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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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Web calls

I was looking through my phone logs on the PM selfserve page and see calls listed as "web" type. As the data is a bit pricy, I am concerned about these web calls. What are they?

tetrion27 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Do SIM cards expire?

Last weekend I went through the debacle of switching my fathers Bell pre paid plan to a different SIM so it would fit in my old phone for him. I have several Bell SIM's but Bell informed me that if a SIM is out of Bell's hands and not used for 90 day...

IWIK by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Resolved! Problem

It's saying my account is expired I have 70$ on it to renew my plan that I put on the day befor my bill date was due and now it's saying my plan is expired and yet my phone still working and the 70$ is still there in my account but my phone still wor...

Joshadamsj by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Are my phones compatible with Public Mobile

Hello I was wondering if the following phones would be compatible once unlocked Blackberry PrivIphone 5Samsung S series Or if there are any smartphones that would not be compatible Thanks

mibs000 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! Can't access/create my self serve account

Hello!  I ported my number two days ago from Telus. I got an error during the very last step. There was a lot of confusing emails, like one asking me to verify my self serve account, which I did. Yet I cannot log in to my self serve account, cannot c...

DanaHarley by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Data monitor for pre-paid plans

Hey, if anyone (on Android anyway) is frustrated that the otherwise excellent built in data usage monitor doesn't work well for 30/90 day plans I have built a data usage monitor just for us.It's currently in open beta testing available here until I g...

IWIK by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Resolved! Invalid SIM card error on Orchard bought phone

Hello, I recently bought a factory-refreshed Samsung Galaxy S5 from Orchard.  The phone itself worked just fine, but the SIM card from my old phone wouldn't fit in the new one so I switched to a new SIM that came packaged with the phone. The switchin...

nairnine by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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WE NEED LIVE PERSON ASSISTANCE!

Is anyone here also frustrated without live person help! We are paying for services and cannot get immediate answer when our services is not working!

Ale11 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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New iphone 6s + locked to public mobile

Originally purchased a rogers' iphone 6s+ and it was unlocked by rogers. Use the phone with public mobile for few months until there is something wrong with the scree. Under apple care warranty and apple replaced thr new phone and send me a new iphon...

mraquinas by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Cannot change my plan

Hi everyone, Im been having a lot of trouble in changing my plan.I started using PM about a month ago. I started with a 10 days plan for $30, just to see if I had good coverage in the area I'm working at. It worked perfect for me, so I decided to go ...

Natalita1985 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Meet New Member :)

Hi,My son and I used to use Fido... If I knew PM was bought by Telus (with Telus coverage and cell standards) I would switch to PM earlier. I remember my friend who used PM couple years before used "special points or places" in his apartment for a ca...

deyneko1 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! I cannont access my selfserve account

Each access attempt results in a 'Generic Error' message. I have tried clearing my browser cache, as well as attempting to access on another device (my phone) without success. I suspect this has something to do with my TELUS number being ported, as I...

wjaf by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! SIM IS NOT RECOGNIZED

Hello,  My SIM is not being recognized. This is a new account, new phone number. I've paid for a three month phone plan. Not sure why this is happening. I'd be most grateful for a quick reply, as it is for a family who is in desperate need of a phone...

laboctor by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Glitch free renewal

90 days plan renewed without problems; rewards deducted correct payment taken and new expiry date accurate. I'm sure there are thousands of renewals more every day that have no comments. Of course, when a system operates smoothly renewals require no ...

Luddite by Oracle
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Canada: A People's History (from 15,000 BC to 1990 AD)

Hello,Canada: A People's History is a 17-episode, 32-hour documentary series, produced by, and aired on, CBC Television.Considering that there are at least 2 community members from the States, and in light of demographics that many Canadians were not...

Martin by Legend
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Cannot Add or Edit APN (Cannot receive/send MMS)

I'm an old customer of PublicMobile and I bought my current Samsung Ace 2 smart cellphone from PublicMobile about 1.5 years ago.My plan has "picture messages within Canada & U.S.". However, I have never been able to receive or send a MMS (message wit...

soleil_lee by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Can PM filter blocked and unknown numbers??

It would be amazing to introduce an Add-on that would filter all Unknown and Blocked Numbers.Bell has it, so I am pretty sure PM can look into it? The way it works with Bell, the caller is notified to push # to show their number, or * to enter the nu...

Litvinau_A by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Kudos to Active PM Support

Well, for the past few weeks we have seen Staff Members actively responding to fix the problem right away.  It all started by me asking to have some active members as moderators so private info or spams posted by new users can be handled.  I see that...

NDesai by Oracle
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Looking to give away a iPhone 3gs

Well I am not looking for any money for this unit as I just replaced my mothers phone which she was using on Koodo with a newer iPhone and wanted to pass along this one as its in really good shape and all functions work.  Its an older iPhone 3GS 8gb ...

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DK by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Resolved! MMS and Data not working

Having an issue with my data and MMS not working.  Initially I couldn't send or receive MMS messages, now has spread to include the inability to use data.  I have tried a factory reset on the device, to no success.  I have also tried my sim card in a...

thenomadicone by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! cannot activate sim due to a page glitch!

So a friend of mine decided to join public mobile and I am trying to set up the account for her.I completed the first part "lets get started" but on the second part which is the "select number" ,because she needs a new number, there appears to be a g...

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evangelia by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Good vs Great citizen

How does the "classification" system work? I do I get from "good" citizen to "great" (if there is such a thing) citizen?

DavidRoss by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Learning to navigate the Community

This is a brand new experience for me. I'm not a very good texted, and I've been used to dealing with someone on the phone, but, with time, I guess I I'll learn this too!! LOVE my new 4 gig plan!! MUCH more useful for my needs.

DavidRoss by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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My porting experience ~ tl;dr It was pretty awesome

Here's my review of the porting experience.I had actually never heard of PM until about a week ago. I had just taken out a plan with Wind and quickly realized their service was not going to meet my needs.After learning about PM and reading some revie...

drsyxu by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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LTE vs 3G - battery question

I understand the benefit of LTE over 3G but I'm wondering if turning off LTE on my iPhone 5S would give me noticeable battery improvements.3G speeds seem to be adequate for my needs so I'll happily take the extra battery life.

drsyxu by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Thanks Public Mobile... :'(

Well... I used the service offering provided by PM for the last couple of weeks. While the service is great, and I love the community idea, it was just far too expensive for me (data was literally the killer). I switched today to Telus' other brand, ...

donaldblair by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Pizza party - one year anniversary

So, I just wanted to share that Public Mobile threw an awesome pizza party for me yesterday.  On top of the pizzas of my choice, they added Funnel cake sticks with caramel sauce.   Thanks @Val_T for a great evening for me and friends.  I tried upload...

imm1304 by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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