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Swapping the numbers of two SIM cards (is this possible?)
Thanks for your thoughts, MSF & JJP2. From what you say, as the most important thing I'm trying to achieve is to switch my main phone number to SMARTY, I think I have to sort that, and then think about getting another number with another provider (which can wait, it's not urgent).
Perhaps I should clarify why I'm asking this: I want to avoid replacing an otherwise perfectly good SIM – to me, that seems like a waste of resources.
Yes, yes: I know that SIMs are only teeny tiny things, and 'free' (if you exclude the externalities), but it all adds up. Call me a doomer nutcase, but I firmly believe that if we don't rapidly rethink how we do almost everything, it's going to get pretty bad before long here on Spaceship Earth.
Your current Smarty SIM card has a number attached to it. This cannot be changed.
Further complicating matters is that the number you wish to become your Smarty number is currently in use by another network.
The only way to transfer numbers between networks is to port them from one network to another *on a fresh unused SIM card*
Ultimately, you will have to choose to maintain the status quo on environmental concerns, or. If it is more important to you to bring what you wish to be your main number to Smarty, then you will have to accept that you will need new tiny piece(s) of plastic, for your main and secondary numbers.
JJP2 wrote:Your current Smarty SIM card has a number attached to it. This cannot be changed.
Further complicating matters is that the number you wish to become your Smarty number is currently in use by another network.
The only way to transfer numbers between networks is to port them from one network to another *on a fresh unused SIM card*
Thanks, but that statement is contradicted by Smarty's own help: https://help.smarty.co.uk/en/articles/7019273-keeping-your-number which clearly shows that the number can be imported from another provider, and it doesn't mention the need to get another SIM.
I'm even more confuzzled than before!
To port numbers from one network to another, you need to obtain a PAC code and then give that to the network you wish to join.
When you port a number, it’s to a fresh un-used SIM card, it’s always been the case.Go ahead and raise a webchat with Smarty. If they can perform something that no other network does, come back and let us know.
Your confusion probably comes from the fact that you have massively over complicated what is a very simple process.
