01-31-2024 05:06 PM
I recently bought a new iphone. I moved the physical sim card from the old phone into the new one, and when I was setting up the new phone, it said it was 'unable to transfer phone number to new device.' I have contacted the customer service agent here, but while I'm waiting for a response from them, I was wondering if anyone here has any advice for things I might try. Thanks all.
02-01-2024 08:51 AM
if the old phone was using esim and you have a brand new physical sim, never been used/activated, you have two choices
01-31-2024 09:36 PM
I have a physical sim that I moved over, but I suspect the old phone was actually on esim and that the physical sim was doing nothing.
01-31-2024 06:11 PM
@monkey5555555 When you say setting up the new phone what exactly do you mean? You should only have to take the sim out of the old phone and put it in the new one and it should work. There's no transfer of number, were you by chance trying to set up a second account?
01-31-2024 05:43 PM
was it physical sim or esim? your title says esim but your post says physical
with physical sim, you just move the sim card to the new phone and that is.. you should be able to make and receive calls and data should work.