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Port Started... SIM not working.

kf1
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Disappointingly today attempted to port from Three to SMARTY.

Three SIM lost service at around 11.30am. Email and texts received from Three that the number is to be disconnected.

SMARTY SIM stopped working around 2pm. Around 2.30pm email received from SMARTY advising the port was complete, shortly after the dashboard has updated with the new number and that the transfer is complete.

However the SIM is still not working - emergency calls only. Done all the usual including trying different phones and restarting. Dialling the number is a generic "number not recognised".

Went on live chat a few times through the evening and fobbed off that ports take until the end of the day. Quite irritating when it was pretty obvious by this point it wasn't likely to go any further.

Obviously it's now the weekend (lesson again learnt not to port on a Friday) so not expecting much until Monday at this point. But is this going to sort itself or am I going to have to run around trying...

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MSF
SMARTY Guru
SMARTY Guru

@kf1  It's hard to say if it will sort itself out. The fact that your account shows the correct number is a bit promising.

You can still web chat with Support over the weekend. If it is not sorted, raise a Complaint.

kf1
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Went through troubleshooting again with web chat, not fixed obviously.

They now seem to want me to get a replacement SIM (which will waste more time because the SIM card is fine).

Dialling the number is a generic "number not recognised" so it's clearly a port issue not a SIM issue.

Complaint raised... let's see where we get...

MSF
SMARTY Guru
SMARTY Guru

@kf1 Unless you fiddled about with removing and replacing the sim, I agree that it is hard to see why a replacement would help - but then you'll have to follow what they say I guess.

Hope it works out.