@@TechandDesign so if I have like for example they are both at&t phones and contacted the at&t company and we took the number off the family plan but they didn't know what else to do like port it over if we need to port the number we'd have to go into an actual at&t store to get that fixed right? Like we called and they didn't seem to understand that we what we were trying to do.
Wait. Instead of swapping sim cards back n 4th cant u just keep old sim in old phone & new sim in new phone & reply to text from old phone cause service not cancelled yet? Why swap SC back n 4th? Thx
@@TechandDesign Right. Keep new sc in new phone & old sc in old phone. Both new & old phone have sc & old provider not cancelled yet so both phones work at same time. Simply do the verification text w old phone & use new phone to contact new provider to request the port over. No need to swap both new & old sc back n 4th in new phone. Just work in 'phone to phone' fashion. All u really need to do is contact new provider w old providers account info while old providers service is still connected & request them to port your old number to new phone & theyll send the verification text to old phone & u can reply yes from it & then your old number is transferred to new phone. My point is just that its easier to do it phone to phone rather than switching out new & old sc back n 4th to new phone
@@chris73brown At some time the service is cancelled though.. but ya, you can keep using it till it just "No service" or something to that affair. I agree, the sim swaps are not needed, but if you only have one phone to do it on.. just leave the old card because usually when you activate you must enter the SIM number printed on the new card... You can't do that if its in the phone, and you've thrown out the packaging,
Help at&t is keeping us in a loop and will not release our numbers. They keep us on hold and transfer us to different reps who give a sales pitch. They also “accidentally” hang up on us 😢 we have put in the request and already paid up the account and received confirmation but when we try to import with new carrier they say att will not release your numbers! Any advice greatly appreciated.
The same thing happened to me and I watched this video at least 30 times and it didn't help. I got a new phone number and slowly started transferring everything to my number.
So, I did the port over in the sequence you described: (i) insert the new PM SIM card just bought into the same phone I have (after having removed the old Rogers SIM card) in order to activate the the new SIM card; (ii) then, removed the new SIM card, re-installed the old Rogers; (iii) Rogers sent a text msg confirming if I really want to transfer: Yes (iv) removed old SIM, replaced with new PM SIM; (v) call and text msg tests with someone, works; (vi) check Settings - Phone, it does show the new service provider PM; (vii) however, SIM card shows the old Rogers SIM number?? (viii) Recycle phone power, restarted, still the same old SIM number? Note that today is the last day of Rogers service, will expire in an hour or so (that why you said do not cancel the current Provider just yet, as they need to be involved in the port over process), perhaps I check past midnight to see if the new PM SIM number will show? A reason for this question: under Settings, Cellular Network Disconnected? Is it related to this, or something completely different? Thanks!
I should of watched this yesterday, I thought my new phone was coming already ported. Am I now screwed? I can't get in any of my accounts now bcuz they all text codes to my old number.
What if I want to port my number but keep the service on the old line and get a new number assigned to the old service? I don’t want my new cell phone provider to cancel my account…
@@TechandDesign no you don’t understand. I want to keep my current plan and move my number to another plan and then have a new number created for my current plan. Two plans, two lines, two providers. But I want my number switched from one provider to the other provider without cancelling my plan. I don’t know if this is possible or not. I understand that this isn’t a usual request and the reasoning is irrelevant. I just need to know if it can be done.
@@TechandDesign I’m grandfathered into a plan and I want to keep it with a new number and move my current number to a new provider/plan without sabotaging the old plan. I hope that makes sense.
if you want to switch your number to the other provider - you need to contact the other (new) provider and tell them you want to port your number over. they will do it for you.
you will also need to call your current provider and tell them that you want to keep your plan but with a new number. to make sure you don’t loose your number - you would have to add a line to your current account first .
Question I’m moving Carriers I wanna move my number from boost mobile is it possible if I can do that ???? I got the same phone but I’m getting a new SIM card tho
I'm going thru this problem now I switch over from sprint to att installment service with my same number i have for years things wasn't working out with att so between the 14 days I decided didn't want the phone or the installment plan anymore I canceled the installment plan I changed it to just prepaid plan I took the chip out put back in my old phone to just use the service 75 a month plan supposedly..my problem I tried porting my number over to t-mobile and I tried Verizon I gave the pin transfer # to port my number over it keep sayings in correct pin to the carriers that I tried to go too I call att nearly every day to find out problem they hardly no why my phone is unlock phone
I'm sure multiple people have multiple SIM cards from different providers as well, just lying around. Coincidental for a Yuutube video :) YOur instructions are more complex than what others would do.. Yes, its all convenient doing it on your phone, but you've just demonstrated how tedious it is swapping cards back and fourth.. Much better to activate from a PC or Mac, while you "keep using your current8 service* Just because you activate it, doesn't means your up and running immediately. There is a time delay.. Otherwise, scammers would have a field day
not really "my" instructions. They are the instructions from the provider . Nothing I can personally do or change about it . Also can't activate from a pc or mac
OH SHIT!! I THINK I FIGURE THIS OUT LOL,, I ALREADY HAVE THE TRANSFER PIN FROM AT&T AND TOMORROW I WILL CALL MY NEW PROVIDER GIVE THEM THE PIN # AND PROBABLY EMAIL THEM SCREEN SHOTS OF MY ACOOUNT AND THEN ... I GUESS I'LL BE GOOD.. I WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW LOL.. SORRY ABOUT UPPER CASE BUT I'M SO EXCITED THAT i FIGURE IT OUR OMG!!! THANK YOU AGAIN:) P.S. DO I NEED A PIN FOR ALL 4 CELLS? OR JUST ONE PIN # FOR ALL??? HOPE ONLY ONE!!!
Funny this channel is called tech and design And you really need some tech with a microphone or hold the phone microphone closer to you or post-production audio engineering or something just at least something
What if you bought the phone and added 1 line and wanted to port your old phone even though the new phone has a new phone number? I had a number with a family plan and wanted to get out of the family plan and cut it but didn't and just ended up buying a 1 line with the new phone with a new number but still had the family plan old number at the same time. Would I be able to port that old family plan number to the new one and forget about the new number and just worry about the old one settling with it with my new phone.
@@TechandDesign locked to carrier, that is ATT. FINALLY get transfer PIN with 1 hour availability. Does not work as phone is locked to ATT. Cannot even try to use PIN. Also told not to pay bill while being fixed. Got bill for 2 months today...meaning charged for phone I cannot. So........?
What if you have a straight talk plan and you are out of minutes in 2 days , the new phone is a free government phone & it's T-Mobile but a free phone for the person who lacks good income, so old phone is an Android straight talk that going to be used any more and the time is up on it on two day's, I have a new T-Mobile Government phone, I'm switching to, & you say can switch my old phone number to the new phone with switching sims card, How can I get my contacts l, photos, contacts switched to new Government T-Mobile phone & contacts, I'm not good at this stuff,y Husband passed away 5 months ago, and he did all this. kind of Techy stuff, HELP...
that's what they want you to think.. All prices go up one way or another anyway, old plans go away once you move OFF them... That's why you never force me of my $12.50 prepaid with Woolworth Mobile.. You'll have to take me alive.....
Im here to switch providers and port my number because koodo thought it was a good idea to raise my bill 5$ for each phone line randomly on a BYOP plan. Punishing loyal customer's. I heard fido has a customer loyalty program and more bang for your buck at a greater deal. Im done playing cat and mouse with these providers that act like an insurance company. They need to sit down and realize it's a free market so they better not f up
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I think one discrepancy is requesting a transfer PIN number from original company before you transfer
Thank you that is exactly what I needed to know. I really appreciate it.
Glad it was helpful!
@@TechandDesign so if I have like for example they are both at&t phones and contacted the at&t company and we took the number off the family plan but they didn't know what else to do like port it over if we need to port the number we'd have to go into an actual at&t store to get that fixed right? Like we called and they didn't seem to understand that we what we were trying to do.
Wait. Instead of swapping sim cards back n 4th cant u just keep old sim in old phone & new sim in new phone & reply to text from old phone cause service not cancelled yet? Why swap SC back n 4th? Thx
sim card is what makes your phone work as a phone that's why
@@TechandDesign Right. Keep new sc in new phone & old sc in old phone. Both new & old phone have sc & old provider not cancelled yet so both phones work at same time. Simply do the verification text w old phone & use new phone to contact new provider to request the port over. No need to swap both new & old sc back n 4th in new phone. Just work in 'phone to phone' fashion. All u really need to do is contact new provider w old providers account info while old providers service is still connected & request them to port your old number to new phone & theyll send the verification text to old phone & u can reply yes from it & then your old number is transferred to new phone. My point is just that its easier to do it phone to phone rather than switching out new & old sc back n 4th to new phone
@@chris73brown At some time the service is cancelled though.. but ya, you can keep using it till it just "No service" or something to that affair. I agree, the sim swaps are not needed, but if you only have one phone to do it on.. just leave the old card because usually when you activate you must enter the SIM number printed on the new card... You can't do that if its in the phone, and you've thrown out the packaging,
@@Tech-geeky 👍. Thx
Help at&t is keeping us in a loop and will not release our numbers. They keep us on hold and transfer us to different reps who give a sales pitch. They also “accidentally” hang up on us 😢 we have put in the request and already paid up the account and received confirmation but when we try to import with new carrier they say att will not release your numbers! Any advice greatly appreciated.
did you watch this video ?
At that point I’d just get a new number with the new carrier :)
I have the same problem
@@TechandDesignwhat the eff kind of asshole response is that? Damn what a garbage human.
The same thing happened to me and I watched this video at least 30 times and it didn't help. I got a new phone number and slowly started transferring everything to my number.
Is it a double sim card phone? Or works on regular
no need for double SIM card phone
I'm finally the first one to commet kets go keep it up bro
you mean you were :)
So, I did the port over in the sequence you described:
(i) insert the new PM SIM card just bought into the same phone I have (after having removed the old Rogers SIM card) in order to activate the the new SIM card;
(ii) then, removed the new SIM card, re-installed the old Rogers;
(iii) Rogers sent a text msg confirming if I really want to transfer: Yes
(iv) removed old SIM, replaced with new PM SIM;
(v) call and text msg tests with someone, works;
(vi) check Settings - Phone, it does show the new service provider PM;
(vii) however, SIM card shows the old Rogers SIM number??
(viii) Recycle phone power, restarted, still the same old SIM number?
Note that today is the last day of Rogers service, will expire in an hour or so (that why you said do not cancel the current Provider just yet, as they need to be involved in the port over process), perhaps I check past midnight to see if the new PM SIM number will show?
A reason for this question: under Settings, Cellular Network Disconnected? Is it related to this, or something completely different?
Thanks!
I should of watched this yesterday, I thought my new phone was coming already ported. Am I now screwed? I can't get in any of my accounts now bcuz they all text codes to my old number.
Did you ever figure this out?
What if I want to port my number but keep the service on the old line and get a new number assigned to the old service? I don’t want my new cell phone provider to cancel my account…
than get another sim card with another phone number which would be a different account . done
@@TechandDesign no you don’t understand. I want to keep my current plan and move my number to another plan and then have a new number created for my current plan. Two plans, two lines, two providers. But I want my number switched from one provider to the other provider without cancelling my plan. I don’t know if this is possible or not. I understand that this isn’t a usual request and the reasoning is irrelevant. I just need to know if it can be done.
@@TechandDesign I’m grandfathered into a plan and I want to keep it with a new number and move my current number to a new provider/plan without sabotaging the old plan. I hope that makes sense.
if you want to switch your number to the other provider - you need to contact the other (new) provider and tell them you want to port your number over. they will do it for you.
you will also need to call your current provider and tell them that you want to keep your plan but with a new number. to make sure you don’t loose your number - you would have to add a line to your current account first .
Question I’m moving Carriers I wanna move my number from boost mobile is it possible if I can do that ???? I got the same phone but I’m getting a new SIM card tho
you should watch this video in that case
EXCELLENT explanation you gave. I understood it all completely! Thanks again, so much!!! :-)
What if you have a straight talk old phone
I'm going thru this problem now I switch over from sprint to att installment service with my same number i have for years things wasn't working out with att so between the 14 days I decided didn't want the phone or the installment plan anymore I canceled the installment plan I changed it to just prepaid plan I took the chip out put back in my old phone to just use the service 75 a month plan supposedly..my problem I tried porting my number over to t-mobile and I tried Verizon I gave the pin transfer # to port my number over it keep sayings in correct pin to the carriers that I tried to go too I call att nearly every day to find out problem they hardly no why my phone is unlock phone
How if i use 2 different phone?
Can you port a suspended number
I'm sure multiple people have multiple SIM cards from different providers as well, just lying around. Coincidental for a Yuutube video :) YOur instructions are more complex than what others would do..
Yes, its all convenient doing it on your phone, but you've just demonstrated how tedious it is swapping cards back and fourth..
Much better to activate from a PC or Mac, while you "keep using your current8 service* Just because you activate it, doesn't means your up and running immediately. There is a time delay..
Otherwise, scammers would have a field day
not really "my" instructions. They are the instructions from the provider . Nothing I can personally do or change about it . Also can't activate from a pc or mac
very helpful thank you
Glad it was helpful!
OH SHIT!! I THINK I FIGURE THIS OUT LOL,, I ALREADY HAVE THE TRANSFER PIN FROM AT&T AND TOMORROW I WILL CALL MY NEW PROVIDER GIVE THEM THE PIN # AND PROBABLY EMAIL THEM SCREEN SHOTS OF MY ACOOUNT AND THEN ... I GUESS I'LL BE GOOD.. I WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW LOL.. SORRY ABOUT UPPER CASE BUT I'M SO EXCITED THAT i FIGURE IT OUR OMG!!! THANK YOU AGAIN:) P.S. DO I NEED A PIN FOR ALL 4 CELLS? OR JUST ONE PIN # FOR ALL??? HOPE ONLY ONE!!!
Thank you!
Glad to help out 😀
Funny this channel is called tech and design
And you really need some tech with a microphone or hold the phone microphone closer to you or post-production audio engineering or something just at least something
turn on subtitles and slow down the video as much as you need since you are confused
What about transferring a land line phone number to a mobile phone?
For that you need to contact your service provider
What if you bought the phone and added 1 line and wanted to port your old phone even though the new phone has a new phone number? I had a number with a family plan and wanted to get out of the family plan and cut it but didn't and just ended up buying a 1 line with the new phone with a new number but still had the family plan old number at the same time. Would I be able to port that old family plan number to the new one and forget about the new number and just worry about the old one settling with it with my new phone.
same thing , same instructions
What if phone is locked ?
you mean locked to a carrier or locked as in stolen ?
@@TechandDesign locked to carrier, that is ATT. FINALLY get transfer PIN with 1 hour availability. Does not work as phone is locked to ATT. Cannot even try to use PIN. Also told not to pay bill while being fixed. Got bill for 2 months today...meaning charged for phone I cannot. So........?
call ATT to unlock your phone. that’s what people used to do when locking phones to carriers was a thing
What if you have a straight talk plan and you are out of minutes in 2 days , the new phone is a free government phone & it's T-Mobile but a free phone for the person who lacks good income, so old phone is an Android straight talk that going to be used any more and the time is up on it on two day's, I have a new T-Mobile Government phone, I'm switching to, & you say can switch my old phone number to the new phone with switching sims card, How can I get my contacts l, photos, contacts switched to new Government T-Mobile phone & contacts, I'm not good at this stuff,y Husband passed away 5 months ago, and he did all this. kind of Techy stuff, HELP...
My bill had a 15% increase and they think im just going to sit there and take it 😂
if I see an increase I leave right away. It's not like they are going to pay their employees more or anything like that.
that's what they want you to think.. All prices go up one way or another anyway, old plans go away once you move OFF them... That's why you never force me of my $12.50 prepaid with Woolworth Mobile..
You'll have to take me alive.....
i have to get a sim
What if you have an esim
contact your provider for that. that’s the problem with eSIM
Thank you
Finally my mobile is fixed
Nice
I have an E-sim card
Why is this so complicated?
it got a little less complicated with some companies
, its done through text. but kind of same process though
Verizon will not take my payment out of my bank card and won't do a Verizon paycard, it says the number is invalid. What now?
ask verizon??
😊
Speak up. Cannot hear you
Im here to switch providers and port my number because koodo thought it was a good idea to raise my bill 5$ for each phone line randomly on a BYOP plan. Punishing loyal customer's. I heard fido has a customer loyalty program and more bang for your buck at a greater deal. Im done playing cat and mouse with these providers that act like an insurance company. They need to sit down and realize it's a free market so they better not f up
People always think their in control .. Buying a house was easier to navigate the in's and out's
Thank you!
Glad to help out
Thank you
glad to help out 😃