if I unsubscribe? What would happen to my phone number and would others still be able to call me or would it be in no use until I subscribe again?

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Zakarya by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Can’t login after porting number

Every time I try to log in to my account it sends the 2fa to the previous number before I ported my number and now I can’t login to contact support. What do I do?

Tt10 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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promo addon expiry date

Not sure when and how I get this 2GB Data Bonus, it is not in the "Add-Ons Usage" tab but in it's own "Promotions Usage" tab. It also says "Promo Cycle: 1/1"Question: is this one time or recurring Data Bonus? Does it expire? 

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ETT333 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Why is public mobile community marking my new post as spam?

I just made a post called "Should I change plan from unlimited to usa and canada plan or go with the addon" as soon as i posted it, it sa said up the top 'Marked as spam. If you believe this is an error, submit an abuse report."And then it never show...

JONMILLS by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Esim or physical sim?

Do I need an esim card to get the Canada-US plan or can I use my physical sim card?

Vince4 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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service and payment

Second voucher that I just bought... still not working. The message says to contact Public Mobile. I contact public mobile and they say they can't do anything; they can't redeem a voucher that has already been used...Somebody ought better do somethin...

Momma12 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! How good is the data at the reduced speed?

Hello,Since I do not have a fiber network in my current residence this month, I need to change my subscription to a plan with a much higher data quota.I will buy the $34 per month or $50 per month plan. If the usage passes the limit, the data will be...

newworld by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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