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Upcoming Maintenance & User Interface Updates – Please Read!

Hello SMARTY Community, We wanted to let you know that the SMARTY Community forums will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, 23rd of September 2025 at 06:00 - 12:00. As part of this update, you’ll notice several changes to the User Interf...

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YulianK by SMARTY Community Manager
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eSIM is here 🎉

You’ve been asking, and we’ve been listening. We’re excited to let you know that eSIM is now available for existing SMARTY customers We’re starting things off with a soft launch, so right now you’ll only see the option if you’re an existing customer...

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Anny by Team SMARTY
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[Announcement] BIG NEWS: You can now text shortcodes! 🎉

  Yes, we heard you loud and clear—it’s been a long time coming, but the wait is finally over...SMARTY now supports shortcode messaging.  So, what’s the big deal with shortcodes?   They’re those snappy little numbers (3-6 digits, usually five) that ...

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YulianK by SMARTY Community Manager
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Expired PAC

Hi all, does anyone have experience of retrieving a number after PAC expired ? I missed the deadline to renew or transfer my number, it was a number i originally transferred to smarty but not my main phone so not used over winter. Customer chat unabl...

Jama121 by SMARTY Rookie
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Re-activate Smarty Account

How do i reactivate my smarty account. Ported to EE on 14-May and would like to return. When i try do a new purchawe on Smarty.co uk it asked for email snd login, then says i have an account and when i login successfully, it states the account is clo...

Resolved! Group plan mix up

I registered my husband with Smarty some time ago, I am the account manager inc my email. I decided ti take a group plan and transport my old mobile number to smarty. Unfortunately the mobile number that I wanted to import has replaced my husband's n...

eSIM

What’s the latest with eSIM availability please?

Cwcidaf by SMARTY Pioneer
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Activation

Hi. I bought a SIM card to activate and swap my number form GG tries to log in, seems I already have a login?So I log in, try to activate my new card, transfer my number and top up I complete all the steps, it skips activating sim and orders one to m...

Confirm and pay button not working

I wanted to get a data only sim. I already have a long standing account with Smarty. Completed form and got to the confirm and pay button but it does not work. Have cleared cache and history, tried a different browser and spent far too long with cust...

Terrible phone connection and internet

Phone will drop out mid conversation, will not connect when dialling out. I use WiFi calling thats awful too. Internet 4G/5G terrible connection. My grandad has the same issues 2 miles away at home. She has an iPhone and I use android. Tried all the ...

Phoning France from UK

nformation throughout is very patchy and deliberately evasive. I joined Smarty believing I would be able to phone France as a part of the deal. It seems not. What do I need to do to be able to phone France and which Add-on do I need to purchase to co...

smarty sim just stopped working

Ive been with smarty for 12 months in an iphone, without a problem. Today out of the blue, my phone is saying no sim card detected. Ive taken it out and made sure its inserted properly, but not working. I have a smarty bonus sim i got when i joined s...

Missing voicemails

I have a sim only deal, and used to get a text and voicemail ok but now when someone leaves an voicemail (Ive tested) and I call to retrieve it the automated voice says ‘you have no new messages’. I am missing important calls as a result. any clues a...

Can't use Balance to buy add on

Hi there, I just topped up my account via paypoint and it is showing in my balance but how do I know use that to buy an add on? I click the add on and the only ways to pay are card, PayPal and Gpay.. no option for balance