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Huh? Are phone numbers tied to physical sims in your country? You can't just ask the phone company to give you a new sim with the same number?
by markdown 10mo ago
Huh? Are phone numbers tied to physical sims in your country? You can't just ask the phone company to give you a new sim with the same number?
- dijit 10mo agoIf you’re on a contract that can work. If it’s a PAYG sim card then you’re out of luck without the PUK code, which, if you’ve lost the sim then you have most assuredly lost (or never had). PAYG is a lot more common in parts of western Europe than contracts. People associate contracts with “overly expensive” phone deals.
- exe34 10mo agono, I got my puk code from my phone operator when I moved services before. at least in the UK it works that way.
- dijit 10mo agoYes, but you are unlikely to have your PUK code (its on the card you got your sim with) if you have also lost the sim. Its a much more losable bit of plastic, and without it (or a contract) why would an operator give you the PUK code for a number they can’t prove you used to have access to? It would be impossible to tell if you are trying to steal someones number.
- exe34 10mo agoyou walk into the shop with your passport or driving licence....
- dijit 10mo agoTry it
- exe34 10mo agoAre you telling me this is a lie: https://www.vodafone.co.uk/help/unlocking-your-phone https://www.vodafone.co.uk/help/unlocking-your-phone
- dijit 10mo agoPlease continue up the line to find the context. The grandparent does not have his sim card.
- exe34 10mo ago> The grandparent does not have his sim card. which is not necessary for transferring your number to a new SIM. when you lose your phone here, you don't lose your number.
- Beijinger 10mo agoDepends. Google was not able to recover my Google Project Fi number because I was abroad. And when I was back in the US it was "too late"
- Beijinger 10mo agoIt was a Google Project Fi phone with a very valuable number (for me, many 8, no 4). Was not able to recover.